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Board of Directors

Jon Katchen
Anchorage

Partner, Holland & Hart

Diane Hirshberg
Anchorage

Director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research

Bart Lebon
Treasurer
Fairbanks

Former Alaska House Representative

Moira Smith
Anchorage

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer GCI

Kai Binkley Sims
Anchorage

President at 19 Thousand

Robb Kulin
Anchorage

Aerospace Executive, Advisor, and Humanitarian

Tali Birch
Secretary
Anchorage

General Counsel – Alaska at Santos

Becky Windt-Pearson
President Emeritus
Anchorage

Senior Vice President, Law and Corporate Advocacy, and General Counsel

Kris Knauss
President
Juneau

Managing Partner – Confluence Strategies

Father Leo Walsh
Board Member
Anchorage

Pastor, St. Patrick’s Parrish Adjutant Judicial Vicar, Anchorage Archdiocese

Sarah Obed
Vice Chair
Fairbanks

Senior Vice President External Affairs – Doyon, Limited

Matthew Blattmachr
Board Member
Anchorage

President and CEO – Peak Trust Company

Jennifer Johnston
Board Member
Anchorage

Retired outdoor educator and small business owner Anchorage Assembly (2007-2017) Alaska House of Representatives (2017-2020)

Pat Pitney
Board Member
Fairbanks

President – University of Alaska

Steve Ribuffo
Board Member
Anchorage

General Manager/Director of the Don Young Port of Alaska

Barry Romberg
Board Member
Anchorage

Vice President, Commercial & Midstream – ConocoPhillips Alaska

 

Tom Barrett
President Emeritus
Tom Barrett served as the President and CEO of Alyeska Pipeline Service Company from 2004 to 2015. During his time… (Read more)
Cheryl Frasca
President Emeritus
Anchorage

Co-Chair, Fiscal Policy Study Group Director, OMB, Municipality of Anchorage (ret.) Director, OMB, State of Alaska (ret.)

Joe Beedle
President Emeritus
Judy Brady
President Emeritus
Tom Case
President Emeritus

     

Joe Griffith
President Emeritus

   

Karen Hunt
President Emeritus

   

Michael Jungreis
President Emeritus
Marc Langland
President Emeritus

   

Janie Leask
President Emeritus
James Linxwiler
President Emeritus
Jeff Lowenfels
President Emeritus

   

Tom Nighswander, M.D.
President Emeritus
Mary Ann Pease
President Emeritus and Energy Policy Co-Chair

Owner MAP Consulting

Preston Simmons
PRESIDENT EMERITUS
Terry Smith
President Emeritus

Chief Financial Officer – Vitus Energy

Mead Treadwell
President Emeritus
David Wight
President Emeritus

       

Eric Wohlforth
President Emeritus

Co-Chair Fiscal Policy Study Group Attorney Jermain, Dunnagan & Owens, P.C. Trustee, Alaska Permanent Fund Corp, 1995-2006 Commissioner, DOR, 1970-1972

Jim Yarmon
President Emeritus