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Voices and Viewpoints

The purpose of the speakers forum is to afford members a greater understanding of a wide range of differing viewpoints. These topics are intended to expand Alaskans' perspectives on national and global issues. This newly gained knowledge and insight is frequently used in planning the future of the state. At the same time, Commonwealth North is challenged to influence visiting dignitaries by providing an understanding of Alaska -- its rich culture, history, resources, values, and potential.

In lieu of honoraria, Commonwealth North provides its guest speakers with a first-hand view of Alaska; to explore the pioneering activities of the oil fields in the Arctic and along the 800-mile Trans-Alaska Pipeline; experience the thrill of fishing for trophy-size halibut or salmon; and tour Alaska's vast wilderness, ancient glaciers, turbulent rivers, pristine mountains and abundant wildlife.

Speakers and Programs

2008

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Mining in Alaska, Sharmon Stambaugh, from DEC, and Karl Hanneman, Teck Cominco Manager, Public and Environmental Affairs and Special Projects

Alaska Legislative Update, Mike and Tim Bradner

Gary Pruitt, President and CEO, The McClatchy Company, parent of Anchorage Daily News

General's Tour of Kodiak Launch Complex

Bob Gagosian, President/CEO
The Consortium for Ocean Leadership

Dr. Ron Goetzel, Director of the Emory University Institute for Health and Productivity Studies

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

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.

Mike and Tim Bradner

U.S. Senator Ted Stevens

Mark Hamilton,
President, University of Alaska

   

2007

Roxanne Willis, scholar of American environmental history and literature at the Harvard University Center for the Environment

H.R. Brereton (Gubby) Barlow, President and Chief Executive Officer of Premera Blue Cross

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

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

ETHICS
"Beyond Litigation"
Former Alaska Legislators Gail Philipsand Ethan Berkowitzand former Commissioners Michele Brown and John Shively; moderated by Judge Karen Hunt

STATE OF THE STATE'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.

Commissioner Tom Irwin, Department of Natural Resources, and Kurt Gibson, Petroleum Investments Manager, Department of Revenue

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

 

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.

Linetta Gilbert,
Senior Program Officer, The Ford Foundation

State Rep. Ralph Samuels, Gas Pipeline Primer

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski

Crocker Snow,
director of the Edward R. Murrow Center for Public Diplomacy, Tufts University

Lt. Gen. Josiah Bunting III, Chairman of ISI's National Civic Literacy Board and President of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

Larry Chapman, MPH WebMD,

Alaska State Legislative Preview 2007
House Speaker John Harris and Senate President Lyda Green

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

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

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

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
The Permitting Process

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

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
Con Statement

 

Mark Hamilton, University of Alaska President

Gene Therriault, Alaska State Senator

U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens

Jill Fredston, Alaska author and avalanche specialist

Gordon R. Sullivan, General (Retired), U.S. Army

2006 Gubernatorial Candidates
John Binkley, Andrew Halcro, Tony Knowles, Frank Murkowski, Sarah Palin

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

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

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.

Dan Colussy, Chairman and CEO, Iridium Satellite LLC

Gas Pipeline Series 7, "Alaska Gasline Port Authority," Jim Whitaker, Chairman

Gas Pipeline Series 6, "The Producers," Joe Marushack, ConocoPhillips; Ken Konrad, BP; Richard Owen, ExxonMobil

Gas Pipeline Series 5, Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority," Harold Heinze, CEO Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority, and Carolyn Dunmire, Dunmire Consulting

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

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

Gas Pipeline Series 2 "Your Questions Answered," Mike Menge, Commissioner Department of Natural Resources; Harry Noah, former Commissioner Department of Natural Resources

Gas Pipeline Series 1 "Your Questions Answered," Pedro van Meurs, Chief Negotiator, State of Alaska

Dr. Ken Osterkamp, chief executive officer of Alaska 20/20

Mark Foster, UAA Institute for Social and Economic Research

Jim Clark, Chief of Staff for Governor Murkowski

Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference

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

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

Fran Ulmer and Scott Goldsmith, UAA Institute for Social and Economic Research

2005

Eric Wohlforth, Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.; Dr. Scott Goldsmith, UAA; Sen. Gretchen Guess; Marc Langland, Northrim Bank; and Rep. Norman Rokeberg

Gov. Frank Murkowski and Cheryl Frasca, Director of Management and Budget

State Sen. Ben Stevens, Senate President, and Rep. John Harris, Speaker of the House

