Cal Cross

Cal Cross
Dean, WVC Omak

Cal Cross became WVC Omak Dean in August 2024.

Cal has over 30 years of management experience. He recently served as the director of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Kuskokwim Campus, the UAF’s largest rural campus, where he was responsible for all aspects of campus operations and functions. Cal and the Kuskokwim campus team worked with many community partners, including the Center for Alaska Native Health Research, the Kuskokwim Intertribal Fish Commission, Southwest Alaska Arts Group, and The Association of Village Council Presidents. He also supervised 20 staff and 7 faculty, in addition to adjunct faculty and temporary employees.  

Prior to UAF, Cal worked for many years in public libraries, having served as the director of the Haines Borough Public Library in Haines, Alaska, at Carmel Clay Public Library in Carmel, Ind., and at Wood Buffalo Regional Library in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. At Wood Buffalo Regional Library, in addition to overseeing all library operations and functions, Cal worked with tribal administrators and Métis locals.  

He has additional higher education experience in administrative and faculty roles at Florida State University, Greenville Technical College in South Carolina, and Clemson University. 

Cal has a Master of Library Science degree from the University of Maryland and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgia Southern University’s Armstrong Campus.