Nina Kempell is currently owner of the consulting company, Altius, Fortius where she is working with the Alaska Cultural Trust to develop a fundraising campaign to enable the Trust to provide grants directly to arts and culture organizations. Previously, Kemppel was CEO at the Alaska Community Foundation where she oversaw many successful programs such as Pick.Click.Give and the Social Justice Fund, and partnered with the State to distribute $70 million in COVID-19 grant support to nonprofit organizations. Nina has also served as the CEO at the Alaska Humanities Forum, a principal at the Coraggio Group in Oregon and a consultant at the global consulting firm, Oliver Wyman. She holds a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business. Prior to her business career, Kemppel had an international nordic ski racing career spanning 13 years that included a record-breaking 18 U.S. National Championships and four Olympic Winter Games. Kemppel has also won the Mount Marathon race nine times, eight consecutively. She also served on the Board of Directors for the U.S. Olympic Committee from 2010 to 2018.

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