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

Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform

Governor Walter J. and Ermalee Hickel

Byron Mallott and Greta Goto

Carlos Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce

Norman Mineta, Secretary of Transportation

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski

U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens

Tom Williams, tax counsel for BP Exploration, and Dan Dickinson, director of the Alaska Department of Revenue's Tax Division

Chris Rose, Executive Director, Renewable Energy Alaska Project; Joe Griffith, CEO, Chugach Electric Association; and Nick Goodman, CEO, TDX Power

Al Parrish, Providence Health System; Randall Burns, Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association; Dr. David Snyder, Alaska Native Medical Center; and Commissioner of the Department of Health & Social Services Joel Gilbertson

Annual Meeting, Creating Alaska - The Origins of the 49th State

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2004

Gov. Frank Murkowski '06 Budget Unveiling

U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens

Richard C. Wiese, President of the Explorers Club

The Changing Face of Philanthropy in Alaska, Diane Kaplan of the Rasmuson Foundation, Dennis MacMillian of the Foraker Group, Susan Anderson of The CIRI Foundation, Carla Beam of BP, Nancy Schoephoester of ConocoPhillips

 

Scott M. Burns, Deputy Director for State and Local Affairs of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy

Gov. Frank Murkowski

Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland

Don Kashevaroff, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium chairman and president, and Paul Sherry, executive director

Gov. Frank Murkowski and David Anderson, assistant secretary for Indian Affairs

Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr., director, National Science Foundation

Walter B. McCormick, Jr., president and CEO, U.S. Telecom Association

William S. Ayer, chairman, president and CEO, Alaska Air Group

Werner Fornos, President of the Population Institute

Commissioner Edward Rasmuson, U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy

Alaska Gasline Projects, Dave Dengel, Harold Heinze, Ken Thompson, Ken Konrad and Joe Marushack,

University of Alaska, Chancellors Lee Gorsuch, Marshall LInd and John Pugh; President Mark Hamilton

Dr. Robert Corell, chair of Arctic Climate Impact Assessment

Mike Burns, Chair of the Conference of Alaskans, and Brian Rogers, facilitator of the Conference

Asset II Report Unveiling, Nancy Bear Usera

Former Governor Jay Hammond

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2003

Tony Brown, Director of the Community Development Financial Institution Fund for the Department of Treasury, and David Hoffman, CEO of Alaska Growth Capital

Celebration of Flight, with Gov. Frank Murkowski and U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

Dr. Gunnar Knapp, professor of economics, Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage

Dr. Vernon Smith,
winner of Nobel Prize in Economics

Membership reception at the Marilaine

Carol Comeau, Anchorage School District Superintendent

Jeffrey Crowe, Chairman, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Ólafur Grímsson, President of Iceland

Dimitrios Touloupas, Consul General of Greece in San Francisco

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton

Hal Stratton, Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission

Edward Gramlich, Ph.D., Federal Reserve Board Governor

U.S. Rep. Don Young

Dr. David Sampson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development

Alaska's Jobs for Alaska's People, Duane Heyman, Jeff Staser and Alice Galvin

Denali Commission Update, Jeff Staser and Lt. Gov. Loren Leman

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski

Rebecca W. Watson, Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior

Harrison Schmitt, former U.S. Senator and astronaut

2002

Legislative Agenda, Sen. Gene Therriault and Rep. Pete Kott

Grand Opening of the Bill Sheffield Rail Depot at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport Membership Reception

University of Alaska Report Unveiling

Gubernatorial Forum, Sen. Frank Murkowski and Lt. Gov. Fran Ulmer

Third Party Gubernatorial Candidates, Diane Benson, Billy Toien, Ray VinZant

Rural Urban Discussion

Shall there be a Constitutional Convention?

