Violet Yeaton Email Address

Grant Specialist II Southcentral Foundation

At Southcentral Foundation, we intentionally design everything from our buildings and facilities, to our services and systems, to be responsive to the needs and values of the Native Community. Our customers drive everything. While we are celebrating 30 years of health care excellence and have won the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, continuous improvement is a journey - and we realize we still have more work to do. We use advisory councils, surveys, focus groups, a toll-free hotline, a variety of best-practice improvement tools and other means to learn what is working and what is not. Our employees are trained to listen, and to use this feedback to make changes, big and small. By working together, it is possible to raise the health status of our families and communities and achieve physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual wellness.

I am passionate about working for our Tribal people. I think its vitally important if Tribes in Alaska are working towards sustaining their communities, that they take control of their destiny. The training and capacity building needs to happen in the communities. I am passionate about taking care of our environment because it has sustained our people for generations. If we don't take care of what we have, there will be nothing for the many generations to come. I have been fortunate to work with the Tribal people for the past 20 plus years and I see that we have many commonalities, whether your in Point Barrow or South east Alaska or Tribes in the lower state. The struggles are much the same, the challenges may be different but our passion for our culture is steadfast. I have been blessed to do the work that I do and hopefully it is making a difference for our people and the many generations to come.