Sarah Lewis Photography Patty Mongold accepts award with CBSM students Sammy Bass, left, and Felicia Alexander,
right.
Congratulations to Patty Mongold, CEO of Mt. McKinley Bank for being named the 2025
Business Leader of the Year.
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Business and Security Management has been honoring business leaders
since 1977. Recipients of the award are selected by a committee of CBSM students,
faculty, advisory board members and former recipients based on merits of leadership,
business accomplishments, community involvement and educational support.
This event is unique because students play a major role in the planning and attendance.
Student committees include: Co-chairs, Decorations, Door Prizes, Raffle Ticket Sales,
Marketing, and Volunteer Management.
Sarah Lewis Photography Felicia Alexander, 2025 UAF Business Leader of the Year Co-Chair, at the event.
“Being part of planning Business Leader of the Year, first as a volunteer and then
as a co-chair, has been one of the biggest honors of my time at UAF. It showed me
how strongly Fairbanks, UAF, and CBSM show up for one another. To me, real business
leadership isn’t about titles or money, but about using your success to lift your
community, and BLOY lets students like me be a small part of that.â€
UAF CBSM CBSM students join Patty Mongold, BLOY '25, for a dinner at the Bettisworth North
Fairbanks office.
Did you miss it this year? You can always make a donation to the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Business
and Security Management.
UAF Photo by Eric Engman 2025 Business Leader of the Year, Patty Mongold, center, stands with previous BLOY
recipients and UAF Interim Chancellor Mike Sfraga.
