Andrey Maslov and Sarah Andrews of the TSC team have been leading a project with the Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) to conduct a survey with SHA’s employee base. SHA provides long-term, low income rental housing and rental assistance to approximately 35,000 people, representing more than 17,000 households, in the city of Seattle. Its employees include everyone from executive leadership to those in the field who work to maintain housing units.

In consulting, we often find ourselves working out some interesting solutions for clients. Keegan Fritts and Andrey Maslov from the TSC team have been working with Togiak Natives Limited to source a fuel truck for the village. This truck will be used to deliver heating oil and gasoline to the community, providing an essential service. To add to the challenge, the truck would need to be delivered before fall to the remote village of Togiak, which is inaccessible by road. This meant the team would have to expedite the process to ensure the truck would sail on one of the final barges leaving Seattle by July.

Leslie Williams Crocker and Kim Perez from the TSC team traveled to Togiak, Dillingham and Aleknagik a couple weeks ago to visit with Lance Nunn of Aleknagik Natives Limited (ANL) and discuss providing accounting services to ANL. Lance was a very gracious host and drove them out to Aleknagik Lake for a tour of his fish harvesting area outside his home in Dillingham.