The Doyon Board of Directors selected Doyon shareholder Norm Phillips as their new President and CEO. Mr. Phillips is originally from Rampart, Alaska and a graduate of University of Alaska, Fairbanks with a B.S. degree in Geological Engineering. He has been working for Doyon for the last 20 years in the Lands and Natural Resources department. According to the Doyon press release, Phillips says,

“I am proud that Doyon is headquartered in Fairbanks, on the north bank of the Chena River, my hometown. I appreciate this opportunity to work with the board and the excellent management team we have in place throughout the Doyon Family of Companies. And I confident that Doyon will continue to grow and prosper.”

Past president of Doyon was elected to the Doyon board of directors as a write-in candidate.

Read the article from the Fairbanks News-Minor here.

News broke last week that President and CEO of Doyon, Orie Williams announced his resignation at a board meeting. Williams served as President for Nearly six years.

As you can read in the following article of the “Fairbanks Daily News - Miner”, there has not been any reason given for his departure.

Doyon plans to name interim president and CEO next month

By Eric Lidji
Published December 13, 2007

Doyon, Limited plans to name an interim president and CEO in January, and start immediately searching for a permanent replacement for the position, the company announced Wednesday. (more…)