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2012
January 11, 2012: Commonwealth North Annual Assets Review
Mike Burns, Executive Director, Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation; Pat Gamble, President of the University of Alaska; Daniel Sullivan, Commissioner, Alaska Department of Natural Resources; and Joe Beedle, President, Northrim Bank

2011
December 14, 2011: 2011 Commonwealth North Legislator Meet and Greet
Representative Mike Chenault, Speaker of the House; Senator Gary Stevens, Senate President

October 26, 2011: Gambling with the State's Fiscal Future: Can Alaskans Afford the Odds
Representative Anna Fairclough, Chair, House Special Committee on Fiscal Policy & House Finance Committee Member; Cheryl Frasca, Director, Municipality of Anchorage, Office of Management & Budget

September 28, 2011: Alaska's Infrastructure Development Roadmap - Report Release
Nils Andreassen and Jeff Staser, Co-chairs of Commonwealth North's Infrastructure Study, Kathie Wasserman, Alaska Municipal League, Jim Dodson, Fairbanks Economic Development Corporation, and Rachael Petro, Alaska Chamber of Commerce

August 26, 2011: Senator Begich & FCC Chairman: The Future of Telecommunications
Senator Mark Begich & Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski

August 23, 2011: Senator Lisa Murkowski
Senator Lisa Murkowski

June 15, 2011: The Future of Health Care - Balancing Cost, Quality and Access
Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association Executive Vice President of Advocacy and Public Policy

May 18, 2011: Representative Don Young - Washington Report
U.S. Representative Don Young

April 20, 2011: Senator Mark Begich - Outlook and Priorities
U.S. Senator Mark Begich

April 13, 2011: The Debate: Is the US Government Afforded the Power to Mandate Health Insurance
UAA Debaters - Colin Haughey, Drew Cason, Michaela Hernandez, Sarah Carpenter

March 23, 2011: Oil Investment Tax Structure Study Release
Joseph Beedle, President, Northrim Bank; Cheryl Frasca, Director, Municipality of Anchorage, Office of Management & Budget

February 24, 2011: Managing Alaska Resources for the Benefit of all Alaskans: A Former DNR Commissioner's Round Table
Former Department of Natural Resources Commissioners Harold Heinze, John Shively, and Judy Brady

February 08, 2011: Ensuring a Competitive Alaska - Governor Frank Murkowski
Governor Frank Murkowski

January 12, 2011: 2010 Annual Assets Review
Joe Dubler - Chief Financial Officer, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation; Pat Gamble - President of the University of Alaska; Jim Hemsath - Deputy Director of Development Finance, Alaska Industrial Development & Export Authority; Daniel Sullivan - Commissioner, Alaska Department of Natural Resources; and Mead Treadwell -Lieutenant Governor, State of Alaska

2010
December 16, 2010: 2010 Commonwealth North Legislator Meet and Greet
Speaker of the House, Representative Mike Chenault; Senate Majority Leader Senator Kevin Meyer

October 28, 2010: Commonwealth North 2010 General Election Gubernatorial Debate
Governor Sean Parnell, Ethan Berkowitz

October 12, 2010: Adopting New Technologies and Medical Advances to Combat Cancer in Alaska

Dr. Richard Goldberg, Physician-in-Chief, North Carolina Cancer Hospital and Chief of the Division of Hematology & Oncology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill



October 07, 2010: How Will Alaskans Effectively Deliver Our Message to Washington
Jack Ferguson, President, Jack Ferguson Associates, Inc. and Daryl Owen, President, Daryl Owen Associates, Inc.

September 22, 2010: The Economic Impacts of Health Care Reform on Alaska
Tom Nighswander, Co-chair of the Commonwealth North Health Care Action Coalition, Deborah Erickson, Executive Director of the Alaska Health Care Commission, Mark Foster, Mark A Foster and Associates

September 13, 2010: Two Big Issues: Health Care and Social Security
Lee Hammond, AARP President

August 23, 2010: 2010 Gubernatorial Debate Series - Republican Debate
Governor Sean Parnell, Ralph Samuels, Bill Walker

August 05, 2010: 2010 Gubernatorial Debate Series - Democrat Debate
Ethan Berkowitz and Senator Hollis French

