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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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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

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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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