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In this video series, AEDC President & CEO Bill Popp draws on the data and reports created for the 2023 Economic Forecast Luncheon to provide an in-depth analysis of key industry sectors and trends.

This episode: The Big Picture

The video series is generously sponsored by Northrim Bank.

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In this video series, AEDC Vice President Jenna Wright draws on the data and reports created for the 2023 Economic Forecast Luncheon to provide an in-depth analysis of key industry sectors and trends.

This episode: Population

This video series is generously sponsored by Northrim Bank.

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In this video series, AEDC President & CEO Bill Popp draws on the data and reports created for the 2023 Economic Forecast Luncheon to provide an in-depth analysis of key industry sectors and trends.

This episode: Unemployment

This video series is generously sponsored by Northrim Bank.

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In this video series, AEDC Vice President Jenna Wright draws on the data and reports created for the 2023 Economic Forecast Luncheon to provide an in-depth analysis of key industry sectors and trends.

This episode: Healthcare

This video series is generously sponsored by Northrim Bank.

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In this video series, AEDC Vice President Jenna Wright draws on the data and reports created for the 2023 Economic Forecast Luncheon to provide an in-depth analysis of key industry sectors and trends.

This episode: Other Sectors

This video series is generously sponsored by Northrim Bank.

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In this video series, AEDC Vice President Jenna Wright draws on the data and reports created for the 2023 Economic Forecast Luncheon to provide an in-depth analysis of key industry sectors and trends.

This episode: Retail Trade

This video series is generously sponsored by Northrim Bank.

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In this video series, AEDC President & CEO Bill Popp draws on the data and reports created for the 2023 Economic Forecast Luncheon to provide an in-depth analysis of key industry sectors and trends.

This episode: Financial Activities

This video series is generously sponsored by Northrim Bank.

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In this video series, AEDC President & CEO Bill Popp draws on the data and reports created for the 2023 Economic Forecast Luncheon to provide an in-depth analysis of key industry sectors and trends.

This episode: Leisure & Hospitality

This video series is generously sponsored by Northrim Bank.

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Bruce Dingeman currently serves as Executive Vice President and President Alaska for Oil Search where he is responsible for Operations and Development activities in Alaska. He has over 35 years of global industry experience. Prior to joining Oil Search, Bruce served as General Director for Naftogaz of Ukraine and led the upstream division of the firm.

Bruce began his career within Alaska and since that time he has held a wide range of technical, financial, and executive leadership roles covering a number of international and domestic locations at ConocoPhillips, Talisman, CASA Exploration, Naftogaz, and Oil Search.

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Dr. Cathy Sandeen is an educational leader who is committed to providing opportunity for more Alaskans to earn degrees and credentials through strategic innovation. She began serving as chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage in September 2018.

UAA’s core missions are excellence, student success and workforce development. With campuses in Anchorage, Homer, Kodiak, Palmer, Soldotna and Valdez, as well as Middle Colleges for high school students in Anchorage, Palmer and Eagle River, UAA is Alaska’s largest postsecondary institution.

Prior to joining the University of Alaska system, Sandeen was chancellor of the University of Wisconsin Colleges and UW-Extension for four years. As vice president for education attainment and innovation at the American Council on Education, she led ACE’s nationwide effort to increase post-secondary educational attainment.

She also held leadership positions in the University of California system including at UCLA, Santa Cruz and San Francisco.

Sandeen earned a Ph.D. in communication from the University of Utah and a Master of Business Administration degree from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. She was named an American Council on Education Fellow in 2010-11.

A prolific writer and speaker, Sandeen has published and presented widely on the issues surrounding educational innovation and nontraditional students.

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The November webinar featured AEDC President & CEO Bill Popp, providing members with important updates, including AEDC's latest employment report, how Anchorage compares with other Alaska communities, what we've been seeing with unemployment, and broader industry and economic data.

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The December webinar featured Ryan Strong, Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer at First National Bank Alaska (FNBA). The presentation gives an overview of FNBA, how COVID has affected the banking industry and what Strong sees as the state moves toward into recovery.

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The January webinar featured guest speakers Preston Simmons, Chief Executive of Providence Health & Services Alaska and Aaron Martin, Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer for Providence St. Joseph Health. The discussion was focused on innovation in the delivery of health care post-COVID-19. 

Simmons has served as a leader within Providence since 2007 in a variety of roles, including chief executive officer of Providence’s Northwest Washington Region and chief operating and administrative officer of the Western Washington Region. 

Martin leads digital, marketing and ventures for Providence and is also the Managing General Partner for Providence Ventures where he is responsible for early stage/venture technology and device investments for the $300M Providence Venture fund.

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The February AEDC Voice Webinar featured Sarah Blair and Laura Morris of BDO.

The Employee Retention Credit (“ERC”) was significantly expanded and extended as a part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (“Act”). The ERC is a refundable payroll tax credit for wages paid and health coverage provided by an employer whose operations were either fully or partially suspended due to a COVID-19-related governmental order or that experienced a significant reduction in gross receipts. Notably, the Act made a retroactive change to the ERC, applicable from March 13, 2020, that may allow employers that received PPP loans may qualify for the ERC with respect to wages that are not paid with proceeds from a forgiven PPP loan. In addition to the retroactive change, the following changes to the ERC apply prospectively from January 1 to June 30, 2021:

-The ERC rate is increased from 50% to 70% of qualified wages and the limit on per-employee wages is increased from $10,000 for the year to $10,000 per quarter

-The gross receipts eligibility threshold for employers is reduced from a 50% decline to a 20% decline in gross receipts for the same calendar quarter in 2019.

-The credit is available to certain government instrumentalities, including colleges, universities, organizations providing medical or hospital care, and certain organizations chartered by Congress.

-The 100-full time employee threshold for determining “qualified wages” based on all wages paid to employees is increased to 500 or fewer full-time employees.

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The March webinar featured guest speaker Dave Karp, Senior Vice President & Managing Director for Saltchuk Alaska. Dave’s presentation provided an overview of Saltchuk as a global company, then shared specific information on the company’s Alaska operating footprint, employment impacts, and corporate citizenship and role in the overall economy. He also shared some thoughts on the impact of the pandemic and the companies general outlook for future.

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The April 14, 2021 AEDC Voice Webinar featured Bill Popp, AEDC President & CEO.

AEDC Voice is sponsored by Alaska Executive Search & Bradison Management Group. The free monthly webinar that takes a deeper dive into AEDC reports and interviews with key business leaders from different industry sectors.

Popp’s presentation included a recap of reports and trends from the 2021 Economic Forecast Luncheon earlier in the year, with updated analysis on current conditions and what to expect for 2021.

Bill Popp has spent over 47 years in both the Alaska private and public sectors. As President & CEO of the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation since 2007, he sets the strategic direction in marketing Anchorage and Alaska to companies, critical workforce, and global industries considering Anchorage as a place in which to do business and assists local businesses looking to expand both within Anchorage and Alaska as well as Lower 48 and international markets.

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