June 23, 2010: Broadband Alaska, Connecting Alaskans
Heather Hudson, Director, Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER); Jim Kohler, Deputy Director of Information Technology for ETS, Alaska Department of Administration; Krag Johnsen, GCI, Director of Rural Broadband Development; and Wanetta Ayers, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development

May 11, 2010: The Economic Impact of Health Care Reform on Alaska
Tom Nighswander and Duane Heyman, Co-chairs of the Commonwealth North Health Care Action Coalition, Deborah Erickson, Executive Director of the Alaska Health Care Commission, Mark Foster, Mark A Foster and Associates

April 21, 2010: The Debate: Other Arctic Nations Have Better Managed Their Oil Wealth Than Alaska
UAA Debaters Drew Cason, Brett Frazer, Colin Haughey, Amie Stanley

April 01, 2010: Governor Sean Parnell
Governor Sean Parnell

March 24, 2010: Energy for a Sustainable Alaska
Mary Ann Pease, Co-chair of the Energy Study Group

March 12, 2010: The Future of Alaska's Natural Gas - Ted Stevens
Senator Ted Stevens

February 09, 2010: Climate Change Reform: Domestic Legislation and International Agreements Post-Copenhagen
Michael Tubman, Congressional Affairs Fellow at Pew Center on Global Climate Change; Commissioner Larry Hartig, Department of Environmental Conservation

February 03, 2010: After the Crisis: Outlook for the 2010 Economy and Investment Markets
Jeff Pantages, Chief Investment Officer for Alaska Permanent Capital Management

January 20, 2010: Managing Alaskaメs Assets: A shareholderメs annual examination of the performance of Alaska Inc.
Pat Gamble, President and CEO of the Alaska Railroad; Dick Mylius, Director of the Division of Mining, Land and Water; Kevin Banks, Director of the Division of Oil and Gas; Mike Burns, Executive Director of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation; and Mead Treadwell, CEO, Venture AD Astra

January 13, 2010: Missile Defense: Enhancing National Security
U.S. Senator Mark Begich and Lieutenant General Patrick J. O'Reilly

2009
December 16, 2009: Annual Commonwealth North Legislature Meet and Greet
Speaker of the House Mike Chenault and Senate President Gary Stevens

November 19, 2009: Health Care Follow-up, Chronic Illness "Beyond the Law of Averages: Breast Cancer Research"
Dr. Lori Goldstein the Director of the Breast Evaluation Center and Leader of the Breast Cancer Research Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia

November 12, 2009: 2009 Walter J. Hickel Award for Distinguished Public Policy Leadership
Willie "Iggiagruk" Hensley 

November 10, 2009: Cutting through the Rhetoric of Health Care Reform and what that will mean for all Alaskans
Tom Nighswander MD, MPH with Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Pat Luby Advocacy Director for AARP's Alaska State Office, and Bruce Lamoureux Chief Operating Officer of Providence Alaska Medical Center

October 20, 2009: The Economic Case for Early Childhood Development
Bill Millett, Founder and President of Scope View Strategic Advantage

October 06, 2009: Energy Stability - Our Next Great Challenge
Retired Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn

September 25, 2009: Energy Discussion with FERC Commissioner Moeller
Commissioner Philip D. Moeller

September 16, 2009: Communications in the Changing Media Environment
Patrick Yack, Atwood Chair of Journalism at UAA

September 02, 2009: Health Care Reform Debate
Stephen Isaacs attorney, writer-editor, and former professor of public health at Columbia University; Dr. Paul Jellinek Program Vice President of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

August 11, 2009: Congressional Update and Analysis of America's Health Care System
Senator Lisa Murkowski 

August 06, 2009: Who will take care of Mom and Dad
Paul Hogan, co-founder and CEO of Home Instead Senior Care, and International Franchise Association's Entrepreneur of the year

July 09, 2009: The State of Alaska's Fiscal Future for the Next 10 Years
Pat Galvin, Commissioner of the Department of Revenue, Karen Rehfeld, Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

June 24, 2009: TransCanada's Alaska Pipeline Project
Tony Palmer, Transcanada.

June 10, 2009: Denali - The Alaska Gas Pipeline
Bud Fackrell, Denali - Alaska Gas Pipeline.

June 03, 2009: Transferring a Clinical Advance from the Laboratory to Bedside - Saving Blue Babies
Dr. Warren Zapol, Director of the Anesthesia Acute Care Laboratories at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Reginald Jenney Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School.

