Senior & Disabilities Services

Contact Us

• Anchorage Office
  1835 Bragaw Street, Suite 350,
  Anchorage, AK 99508
  Phone: 907-269-3666
  Toll Free: 800-478-9996
  Fax: 907-269-3689
• Medicare Information Office (by appointment only)
  550 W. 7th Ave., Suite 1230,
  Anchorage, Alaska 99501
  Phone: 907-269-3680
  Toll Free within Alaska: 800-478-6065
  Fax: 907-269-2045
• Juneau Office
  240 Main Street, Suite 601,
  Juneau, Alaska 99811-0680
  Phone: 907-465-3372
  Toll Free: 866-465-3165
  TTY: 907-465-5430
  Fax: 907-465-1170
• Fairbanks Office
  751 Old Richardson Hwy., Suite 100a,
  Fairbanks, Alaska 99701
  Phone: 907-451-5045
  Fax: 907-451-5046
  Toll Free: 800-770-1672
  TDD: 907-451-5093

Division Exec./Mgmt. Organizational Chart

Who to contact at SDS

• John Lee (Anchorage)
  Division Director
  Phone: 907-269-3666
  • Anthony Newman (Juneau)
    Division Deputy Director
    Phone: 907-465-5481
    • Caroline Hogan (Anchorage)
      Chief of Programs
      Phone: 907-269-3681
      • Rodney George (Anchorage)
        Consumer Assessment Tool Review Unit Manager
        Phone: 907-269-3453
      • Robert Nave (Anchorage)
        Central Intake Unit Manager
        Phone: 907-269-6065
      • Jordyn Grant (Anchorage)
        General Relief & Central Application Processing Unit Manager
        Phone: 907-269-6778
      • Nicholas A. McCarty (Anchorage)
        Assessment Unit Manager
        Phone: 907-375-8265
    • Lynne Keilman-Cruz (Anchorage)
      Chief of Quality
      Phone: 907-269-5606
      • Cheri Herman (Anchorage)
        Project Management Unit Manager
        Phone: 907-269-4999
      • Sandra Jenkins (Anchorage)
        Adult Protective Services Unit Manager
        Phone: 907-269-3679
      • Summer Wheeler (Anchorage)
        Provider Certification & Compliance Unit Manager
        Phone: 907-269-3663
      • Anastasiya Podunovich (Anchorage)
        Research & Analysis Unit Manager
        Phone: 907-269-3477
      • Meg Sampson (Anchorage)
        Quality Assurance/Fair Hearing Unit Manager
        Phone: 907-269-3969
    • Maureen Harwood (Fairbanks)
      Chief of IDD/ILP/Training
      Phone: 907-451-5041
      • Heather Chord (Fairbanks)
        IDD Waiver Unit Manager
        Phone: 907-980-2753
      • Kara Thrasher-Livingston (Anchorage)
        Training Unit Manager
        Phone: 907-269-3734
      • Susan Kessler (Anchorage)
        Infant Learning Program Unit Manager
        Phone: 907-451-2369
    • Jetta Whittaker (Juneau)
      Policy Unit Manager
      Phone: 907-465-1605
    • Moli Atanoa (Anchorage)
      Nursing Unit Manager
      Phone: 907-269-4133
  • Nicole Wery-Tagaban (Juneau)
    Administrative Operations Manager
    Phone: 907-465-4917
    • Ellen Hackenmueller (Juneau)
      Grants Unit Manager
      Phone: 907-465-4996