Commonwealth North was co-founded by former Alaska Governors Walter J. Hickel and the late William A. Egan.
Commonwealth North provides an educational forum where opinion leaders and activists in Alaska can gather to review public policy issues and topics affecting the state. Commonwealth North is a non-partisan organization where cultural and professional diversity is welcomed. Monthly forums are held to hear from renowned speakers on a wide variety of stimulating and controversial subjects. Working committees, called Study Groups, are formed by its membership to research critical issues and to produce reports or publications. Commonwealth North is funded by individual memberships and private sector funds.
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton and Former Alaska Governor and Secretary under the Nixon Administration Walter J.Hickel March 30th, 2001.