Helvi Sandvik
President
Helvi Sandvik is the president of NANA Development Corporation (NDC), with the dual responsibility of working to fulfill NANA’s commitment to providing career opportunities for its shareholders and to grow NDC into a multi-billion dollar revenue corporation.
Sandvik is originally from the village of Kiana in the NANA region. She came to NANA in 1995, after 12 years with the State of Alaska Department of Transportation where she served as transportation planner, director of statewide aviation, and finally deputy commissioner.
At NANA, she rose to the rank of president after serving NANA in various other senior level positions. As vice president of operations for NANA Development Corporation, she was responsible for the operation of various NANA business units and for identifying new business opportunities. As vice president of resources for NANA Regional Corporation, she oversaw resource development projects on NANA lands and evaluated new development opportunities.
Sandvik has been extensively involved in local and national organizations, currently serving as a Trustee for the Aqqaluk Trust and as a Commissioner of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission. She is former chair of the Seattle branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and past chairman of the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. She is also former board member for the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, the Alaska Energy Authority and United Way.
In 2004, she served as one of seven conferees of the “Conference of Alaskans” and was inducted into the Anchorage Athena Society. In 2007 she was honored as a Laureate in the Junior Achievement Alaska Business Hall of Fame.
Sandvik received her Bachelor of Science in economics from Kalamazoo College in Michigan and her master’s degree in business administration from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.