Cheryl is an Alaskan transplant, relocating to the state in 2013 after becoming engaged to Olympic Figure skater and coach, Ralph Burghart. She was born in Washington DC where her family claims she exited her mother’s womb with a picket sign lobbying for better accommodations and more food. In late Spring 2016, she fell from a twelve foot ladder at work, and her entire world as she knew it changed. Her hopes as a TBI survivor are two-fold: to help others navigate the corporate side of work related injury, and to lobby for changes to current state legislation concerning injured employees in Alaska.

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Denise Daniello is the Executive Director for the Alaska Commission on Aging, an agency under the Department of Health and Social Services charged with planning, advocacy and public awareness on behalf of older Alaskans. Denise has more than 10 years of experience in senior services. She is the former executive director for the North Star Council on Aging Senior Center in Fairbanks and was the program manager for the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geriatric Education Center. Denise holds a M.A. degree in anthropology and B.A. degrees in sociology and anthropology.

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Dallas-Lee is a long time resident of Barrow where she came to coordinate the Early Intervention and Developmental Disabilities programs over twenty years ago. Her tenure with the North Slope Borough Health Department culminated with her having been the Deputy Director for Physical Health. She then spent nearly a dallas_fulldecade as the Director of the Tribal Vocational Rehabilitation Program for the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, the regional tribal government. Prior to moving to Alaska, she was an Administrative Director for the Children’s Aid Society, serving 100K children, where she focused on Head Start Programs in New York City. Dallas-Lee’s sister, the noted Jazz Singer, Baby Jane Dexter had a concussion from a motorcycle accident decades ago, and has had to work through subsequent barriers caused by the accident at a time when little was known about TBIs. Though Dallas-Lee’s degrees are in education with a certification as a superintendent of schools, she has historically been an advocate for those with disabilities and TBI’s.

Dr. Kompkoff graduated from the University of Washington and continued her education at Pacific University College of Optometry, graduating with honors in 2000.
After 12 years of practicing in Seattle, she had the fortunate opportunity to move to Alaska. Its people, beauty, wilderness, and adventure makes her so happy and proud to call Alaska home.
Dr. Kompkoff is co-owner of Katmai Eye and Vision Center, where she provides general optometry care and neuro-vision therapy. She also volunteers as a provider with ABIN’s Brain Injury Screening Clinics.
Dr. Kompkoff is past president of the King County Society of the Optometric Physicians of Washington, member of Alaska Optometric Association, American Optometric Association, College of Optometrists in Vision Development, Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association, and the Optometric Extension Program.

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The Alaska Brain Injury Network (ABIN) family would like to remember and celebrate the life of Eileen Kotyk, who passed away in November. One of our long-term Advisory Board Members, Eileen became an advocate for TBI prevention after her daughter was involved in a car accident in 2000. She was actively involved with ABIN’s efforts to promote awareness, education and improved services for every Alaskan affected by traumatic brain injury.

Eileen’s contributions and caring spirit will be missed by all. We wish her family the very best and thank Eileen for her passion and commitment to the Alaska Brain Injury Network.