Anne Dennis-Choi, President and Chief Executive Officer

Anne joined AK Child & Family in 2008 and has held several roles including Director of Residential, Chief Clinical Officer and is currently serving as the CEO. Anne is a Licensed Professional Counselor and board approved supervisor, earning her Master’s Degree from the University of La Verne in 1997 and Bachelor’s degrees in Biology and Psychology from Gonzaga University in 1985. Anne is a strong proponent of trauma informed care; attended training in Chicago and is an alumni of the National Council’s Trauma Informed Learning Community. She also attended training at the Andrus Center for Learning & Innovation, in New York with a cohort of leaders from AK Child & Family to begin the process of organizational certification in the Sanctuary Model of trauma responsive organizational change.

Anne’s clinical and leadership experiences span more than 30 years to include quality assurance, program development, research, field instruction, training, milieu direct care, clinical services and oversight of multiple programs ranging from prevention, early intervention (prenatal and parenting support), family preservation, family reunification, outpatient, day treatment, school based, home based, emergency shelters, crisis intervention, suicide prevention, substance abuse rehabilitation with contracts through the therapeutic court and federal bureau of prison services and psychiatric residential treatment programs for both youth and adults. Anne has also served as a former Behavioral Health Surveyor for CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) participating on survey teams in Washington, Arizona, North Dakota, Ohio and Illinois. Anne is a former advisory member for both UAA’s Arctic FASD Regional Training Center and the Rural Alaska Community Action Program. She also served for many years on the planning committee for the Annual School on Addictions and Behavioral Health Conference. Anne has been involved in several grassroots community efforts including coordinating some of the first local Recovery Rallies in recognition of National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month, served on the initial Alaska Citizen Review Panel to provide a community perspective to the state child protection agency and co-created the Anchorage Regional Behavioral Health Coalition (ARBHC) which still meets regularly. Anne is currently serving on UAA Human Services Advisory Committee and is on the board of directors for the Alaska Behavioral Health Association.