Alice Nicole Rubenstein (née Rogoff, born November 10, 1951) is an American newspaper publishing executive, philanthropist, and writer.

Early life and education

Rogoff is the daughter of Mortimer Rogoff (1921–2008), former chairman and president of Navigation Sciences; her mother is the artist and muralist Sheila Rogoff. She has two siblings, Louisa Thompson and Julia Peach. Rogoff attended the

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, and

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receiving an

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degree in 1978.

Career

Rogoff served for over 10 years as the

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for the magazine '' U.S. News & World Report''. She worked at ''

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'' as an assistant to publisher Donald Graham, creating its online edition. From 1978 to 1980, Rogoff was a special assistant to the director of the

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in the

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administration. Rogoff first went to

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

in 2002. She was introduced to Alaska by Theron "Terry" Smith, a former chief pilot for

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. With Smith and his wife, Rogoff traveled around Alaska, meeting its people. She subsequently learned to fly an airplane herself. While visiting the Smiths, she bought a home in

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. Rogoff became the majority owner of the ''

Alaska Dispatch Alaska Dispatch was a news organization founded in 2008 and based in Anchorage, Alaska. It was originally an online news outlet focusing on statewide coverage of the U.S. state of Alaska, and on circumpolar affairs and policy. In 2014, the organiz ...

'' in 2008. In April 2014, it was announced that Rogoff and the ''Alaska Dispatch'' would purchase the ''

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'', the largest newspaper in Alaska by circulation, for US$34 million. The transaction placed Alaska's largest newspaper under the control of Rogoff and the ''Alaska Dispatch''. She announced in 2017 that she was giving up control of the newspaper and it was being reorganized under Chapter 11 bankruptcy laws.

Personal life

Rogoff wed

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, in 1983. They have three children, two daughters Alexandra and Gabrielle as well as a son Andrew. The couple divorced on December 8, 2017. In addition to her business ventures, Rogoff helped found Alaska House New York and the

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. Rogoff and her ex-husband have funded the participation by

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in the Any Given Child program, which promotes arts in education. In 2014, Rogoff piloted her own plane to track the

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sled race. In late August, 2015, Rogoff hosted President

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in her Anchorage home for a private dinner party during the first day of a three-day trip Obama made to Alaska to address

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. Rogoff has known the Obama family for several years. On July 3, 2016, Rogoff was the pilot and sole occupant of a

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that crashed upon landing in

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. Her plane was damaged but she was uninjured. She was able to leave the scene of the crash on her own.

References

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