Jovie Elisha Rucker was born on Dec. 17, 2009, at 8:50 p.m. to Markie Trascritti Rucker and Derek T. Rucker. She weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long. Jovie is the granddaughter of CIRI shareholder M. Teresa Trascritti and husband Dr. Fran Trascritti and great-granddaughter of CIRI shareholder Ernest J. Watson and wife Virgie Watson. Proud family members include Jovie’s paternal grandparents, Rev. Tommy Rucker and wife Kay Rucker; uncles Frank, James and Nicholas Trascritti; and aunts Jesi Rucker McCutchen and husband Jason and Melissa Rucker Holtz and husband Dan. Other family members include great-grandparents Frank and Marie Trascritti, Constancia Theard, Rev. Jessie and Daisy Baxter, Betty Rucker and the late Alan Rucker, Sr. Jovie also has several great-aunts, great-uncles and cousins.
Mission
The mission of CIRI is to promote the economic and social well-being and Alaska Native heritage of our Shareholders, now and into the future, through prudent stewardship of the company’s resources, while furthering self-sufficiency among CIRI Shareholders and their families.
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Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI) is one of 12 regional corporations established in Alaska by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. CIRI is owned by nearly 9,500 Shareholders, primarily of Athabascan, Southeast Indian, Inupiat, Yup’ik, Alutiiq/Sugpiaq and Aleut/Unangax descent.
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