Tommy Sheridan
Affiliate Researcher
UAF Alaska Blue Economy Center, Director
Email: tmsheridan@alaska.edu
Expertise
- Fisheries
- Meeting Facilitation
BIO
Tommy Sheridan first joined ACEP in January 2022 as community liaison for the ARCTIC Cordova Community Innovation Hub. He currently serves as director for the UAF Alaska Blue Economy Center and supports ACEP as an affiliate researcher.
Sheridan is a fisheries expert, researcher and educator based out of Valdez, Alaska. He has lived, worked, studied and taught in and from Alaska for the past two decades, with a focus on commercial fishery management and salmon hatchery operations. Sheridan has been an active public servant for several local, statewide and international bodies, and was appointed as a United States Representative and Alaska鈥檚 Commissioner to the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission from 2020 through 2026.