James C. “Jim” McDermott

James McDermott retired from the U.S. Air Force as a master sergeant after 22 1/2 years of service. He has lived in Fairbanks since 2006. He has worked as a Boots-to-Business instructor at the Veteran Business Outreach Center, as an adjunct instructor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Management, and as director of the Small Business Development Center in Fairbanks. Earlier, he was a college recruiter for DeVry University and a warehouse foreman for the Anchorage School District. He writes children's books through Jimmy Irish LLC. He lists service as an Election Commissioner with the Alaska Public Offices Commission. He holds a master's degree in business organizational management from the University of La Verne and a bachelor's degree in occupational education from Wayland Baptist University.

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