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CIRI, Bering Straits, and Sitnasuak Native Corp. shareholder Tabetha Toloff-Houston joined CIRI as the executive assistant for the finance and accounting department in early November. Born in Anchorage at the old Alaska Native Medical Center, she is of Athabascan and Russian heritage. She was raised in North Kenai and graduated from Anchorage's Service High School. She now lives in Chugiak with her husband Jason, daughter Allison, and three dogs - Kendall, Roxy and Pepper. The daughter of CIRI shareholder Lynda Toloff of Kenai and granddaughter of CIRI shareholder Charles Toloff and his wife June of Soldotna, Toloff-Houston has learned a lot about her family history from her grandmother June. June has an avid interest in their family genealogy, and has researched the family tree through the generations that the family has lived in Alaska. Toloff-Houston has also learned the importance of being self-reliant and resourceful from her grandfather, who at the age of 81 still hunts for moose and fishes for salmon and halibut every season. |
 Tabetha Toloff-Houston |
Prior to working for CIRI, she worked in the insurance industry for 10 years, most recently with the Municipality of Anchorage's risk management department. She has been pursuing a position with CIRI for the past few years and feels very fortunate to finally be working for the company.
In her new position, Toloff-Houston provides a high level of administrative services and project management support for CIRI's chief financial officer, corporate controller, vice president of finance and the accounting department staff. Toloff-Houston has an associate's degree in business administration from the University of Alaska Anchorage and will complete her bachelor's degree in organizational management from Alaska Pacific University in May. She plans to pursue her master's degree in business administration at Alaska Pacific University.
Toloff-Houston's nine-year-old daughter Allison attends Chugiak elementary and is in the third grade. Her husband, Jason Houston, is from Anchorage and together they own JT Allison Co., a commercial painting business.
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