Tommy Sheridan
Affiliate Researcher
UAF ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ 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 ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Blue Economy Center and supports ACEP as an affiliate researcher.
Sheridan is a fisheries expert, researcher and educator based out of Valdez, ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥. He has lived, worked, studied and taught in and from ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ 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 ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥â€™s Commissioner to the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission from 2020 through 2026.