June 03, 2009: Law of the Sea Forum
John Moore, Director of the Center of Oceans Law and Policy at the University of Virgina School of Law, Commander James Kraska, USN US Naval Wat College, Stephen de Boer, Director of the Oceans and Enviormental Law Division for the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs.

May 06, 2009: Economic Analysis of Future Offshore Oil and Gas Development in Alaska
Patrick Burden, President of Northern Economics, Dr. Scott Goldsmith, former director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), and Pete Slaiby, General Manager of Shell Alaska.

April 15, 2009: Senator Mark Begich
Senator Mark Begich.

April 15, 2009: The US: Chronic Conditions and Crises
Donald Straszheim, the Principal at Straszheim Global Advisors and former global chief economist for Merrill Lynch & Co.

March 27, 2009: Status and Future of the Denali Commission
George Cannelos - Federal Co-chair of the Denali Commision.

February 25, 2009: In State Natural Gas Options Study
Jim Dodson - President/CEO of the Fairbanks Economic Development Corporation.

January 22, 2009: Managing Alaska's Assets
A panel of the State's major asset managers.

2008
December 03, 2008: Rob Parenteau, "Pushing Through a Hard Recession"
Rob Parenteau walked our members through the current financial crisis and where we are heading.

October 25, 2008: David Rubenstein
David Rubenstein, Founder of the Carlyle Group, gave his perspective on the financial issues underlying the current recession.

October 22, 2008: Alaska Native Perspective of 50 years of Statehood
Vic Fischer; Byron Mallott; Liz Cheney.

September 18, 2008: Inuit Circumpolar Council
Patricia Cochrane - Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Council.

August 06, 2008: Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen
Admiral Thad Allen.

July 22, 2008: Dan Sullivan
Dan Sullivan Assistant Secretary, US Dept. of State.

June 26, 2008: Mining In Alaska- Regulations and Proposition #4
Sharmon Stambaugh - Program Manager, Wastewater Discharge Authorization; Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conservation. Karl Hanneman - Manager, Public and Environmental Affairs and Special Projects, Teck Cominco.

June 13, 2008: 2008 Legislative Session
Mike and Tim Bradner.

June 10, 2008: General's Tour of Kodiak Launch Complex
Alaska Aerospace provided a tour of the Kodiak Launch Complex.

May 28, 2008: Denali Project
Dave Van Tuyl - Commercial Manager of BP's Alaska Gas Group; Ed Hendrickson - Manager for ANS Gas Development for ConocoPhillips Alaska.

May 19, 2008: Health Issues Facing Alaska
Dr. Ron Goetzel, Director of the Emory University Institute for Health and Productivity Studies.

April 29, 2008: Newspapers in the Modern Media Mix
Gary Pruitt, President and CEO, The McClatchy Company.

April 24, 2008: Bob Gagosian, President/CEO The Consortium for Ocean Leadership
Bob Gagosian, President Emeritus of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

April 17, 2008: Iceland Energy Delegation
Magnus Johannesson, CEO, Iceland America Energy, Inc.; Tal C. Finney, Director, Iceland America Energy, Inc.; Gudmunder Thoroddson, CEO, Reykjavik Energy Invest; Logan Kruger, CEO, Century Aluminum; Ragnar Gudmundsson, CEO, Nordural

April 13, 2008: U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens
U.S. Senator Ted Stevens.

March 19, 2008: Senator Stevens Membership Briefing
U.S. Senator Ted Stevens.

February 12, 2008: University of Alaska - Best Bet for Local Hire
Mark Hamilton, President, University of Alaska.

January 24, 2008: Managing Alaska's Assets
Mead Treadwell, CEO Venture AD Astra, Commissioner, U.S. Arctic Research Commission, and Senior Fellow, Institute of the North; Mike Burns, Executive Director, Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.; Pat Gamble, President & CEO Alaska Railroad Corp.; Mort Plumb, Director, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport; Kevin Banks, director, Division of Alaska Oil & Gas; Dick Mylius, Director, Division of Mining, Land & Water; Dan Fauske, CEO/Executive Director, Alaska Housing Finance Corp.

2007
December 06, 2007: "Hear and Tell" With Legislative Leaders Senate President Lyda Green & House Speaker John Harris
Senate President Lyda Green and House Speaker John Harris and CWN Permanent Fund Study Group Report with Study Group Co-chairs Eric Wohlforth and Cheryl Frasca.