Robert W. Fogel, 1993 Nobel Prize Winner, of the University of Chicago National Bureau of Economic Research

Michael J. Copps, FCC Commissioner

Archbishop Francis T. Hurley

Sen. Robin Taylor and Commissioner Nan Thompson, Regulatory Commission of Alaska debate

Brig. Gen. John W. Holly, Program Director, Ground-based Midcourse Defense Joint Program office, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization

Commissioner Paul Steven Miller, Equal Opportunity Commission

Frank Daly, Corporate Director of Ethics and Business Conduct for Northrop Grumman Corporation

Secretary Anthony J. Principi, Department of Veterans Affairs

Rich Galen, political commentator

Walter J. Hickel, "Crisis in the Commons: The Alaska Solution"

Edward Lee Gorsuch, Chancellor, UAA

Carl Marrs, President of the ANCSA CEO Association

Lieutenant Governor Fran Ulmer

David Garman, Assistant Secretary of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy

Eric Wohlforth, Chair, and Bob Storer, Executive Director, Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation

Senator Frank Murkowski
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2001

ANCSA 30th Anniversary
Willie Hensley, Julie Kitka, Matthew Nicolai and Byron Mallott

Fran Mainella, Director of the National Park Service

Roger Simmons, PC, Consul General of Canada

Bob Poe, Executive Director of the Alaska Industrial Development Export Authority

Dr. Digvijay Sinh, Minister of Environment for India

"Bringing Alaska's North Slope Gas to Market: Framing the Issues" Report Unveiling, Co-chairs Richard Barnes and Lee Gorsuch

Dr. Leland Kaiser, Associate Professor of Health Administration, University of Colorado at Denver

U.S. Senator Frank Murkowski

Summer Social Holland America

John Snow, president, CEO and chairman of CSX Corporation, July 27, 2001

Secretary Gale Norton, Department of the Interior

Gary Krellenstein, J.P. Morgan Vice President

Urban Rural Discussion Group

David Wight, President and CEO, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company

"A Review of Cook Inlet Natural Gas Supply and Demand" Anchorage Economic Development Corporation Report Unveiling

Ambassador Henry Cooper, Chairman of the Board, High Frontier

 Gen. Joseph W. Ralston, NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe

Rep. Don Young

Denali Commission, Lt. Governor Fran Ulmer and Jeff Staser, Co-chairs

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2000

Rep. Gail Phillips

Reconciling Alaska's Urban-Rural Split Community Forum

Sen. Ted Stevens

Urban Rural Unity Study Forum

Tax Cap Forum

Sir Martin Gilbert,
Winston Churchill Scholar

Unveiling of Urban Rural Unity Study
and
Urban Rural Unity Study APRN Radio Talk

Award and Dedication of Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

Growing Up Native in Alaska
A.J. McClanahan, Jason Metrokin, Deborah Vo, James LaBelle Jr., Jack Zayon and Carrie Irwin Brown,

James Bolger,
New Zealand Ambassador

President Mark Hamilton,
University of Alaska

Richard Anderson,
CEO, Northwest Airlines

Jamie Kenworthy,
Executive Director, Alaska Science & Technology Foundation

Gen. Joseph W. Ralston,
Vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Scott Goldsmith
ISER, and Patrick Burden
Northern Economics

Lt. Gen. John Costello,
Commanding general
U.S. Army Space Missile Command

Susan Fison
Anchorage Municipal Demographer

Premier Dan Miller
Premier of British Columbia

Dr. David Reaume
Economist and columnist

Dr. Kenneth Prewitt
Director, U.S. Census Bureau

Nathan Rutstein
Co-founder of the Institute for Healing Racism

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1999

Sen. Ted Stevens

State Sen. Drue Pearce

Patrick Poe
Regional Administrator, FAA

Charles Walker and Lt. Commander William Oefelein
Astronauts

Steve Forbes
presidential candidate

Margaret Nelson
Alaska Native Heritage Center

Gov. Tony Knowles

Commissioner John Shively

Dr. Richard Hunt
Harvard University

Clyde Hart
Maritime Administrator

Dr. Thomas Frist
Columbia HCA Health Care Systems

John Kelly
President & CEO, Alaska Air Group

"Paradoxes of Public Wealth" Permanent Fund Report
Eric Wohlforth, Marc Langland, & Steve Lindbeck

Permanent Fund Earnings - Phase II: A Cornerstone for Fiscal Certainty - Report Unveiling
Max Hodel & Joe Griffith

Corolyn Lukensmeyer
Social Security: What America Wants and Congress Will Do

Dr. George Kozmetsky
The New Economy and Alaska

Paths to Resolution: Fish & Game on Federal Land
Byron Mallott & Dick Bishop

Robert Parry
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Barbara Shook
Houston Bureau Chief, Energy Intelligence Group

Arctic Council
Canadian Ambassador Mary Simon, Raymond Arnando, David Ramseur

William S. Cohen
US Secretary of Defense

Permanent Fund Money Managers
Thomas Dunn, Lazard Asset Management; Robert Parenteau, Dresdner RCM; & Brian Singer, Brinson Partners

