ASMI's Joe Jacobson Takes Over as the Director of the Alaska Division of Economic Development

A veteran of the seafood marketing industry in Alaska has taken a job as the new director of the Alaska Division of Economic Development. Joe Jacobson started his new job earlier this month. Previously Jacobson was the International Program Director for the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute. Before joining ASMI Jacobson worked for the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service’s Office of Agricultural Affairs in Beijing. Jacobson has a degree from the Alaska Pacific University and a master of arts in international relations from the City College of New York.