In Brief: Carissa Giliam has been named general manager of The Wildbirch Hotel, JdV by Hyatt, in downtown Anchorage.
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Carissa Giliam – Image Credit The Wildbirch Hotel
Carissa Giliam has been named general manager of The Wildbirch Hotel, JdV by Hyatt, in downtown Anchorage.
Giliam will oversee hotel operations, guest experience, commercial strategy, food and beverage, and team development at the 252-room hotel in downtown Anchorage’s Mushing District.
She previously served as The Wildbirch Hotel’s director of sales and commercial affairs since August 2025. In that role, she led the hotel’s commercial strategy through its first full year of operation before moving into an interim general manager role.
Before joining The Wildbirch Hotel, Giliam served as general manager of the Hilton Anchorage and as opening general manager of the Aloft Anchorage. She also spent nearly five years as general manager of Crowne Plaza Kansas City Downtown.
Giliam served for one year as director of hospitality and visitor experience at the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, a Smithsonian-affiliated institution that partners with The Wildbirch Hotel.
Her professional experience includes hotel operations, sales and guest experience. Giliam grew up in her family’s locally owned hotel company, Aspen Hotels.
Giliam serves on the boards of Visit Anchorage and the Anchorage Downtown Partnership.