Denali Commission
Jeff Staser, Julie Kitka, Mano Frey

Senator Frank Murkowski
Outer Continental Shelf Revenue Sharing

Eric Larson
Overview of Alaska's Natural Assets

Bill Richardson
US Secretary of Energy

1998

Susan Mason, Attorney
501©(3) IRS and APOC Reporting Practices

Movers & Shakers Bash
Sponsored by BP Exploration

Simon Winchester
Author, "Professor & the Madman"

Alaska's Asset Portfolio: Managing for Maximum Return – Report Unveiling
Scott Goldsmith & Nancy Usera

Teaming with Wildlife
Ken Taylor, Deputy Director Division of Wildlife Conservation & Dr. John Schoen, Regional Director Alaska Audubon Society

Rep. Mark Hodgins
Economic Diversification Task Force

Governor Tony Knowles
A Transportation Plan for Alaska's Future

Mark Hamilton
President, University of Alaska

Admiral James M. Loy
Commandant, US Coast Guard

Byron Mallott
Chair, Rural Governance Commission

Senate President Drue Pearce & Senate Minority Leader Johnny Ellis
Legislative Preview

DeClan Kelly
Consul General of Irelan

William Van Dusen Wishard
Historian & Futurist

Gov. Tony Knowles & Sen. Ted Stevens
Comments on Janet Reno letter to CWN

William M. Daley
U.S. Secretary of Commerce

Rodney Slater
Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Transportation

"Celebrating Our Membership" Reception
BP Exploration Atrium

Alston Chase
Syndicated Columnist

Andrew Cuomo
Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development

William E. Kennard
Chairman, Federal Communications Commission

Dr. James Billington
Librarian of Congress

Nancy Usera & Scott Goldsmith, Chairs
Return on Assets Study Group Report

Representative Eldon Mulder
Deferred Maintenance Task Force

Boyd E. Givan
The Boeing Company

University of Alaska Panel Discussion
Alaska Board of Regents: Michael P. Kelly, Chancy Croft, Joseph R. Henri

Annalee McConnell
Alaska Governor's Office of Management and Budget

Professor Peter Coates
University of Bristol

Clem Tillion
Alaska"Fish Czar"

Michael Barone
News on Washington & The World

Chuck Logsdon
SOA Oil & Gas Audit Divisiona

Gail Phillips, Speaker of the House
Alaska Legislature

Sister Helen Prejean
"Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States"

1997

Rep. Gail Phillips & Senator Mike Miller
Legislative Preview

Dr. Shirley Holloway
Alaska Department of Education

Governor Tony Knowles
State of Alaska 1999 Budget Address

Perspectives on Indian Country
- a panel discussion

Bruce Botelho, SOA Attorney General; Willie Kasayulie, tribal advocate; Roy Huhndorf, CIRI Board; Jerry Bathke, consultant, Indian Country

Indian Country & Native Sovereignty: Historical Perspective
Carole Goldberg, UCLA School of Law; Edward Thomas, Central Council, Tlingit & Haida Indians

Terry Pearce
Leadership Communications

James M. McPherson
Princeton University

Richard W. Riley
Secretary, US Dept of Education

University of Alaska Land Grant Discussion
Jerome Komisar, President, UA, Wendy Redman, UA, Martin Epstein, UA

Dr. Peter Diamandis
International Space University

William H. Hudnut III
Urban Land Institute

Dr. Sheila A. Widnall
Secretary of the Air Force

Connie Glaser
Author, Consultant

Robert T. Parry
Federal Reserve of San Francisco

AGENDA 2000
Publication Debut

General Joseph Ralston
Joint Chiefs of Staff

David Rockefeller, Jr.
Alaska Conservation Foundation

Susan Estrich
Syndicated Columnist

Walter Bender
MIT Media Lab

Eric Wohlforth
Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation

Daniel Kemmis
Center for the Rocky Mountain West

Governor Bill Sheffield
Alaska Railroad Corporation

Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Economist & Writer

Dr. Paul Risser
Oregon State University

Subsistence Education Briefing
Heather Kendall, Native American Rights Fund; George Irwin, Alaska Federation of Natives; Rod Arno, Alaska Outdoor Council; Myron Naneng, Association of Village Council Presidents

Senator Drue Pearce & Senator Jim Duncan
Alaska Legislature

Ballistic Missile Briefing
Daniel Fine, MIT; Brian Kennedy, Claremont Institute; David R. Tanks, Institute of Foreign Policy Analysis

