BSNC is pleased to announce the promotion of shareholder Jenna Krohn to Associate General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer (CCO). In this role, Krohn will lead compliance strategy for BSNC and its subsidiaries to manage and mitigate legal and regulatory risk across all business lines. As CCO, she will have a direct line of reporting to the Board Audit & Finance Committee which is responsible for oversight of BSNC’s compliance program.“The Chief Compliance Officer is instrumental in reinforcing BSNC’s integrity and ethical standards,” said Debbie Atuk, Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee. “We are confident that Jenna’s skills and experience make her well-suited to take on this role, and we are delighted to have a shareholder serve this important function for our corporation.”
Krohn joined BSNC as corporate counsel in 2021. She graduated in 2013 from the University of Alaska with a Bachelor of Arts degree in justice and a minor in English. Krohn earned her law degree from Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, graduating in 2018. While completing her education, she worked in human resources at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and later at North Star Behavioral Health. Krohn first began practicing law at private firms in Anchorage, focusing primarily on family law, insurance defense and employment law. She received the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development 2023 Top 40 Under 40 Award.
Krohn grew up in Anchorage and is the proud daughter of the late Kenneth Dewey Jr. of Koyuk and Karen Alatalo of Bay City, Michigan. She has extended family in Koyuk, Nome and Kivalina, as well as in other areas of the state and in Michigan. She is an enrolled tribal member of the Native Village of Koyuk.