UAA Chancellor - Cheryl Siemers
Cheryl Siemers
UAA Chancellor
University of Alaska Anchorage
3211 Providence Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99508
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President Pitney has named UAA Interim Chancellor Cheryl Siemers to the permanent Chancellor role, effective March 8.
Chancellor Siemers has served as interim since May 2025, and brings decades of post-secondary education experience to the role. She has a deep understanding of UAA’s workforce programs and professional occupational certificates making her the right person to lead UAA as a dual-mission university.
Siemers has worked for UAA and KPC for more than 20 years, starting out as an adjunct and later full-time faculty member before becoming the assistant KPC director and, finally, campus director.
In addition to her time as director of KPC, Cheryl is a proud UAA alumna, receiving her M.A. in English from us in addition to earning her Ph.D. in rhetoric and linguistics from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.