Jolene Molitoris
Federal Railroad Administration

 

Malcolm Forbes, Jr.
FORBES magazine

 

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1996

Colonel Michael Mullane
NASA Astronaut

Bishop J.S. Spong
The Episcopal Church

Robert Samuelson
Newsweek

Governor Tony Knowles
State of Alaska

Dr. Gary J. Handler
Bellcore Pro Services

Jan H. Kalicki
U.S. Department of Commerce

Dr. Michael Sanera
Education Expert

Future of Alaska Gas Pipeline
Jim Branch, Exxon; Mark Bendersky, BP(Alaska); Kevin Meyers, ARCO Alaska; Jeff Lowenfels, Yukon Pacific

Peter Englehart
Outdoor Life TV

Brew Pub Cruise

Senator Drue Pearce
Alaska Legislature

Senator Ted Stevens
U.S. Congress

Membership Reception
Anchorage Museum of History & Art

Hazel Nelson
North Pacific and Bering Sea Fisheries U.S. Advisory Board

Sandra Deitch
Bayer Foundation

Jonathan Tisch
American Hotel & Motel Association

Lt. Governor Fran Ulmer
State of Alaska

Dr. Paul Sommers
Northwest Policy Center

Tad Bartimus
Atwood Professor, UAA

Commissioner Karen Perdue
Department of Health & Social Services, State of Alaska

Les Reed
Greenpeace International

Dr. Charles H. Sutcliffe
Silicon Valley Management

Dr. Jerry Komisar
University of Alaska

Lee Bussard
Pacific Institute

Ray Suarez
Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio

Congressman Don Young
U.S. Congress

William S. Morris, III
Morris Communications Corporation

Agenda 2000
Study Group Kick-off

Jones Act Reform
Rob Quartel, Jones Act Reform Coalition, and Gary Ritzman, Sealand Services, Inc.

Jerr Boschee
National Center for Social Entrepreneurs

 

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1995

Governor Tony Knowles
State of Alaska

Gifford Brown, Wayne Malick & Ray Metsch
Ford Motor Company and the United Autoworkers Union

William Wade
Atlantic Richfield, Inc.

Senator Phil Gramm
1996 Presidential Candidate

Gilbert Carmichael
Morrison Knudsen

Partners in Alaska
Study Report Presentation

Del Lewis
National Public Radio

Dr. Heidi Hartman
Institute for Women's Policy Research

Jane Angvik
Former State Commissioner

William K. Slate, III
American Arbitration Association

General Ronald Fogelman
U.S. Air Force

Patricia McGuire
Trinity College

Robert Parry
Federal Reserve Bank

Don Kettl
University of Wisconsin

Malcolm S. Forbes, Jr.
Forbes, Inc.

Sean O'Keefe
Former Secretary of the Navy

Ronald Bailey
PBS Producer

Minister Jim Dinning
Alberta, Canada

The Founders; A Vision for Alaska's Future
Annual Meeting

Einar Benediktsson
Ambassador of Iceland

Membership Reception
Robert Atwood's Home

General Robert Ord
U.S. Army

Denis Hayes
Bullitt Foundation

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1994

Senator Ted Stevens
U.S. Congress

Walter Hoadley
Hoover Institute

Peter Huber
Author

Governor-elect Tony Knowles
State of Alaska

The Lady Soames
Winston Churchill's Daughter

Paul Jacobs
First Secretary, South Africa

Governor Walter J. Hickel
State of Alaska

Bill White
U.S. Department of Energy

David Helms
The Alpha Center

Joe Saito
Alyeska Prince Hotel & Resort

Democratic Gubernatorial Debate

Governor Jay Hammond
Annual Meeting

Phillip Lader
Small Business Administration

Republican Gubernatorial Debate

Bob Armstrong
Bureau of Land Management

Fritz Pettyjohn & Mike Doogan
Election Post-Mortem

George Frampton
U.S. Department of the Interior

Steve Cisler
Apple Computer

Gubernatorial Forum
Jim Campbell, William Coghill, Tony Knowles & Jim Sykes

Jim Fallows
Atlantic Monthly

John Washburn
United Nations

Jodie Levin-Epstein
Center for Law & Social Policy

Roger Kennedy
U.S. Park Service

Senator Jim Duncan & Senator Oliver Korshin
U.S. Congress

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