November 28, 2007: Hope is not a Strategy - An examination of in-state energy policy issues
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce board members Tony Izzo and Joe Griffith.

October 18, 2007: Alaska Day 49th State Fellow Reception
Roxanne Willis, scholar of American environmental history and literature at the Harvard University Center for the Environment

September 11, 2007: Health Care Policy Debate
Edmund Haislmaier, Senior Research Fellow in Health Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation, and Michael Tanner, Director of Health and Welfare Studies at the Cato Institute.

August 27, 2007: Mike Gravel
Mike Gravel, former Democratic U.S. Senator from Alaska and candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.

August 25, 2007: Winning Sustainability in an Age of Global Change

Dr. Peter Raven, director of the Missouri Botanical Garden, chairman of the National Geographic Society’s Committee for Research and Exploration, chairman of the Division of Earth and Life Studies for the National Research Council, and co-editor of the journal Flora of China.



August 23, 2007: Military Morning - Meet the new C17 and F22!
Lt. General Douglas Fraser, Commander, Alaska Command.

July 25, 2007: State of the Stateメs Finances - A Look at Future Income and Expense
Pat Galvin, Commissioner of Revenue, and Karen Rehfield, Director of the Office of Budget and Management.

July 23, 2007: Re-Discovering Democracy in Louisiana: A Dream No Longer Deferred
Linetta Gilbert, Senior Program Officer, The Ford Foundation.

July 10, 2007: H.R. Brereton (Gubby) Barlow
H.R. Brereton (Gubby) Barlow, President and Chief Executive Officer of Premera Blue Cros.

June 21, 2007: Ethics - "Beyond Litigation"
Former Alaska Legislators Gail Philips and Ethan Berkowitz and former Commissioners Michele Brown and John Shively; moderated by Judge Karen Hunt.

May 17, 2007: Climate Change / Arctic Research
Dr. Mike Sfraga, Chair of the International Polar Year Community Outreach and Engagement Committee; Mead Treadwell, Chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission; Richard Reich.

May 10, 2007: The Producers
Paul Wilcox, Attorney, Hughes Bauman Pfiffner Gorski & Seedorf, LLC and co-chair of the Commonwealth North Gasline Study group: Wendy King, Manager ANS Gas Development, ConocoPhillips Alaska; Dave Van Tuyl,Gas Commercialization Manager, Gas and Midstream Alaska, BP Exploration Alaska; Mark Nelson, Technical Advisor, Alaska Gas Development, ExxonMobil; Gov. Walter Hickel, twice Governor of the state of Alaska, former Secretary of the Interior, and co-founder of Commonwealth North; Joe Beedle, EVP Chief Lending Officer, Northrim Bank, and Vice President of Commonwealth North.

May 02, 2007: Nantaska: The Minnow and the Whale
Crocker Snow, director of the Edward R. Murrow Center for Public Diplomacy, Tufts University.

April 04, 2007: AGIA - Getting Alaska's Gas to Market
Commissioner Tom Irwin, Department of Natural Resources, and Kurt Gibson, Petroleum Investments Manager, Department of Revenue.

March 16, 2007: Gas Pipeline Primer
State Representative Ralph Samuels.

February 20, 2007: The Health Care Crisis: Is Reform Good Business?
Senator Lisa Murkowski.

February 02, 2007: The Crisis of Civic Literacy
Lt. Gen. Josiah Bunting III,  Chairman of ISI's National Civic Literacy Board and President of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.

January 31, 2007: Anchorage in the Next 90 Years - Policy Implications for All of Alaska
Fran Ulmer and Scott Goldsmith, UAA Institute for Social and Economic Research.

January 18, 2007: Planning an Effective Employee Wellness Program - What works best?
Larry Chapman, MPH WebMD.

January 16, 2007: Perspectives on the Pebble Project III: The Golden Opportunity: The Challenge of Balance in Bristol Bay
Bruce Jenkins, Chief Operating Officer, Northern Dynasty Mines Inc..

January 15, 2007: Perspectives on the Pebble Project II: How Large Mines are Permitted and Regulated
Ed Fogels, Acting Deputy Commissioner, Alaska Department of Natural Resources; Tom Crafford, Large Mine Coordinator, Alaska Department of Natural Resources.

