
Radhika Krishna
Executive Director

Crystal Caines
Economic Opportunity Director

Kris May
Event 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, combing 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: kris@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 head back to 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 of 2008 to make Alaska officially 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 working with and training a whole new generation of tour directors. She is excited to be a part of the Anchorage Downtown Partnership the downtown community and to watch the downtown area blossom. In her spare time, you can find her walking miles on the Coastal Trail as she trains for her 60 mile walks to help end Breast Cancer.
Contact Julie: jjokinen@anchoragedowntown.or
Downtown Ambassadors

ADP’s Downtown Ambassadors lead our efforts to make downtown clean, safe, and vital. Ambassadors work Monday-Friday in the winter and Wednesday-Sunday in the summer to remove snow from sidewalks, remove litter from sidewalks and from the public trash cans downtown, and remove graffiti. Ambassadors also walk all 120 blocks of the downtown improvement district every day, and act as the ‘eyes and ears’ of downtown, identifying maintenance needs, supporting individuals needing emergency or behavioral health services, and answering questions from visitors.
We work closely with all downtown property owners, downtown businesses, the Municipality of Anchorage, and partner agencies such as EasyPark to coordinate services and respond to requests and needs. We partner with Partners for Progress and Cook Inlet Tribal Council to offer internships and employment.