Wayne Don Leads Guard's COVID Response
Calista board member Wayne Don became a brigadier general in the National Guard this past weekend. He has been serving as the director of the joint staff in Alaska and heading up the Alaska National Guard’s COVID-19 Response Team, which has meant doing contact tracing, food distribution in Southcentral Alaska, and being prepared to do more if needed. “Nobody has needed guard assistance, which is a good thing,” said Don. “It means that the capacity in each of the communities hasn’t been exhausted. So really, when a community can’t deal with the issues in front of them is usually wh...