January 14, 2007: Perspectives on the Pebble Project I: Trouble Waters, The Salmon vs. Mining Fight in Bristol Bay
Scott Brennan, Executive Vice President, Renewable Resource Coalition; Brian Kraft, Director, Renewable Resource Coalition; Norman Van Vactor, Director, Renewable Resource Coalition; Bobby Andrews, President, Aleknagik Natives Limited.

January 12, 2007: The Ready to Read, Ready to Learn Initiative
Abbe Hensley, Director of Ready to Read, Ready to Learn Task Force; David Wight, task force member and Commonwealth North Board Member; and Doug Suttles, President of BP Alaska.

January 04, 2007: Alaska State Legislative Preview 2007
House Speaker John Harris and Senate President Lyda Green.

2006
December 15, 2006: Strategies for Dealing with Uncertainty and Change
Jill Fredston, Alaska author and avalanche specialist.

November 28, 2006: Strengthening Education in Alaska
Lee Gorsuch, Former Chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage; Fran Ulmer, Director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research; Bill McDiarmid, Boeing Chair in Teacher Education at the University of Washington; Dick Cattanach, Executive Director of the Associated General Contractors Alaska Chapter; Sunny Mall, Alaska Math Teacher of the Year, Anchorage School District; Carol Comeau, Superintendent of the Anchorage School District.

November 20, 2006: University of Alaska - Meeting the Needs of Alaska
Mark Hamilton, University of Alaska President.

October 18, 2006: General Ballot Measure 2: Gas Reserves Tax
Rep, Eric Croft; Rep. Harry Crawford; Judy Brady, Alaska Oil and Gas Association; John Shively, Resource Development Council for Alaska.

October 18, 2006: The Relevance and Importance of the Alaska Constitution Today
Judge H. Russel Holland was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to United States District court for the District of Alaska on July 16, 1984. He was elevated to Chief Judge in January 1989 and served in that capacity until 1995. He took senior status in October 2001.

September 27, 2006: Health and Productivity Management: Waste or Opportunity?
Larry Chapman, MPH, Chairman and Senior Consultant for Summex Health Management.

September 18, 2006: Alaska's Gas a Legislative Perspective
Gene Therriault, Alaska State Senator.

August 29, 2006: Communications of the Great North: Alaska, The Arctic and Global Communications
Dan Colussy, Chairman and CEO, Iridium Satellite LLC.

August 17, 2006: Energy Issues of Alaska: What does the energy future look like for most of Alaska?
Mike Harper, Deputy Director Rural Energy; Meera Kohler, President & CEO Alaska Village Electric Cooperative.

August 03, 2006: Cruise Ship Initiative Ballot Measure 2
Joe Geldhof, Responsible Cruising in Alaska; Ron Peck, Alaska Travel Industry Association; John Shively, Holland America.

July 20, 2006: Gas Pipeline Series 7: Alaska Gasline Port Authority
Jim Whitaker, chairman, Alaska Gasline Port Authority.

July 14, 2006: Gas Pipeline Series 6: The Producers
Joe Marushack, ConocoPhillips; Ken Konrad, BP; Richard Owen, ExxonMobil.

July 11, 2006: Gas Pipeline Series 5: Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority
Harold Heinze, CEO Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority, and Carolyn Dunmire, Dunmire Consulting.

July 09, 2006: 2006 Gubernatorial Candidates: Binkley-Halcro-Knowles-Murkowski-Palin
Binkley; Andrew Halcro; Tony Knowles; Frank Murkowski; Sarah Palin.

June 23, 2006: Gas Pipeline Series 4: Legal Aspects
David Marquez, Attorney General (2005-present); Charles Cole, Attorney General (1990-1994); John Havelock, Attorney General (1970-1973).

June 13, 2006: Save! Own! Invest! Increasing Prosperity and Opportunity for all Alaskans
Katherine Farnham, Former Director of Public Assistance, Alaska Department of Health and Human Services; Don Shircel, Family Services and Client Development Director for the Tanana Chiefs Conference.

June 09, 2006: Gas Pipeline Series 3: The Rest of the Story
Tom Irwin, former Commissioner Department of Natural Resources; Marty Rutherford, former Deputy Commissioner Department of Natural Resources; Mark Myers, former Director the Division of Oil & Gas.

June 07, 2006: Gas Pipeline Series 2: Your Questions Answered
Mike Menge, Commissioner Department of Natural Resources; Harry Noah, former Commissioner Department of Natural Resources.

