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1. Dr. Ferguson’s bright spots, assets-­based approach to organizational leadership focuses
on what works. He builds from within to grow what is already positive and good within
an organization. He motivates and engages executive leadership through collaborative
exercises using the World Café method together with hands-­on visioning and other
innovative strategic planning exercises.
An experienced Healthcare Executive, Dr. Ferguson has a proven history of leading
organizations and communities toward well-­being. His areas of specialty include Public
Health, Population Health, Alaska Native Health, Nonprofit Organizations, Strategic
Planning, Motivational Speaking and Wellness Coaching.
ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP
• Incorporating Naturopathic/Integrative
Medicine into Healthcare Organizations
and Systems
• Wellness, Prevention and Public Health
Strategies Around Community
Well-Being
• Tribal Health Systems Consultation
• Organizational Development
• Visioning and Strategic Planning
• Executive Coaching
• Leadership Development
• Meeting Facilitation
• Staff and Workforce Development
• Operations Optimization and Workplace
Efficiency
• Conflict Resolution and Mediation
• Community Outreach and Engagement
• Tribal Relations
• Tribal Government-to-Government
Facilitation and Consultation
• Cultural Education and Training
• Non-Profit Fundraising
• Grant Acquisition
• Grant Writing
• Grant Program Management
CONSULTING SERVICES
Dr. Gary Ferguson is a catalyst for change.
Alaska Native People: The Tobacco Prevention and Control Movement
The State of Alaska
Tobacco Prevention and Control Program
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DR. GARY L. FERGUSON II
BS, ND
HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
CONSULTANT
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2. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, Member: 2000–Present
Alaska Association of Naturopathic Physicians, Member: 2002–Present
American Indian Cancer Foundation, Board Director: 2015–Present
Municipality of Anchorage Health & Human Services Commission: 2016–Present
National Diabetes Education Program AI/AN Workgroup: 2007–Present
The Aleut Foundation, Director/Co-Chair: 2006–Present
The Aleut Corporation, Board Director: 2013–Present
University of Alaska Chancellor’s Advisory Council: 2017–Present
American Lung Association in Alaska, Leadership Council: 2011–2017
Alaska Food Policy Council Governing Board, Member: 2013–2017
Alaska Area Institutional Review Board, Member: 2011–September 2016
Alaska Tobacco Control Alliance Steering Committee: 2007–September 2016
Access Alaska Board of Directors, Director: 2006–2012
Aleutians East Borough School District, Board Member: 1992–1995
American Diabetes Association Native American Initiative Workgroup: 2010–2017
American Lung Association of the Mountain Pacific, Board Member: 2011–2012
Take Heart Alaska Steering Committee: 2008–2014
RESEARCH PROJECTS
“A Randomized Trial of Workplace Interventions to Improve the Health of Alaska Native People,” Local Principal Investigator
with Dedra Buchwald, M.D., as Project Principal Investigator; 2008–2012.
“Helping Ourselves to Health,” Co-Principal Investigator with Tim Gilbert, MPH, as Principal Investigator; 2010-2012.
PUBLICATIONS
Sharma S; Mead E; Simeon D;
Ferguson G; Kolahdooz F. “Dietary
Adequacy among Rural Yup’ik
Women in Western Alaska.” J Am
Coll Nutr. 2015; 34(1):65-72 (ISSN:
1541-1087).
Kolahdooz F, Simeon D, Ferguson
G, Sharma S. 2014. “Development
of a Quantitative Food Frequency
Questionnaire for Use Among the
Yup’ik People of Western Alaska.”
PLoS ONE 9(6): e100412. http://
dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.
pone.0100412
Flint, Courtney, Josh Kellogg,
Mallory Dolan, Lama BouFajreldin,
Ewan Robinson, Gary Ferguson, Ilya
Raskin, and Mary Ann Lila. 2011.
“Promoting Wellness in Alaskan
Villages: Integrating Traditional
Knowledge and Science of Wild
Berries.” EcoHealth 8:199-209.
ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Dr. Gary Ferguson is a catalyst for change.

3. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Practicing Prevention in a Culture of Crisis”
Alaska Division of Behavioral Health; Voices of Prevention Conference — September 2017
“Indigenous Foods Improve Health”
Second Annual Conference on Native American Nutrition — September 2017
“Traditional Foods for Health”
National Indian Health Board Public Health Summit — June 2017
“Store Outside Your Door: Traditional Foods for Health”
Pacific Northwest Tribal Gathering at Muckleshoot — May 2017
“Bright Spots in Addressing Nutrition Insecurity”
National Diabetes Education Program; CDC Webinar — March 2017
“Store Outside Your Door: Alaskan Plants as Food and Medicine”
CHAP Forum 2016 — April 2016
“Store Outside Your Door: A Journey to Well-being”
31st Annual Alaska Native Diabetes Conference — December 2015
“The Well-being of Our Elders” (Emcee)
Elders Summit at APIA — September 2015
“Healthy Healers: The Importance of Self-Care”
Wellness Week at Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments — July 2015, Fort Yukon, Alaska
“Strengthening Our Roots, Growing Our Future”
Alaskan Plants as Food and Medicine 2016 — June 2015
“Healthy Healers”
16th International Congress on Circumpolar Health — June 2015, Oulu, Finland
“Holistic Healing in Addiction: Restoring Balance”
Association of American Indian Physicians Cross Cultural Workshop — April 2015
ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Dr. Gary Ferguson is a catalyst for change.

4. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS CONTINUED
“Store Outside Your Door: Hunt, Fish, Gather, Grow”
• 16th International Congress on Circumpolar Health — June 2015, Oulu, Finland
• ANTHC Community Health Aid Practitioner (CHAP) Forum — April 2015
• Indigenous Maternal Infant Child Health Conference (IMICH) — March 2015, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• Wisdom Engaged — February 2015, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• American Diabetes Association Overcoming Disparities Forum — October 2013 (Earned the Promising Practice
Award of Excellence)
• AAIP Conference — August 2012, Anchorage, Alaska
• Tribal Best Practices Conference — July 2012, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Barrow Wellness Conference — January 2013
• Alaska Area Diabetes Conference — November 2012
“Caring for the Caregiver: Nutrition”
Stone Soup Group Annual Conference — March 2015
“Recover Alaska: Reclaiming Community Well-Being”
Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference — March 2015
“Creating Healthy Generations: Prevention of Obesity in Children”
Alaska Area Diabetes Conference — December 2014
“Nutrition Security for Our Future Generations”
BIA Providers Conference — December 2014
“Utilizing the Bounty: Combating Rural Food Insecurity Through the Use of Traditional and Customary Foods”
Alaska Food Policy Council Food Festival & Conference — November 2014
“Store Outside Your Door: Addressing Childhood Obesity”
Alaska Academy of Physician Assistants Annual Conference — October 2014
“Traditional Foods & Maternal Child Health”
ANTHC Maternal Child Health Conference — September 2014
ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Dr. Gary Ferguson is a catalyst for change.

5. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS CONTINUED
“Store Outside Your Door”
• Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation/BBNC/BBNA — September 2014, Dillingham, Alaska
• Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Health & Culture — April 2014
• Alaskan Plants as Food and Medicine Symposium — May 2013
• Alaskan Plants as Food and Medicine Symposium — May 2012
• Ethel Lund Village Health Occupations Program — April 2012, Sitka, Alaska
• SEARHC Diabetes Conference — May 2011, Juneau, Alaska
“Nutrition Security for Our Future Generations”
Inuit Circumpolar Council General Assembly 2014 — August 2014 Inuvik, NWT
“Store Outside Your Door” Workshop
Atka Niigugim Tanasxaa Culture Camp — July 2014
“Healthy Healers”
Rural Providers Conference — June 2014, Fairbanks, Alaska
“Store Outside Your Door: Addressing Nutrition Security”
National Congress of American Indians — June 2014
“Iron Chef: Emmonak” (Emcee)
Center For Alaska Native Health Research: Emmonak — April 2014
“Store Outside Your Door”
Native Youth Outreach Workshop; Yukon Koyukuk School District, Galena Interior Learning Academy — April 2014,
Galena, Alaska
“Helping Ourselves to Health: Research Project Evaluation”
Alaska Native Health Research Conference — March 2014, Anchorage, Alaska
“Wellness: Self-Care Strategies for Community Workers”
St. George Wellness Conference — February 2014, St. George Island, Alaska
“Store Outside Your Door: Food as Medicine”
Alaska Public Health Association Health Summit — January 2014
ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Dr. Gary Ferguson is a catalyst for change.

6. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS CONTINUED
“Store Outside Your Door: Season 3”
Alaska Area Diabetes Conference — December 2013
Poster Presentation: “Store Outside Your Door”
• 8th Circumpolar Agricultural Conference, UAA Arctic Inaugural Food Summit
• International Meeting on Indigenous Health — April 2013, Portland, Oregon
“Injury Prevention: Preventing Elder Falls” & “Holistic Approaches in Healing our Elders: The Journey to Wellness”
APIA Elder Summit — June 2013, Unalaska, Alaska
“Our Food is Our Medicine: Addressing Food Security in the State of Alaska”
Alaska Health Summit — January 2013
“Wellness: A Balanced Approach for Caregivers”
Domestic Violence Prevention Conference — October 2012, Beaver, Alaska
“Store Outside Your Door: Hunt, Fish, Gather, Grow”
Our Food is Our Medicine Conference, NWIC — August 2012, Washington
“NDEP AI/AN Diabetes Psychosocial Toolkit: A Wellness Approach”
I.H.S. Behavioral Health Conference — June 2012, Minneapolis, Minnesota
“Importance of Nutrition in Recovery”
• Rural Providers Conference — May 2012, Dillingham, Alaska
• RurAL CAP Rural Providers Conference — June 2009, Kodiak, Alaska
“The Mechanics of Wellness: Keeping Your Engine Running Smoothly”
Men’s Health Forum, Juneau — March 2012, Juneau, Alaska
“Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion: The Wellness Path”
Tanana Chiefs Convention — March 2012
“Store Outside Your Door: Traditional Foods, Contemporary Chef”
University of Alaska MPH Program — January 2012
ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Dr. Gary Ferguson is a catalyst for change.

7. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS CONTINUED
“NDEP Diabetes Psychosocial Toolkit: A Resource for Healthcare Professionals”
Alaska Area Diabetes Program Annual Conference — December 2012
“Research: Alaska Tribal Berry Resources and Human Health”
Alaska Area Diabetes Coordinators — November 2010
“Successful Collaboration Leading Towards Community Wellness”
Tribal Health Partnerships — April 2010
“Under the Cloud of Climate Change”
Alaska Tribal Berry Resources and Human Health; EPA Webinar — October 2009
“Community Wellness”
St. Paul Wellness Conference — September 2009, St. Paul Island, Alaska
“Self-Care for Providers and Community Volunteers”
• RurAL CAP Rural Providers Conference — June 2009, Kodiak, Alaska
• ANTHC Palliative Care Conference — May 2009, Fairbanks, Alaska
• RurAL CAP AmeriCorps/BIRCH Program — January 2010
“Got Air? Prologue”
Alaska Tobacco Control Alliance “Got Air?” Summit — April 2009
“Childhood Obesity and Community Wellness”
Anchorage School District Town Hall — April 2009
“Living Well Alaska: Chronic Disease Self Management”
Alaska Area Diabetes Conference — December 2007
“Growing up Tobacco Free” & “Going Tobacco Free: Lessons from the Field”
25th Alaska Health Summit — December 2007
“Stress and Chronic Disease: Connecting the Dots”
Domestic Violence Symposium — November 2007, Sand Point, Alaska
ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Dr. Gary Ferguson is a catalyst for change.

8. EDUCATION
National College of Naturopathic Medicine, Doctor
of Naturopathic Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine and
Chinese Herbology, 1996–2002
Alaska Pacific University, Alaska Native Executive
Leadership Program (ANELP), Business Administration and
Management, General, 2015–2018
Foraker, Certificate in Nonprofit Management, 2013–2013
I.H.S. Healthy Native Communities Fellowship,
January–October 2007
Tobacco Treatment Specialist, Alaska Native Tribal Health
Consortium, February 2005
Multnomah University, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biblical
Education, 1985–1989
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS CONTINUED
“Walking Our Talk”
ANTHC CHAP Convocation — October 2007
“Holistic Healing for Addictions”
• Association of American Indian Physicians Annual Conference — July 2007
• Rural Providers Conference — June 2007
REFERENCES UPON REQUEST
ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Dr. Gary Ferguson is a catalyst for change.