Radhika Krishna
Executive Director
Radhika is the Executive Director of the Anchorage Downtown Partnership. Before joining ADP, she worked at the Anchorage Community Land Trust for close to a decade, most recently as the Director of Operations, and prior to that as Director of Programs. Radhika has an undergraduate degree from Grinnell College and an MBA from Alaska Pacific University, and was recognized as one of Alaska’s Top 40 Under 40 in 2022. She grew up around the world, and is now proud to call Anchorage home, and the place she’s lived in the longest. In her free time, she loves exploring our beautiful state, and skating, running, and skiing her way through winter.
Contact: radhika@anchoragedowntown.org
Julie Jokinen
Administrative Director
Julie comes to the Anchorage Downtown Partnership, Ltd after working in Alaska tourism for over 25 years. She worked in Denali for 14 years where she was lucky enough to perform in Cabinnite Dinner Theatre in the summer, and then snowbird in Arizona for the winter. That all changed when she accepted a job at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward as their events coordinator and front desk manager, so she loaded up her car and drove to Alaska in January 2008 to make Alaska her home. She then hit the road as a Tour Director for Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises, showing off our amazing state to thousands of tourists. For the last 6 years, she has worked at Premier Alaska Tours, training a whole new generation of tour directors. She is excited to be a part of ADP and the Downtown Anchorage community. In her spare time, you can find her walking miles on the Coastal Trail, as she trains for her 60-mile walk to help end breast cancer.
Contact: jjokinen@anchoragedowntown.or
Kris May
Events Director
Kris grew up on a dude ranch in Colorado and came to Alaska after twenty years in the mountains of Utah. She graduated from the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco with honors after studying Anthropology at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. After cheffing professionally, Kris managed the Catering and Events department at Park City Mountain Resort, combining her love of food, mountains, and ski culture. Kris recently created and sold a small artisan ice cream company that garnered regional and national praise.
Kris is passionate about community and loves creating events that bring people together. A lover of culture, Kris enjoys vibrant public spaces filled with art, music, and commerce. Kris joined Anchorage Downtown Partnership, Ltd. to create events that bring us all together, so we can enjoy not only the uniqueness of Downtown Anchorage, but the company and diversity of one another.
Kris is an avid outdoorswoman, traveler, gardener, chef, and old house restorer. She has worked as a wrangler, ski patrolman, ski instructor, and professional river guide. When not at ADP, you can find her checking out restaurants downtown, exploring coffee shops and record stores, backcountry skiing, fishing, running rivers, hitting the slopes of Alyeska, or hiking with her two beloved dogs Gustavo and Doc.
Contact: kris@anchoragedowntown.org