May 23, 2006: Alaskan Perspectives: What are the Challenges Facing Alaska in the Next Ten Years?
Gov. Walter J. Hickel; Marc Langland, President & CEO of Northrim Bank; Skye Rubadeau McRoberts, small business owner; John Wanamaker, Vice President, Seattle-Northwest Securities Corp.; Dennis Metrokin, President, Koniag, Inc..

May 18, 2006: Gas Pipeline Series 1: Your Questions Answered
Pedro van Meurs, Chief Negotiator, State of Alaska.

May 05, 2006: The U.S. Army in 2006 and the World Environment of Security Issues
Gordon R. Sullivan, General (Retired), U.S. Army.

March 14, 2006: Oil Tax & Gas Pipeline Briefing
Jim Clark, Chief of Staff for Governor Murkowski.

March 08, 2006: Health Care Expenditures in Alaska
Mark Foster, UAA Institute of Social and Economic Research.

February 10, 2006: Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference
Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference.

February 07, 2006: Climate Change: Impacts in Alaska and the Arctic and Private Sector Solutions
Robert Corell, Chair of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment and Senior Fellow at the Atmospheric Policy Program of the American Meteorological Society; Kellee James, Chicago Climate Exchange; and Charles Christopher, CO2 Program Manager, BP Americas Inc.; Bob Loeffler, Jade North.

January 24, 2006: Alaska 20/20 Progress
Dr. Ken Osterkamp, chief executive officer of Alaska 20/20.

January 19, 2006: Avian Influenza
Rick Kearney, Wildlife Program Coordinator at the U.S. Geological Survey; Dr. Richard Mandsager, Director of the Division of Public Health for the state of Alaska; Dr. Jay Butler, Alaska State Epidemiologist and Chief of the Epidemiology Section of the Division of Public Health; and Dr. Douglas Causey, Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies at UAA.

2005
December 15, 2005: Budget Unveiling
Gov. Frank Murkowski and Cheryl Frasca, Director of Management and Budget.

December 05, 2005: Sixth Annual Talkeetna Dialogue
The Institute of the North.

November 16, 2005: 2006 Legislative & Budget Priorities
State Sen. Ben Stevens, Senate President, and Rep. John Harris, Speaker of the House.

October 18, 2005: Completing the Union: Alaska, Hawaii and the Battle for Statehood
John S. Whitehead, author of "Completing the Union: Alaska & Hawaii and the Battle for Statehood".

October 12, 2005: Budget Surplus Forum
Eric Wohlforth, Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.; Dr. Scott Goldsmith, UAA; Sen. Gretchen Guess; Marc Langland, Northrim Bank; and Rep. Norman Rokeberg.

October 03, 2005: Wrestling With the Government's Spending Problem
Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform.

September 13, 2005: Membership Reception at Hickel Residence
Governor Walter J. and Ermalee Hickel.

August 24, 2005: Our Choices, Our Future
Byron Mallott and Ms. Greta Goto.

July 06, 2005: Carlos Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce
Carlos Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce.

July 05, 2005: Norman Y. Mineta Secretary of Transportation
Norman Mineta, Secretary of Transportation.

June 22, 2005: ELF: How It Came to Be, How It Works, What It Holds for the Future
Tom Williams, Alaska Tax Counsel for BP; Dan Dickinson, Director of the Alaska Department of Revenue’s Tax Division.

June 16, 2005: The Economy: Will It End in Fire, Ice or Land of the Midnight Sun?
Robert W. Parenteau, Director & Economic Strategist, Dresdner RCM Global Investors.

April 05, 2005: Renewable Energy: Life for Alaska After Oil and Gas?
Chris Rose, Executive Director, Renewable Energy Alaska Project; Joe Griffith, CEO, Chugach Electric Association; Nick Goodman, CEO, TDX Power.

March 29, 2005: Social Security: A Discussion Among Generations
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, UAA Chancellor Elaine Maimon, Commonwealth North President Jon Kumin and UAA Economics Club President Kathleen Ahern-Karnes.


February 25, 2005: U.S. Senator Ted Stevens
U.S. Senator Ted Stevens.

January 28, 2005: Impending Crises in Alaska Health Care
Al Parrish of Providence Health System; Ed Lamb of Alaska Regional Hospital; Randall Burns of the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association; Commissioner of the Department of Health & Social Services Joel Gilbertson.




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