Commonwealth North is Alaska's premier non-partisan public policy forum.
Join us to learn more about critical policy issues facing Alaska.

Board of Directors

Gloria O'Neill
Board Member
Anchorage
CEO, Cook Inlet Tribal Council Gloria O’Neill, a Yup’ik and Scots-Irish Alaskan from Soldotna, has transformed Alaska Native communities as… (Read more)
Jon Bittner
Board Member
Anchorage

External Coms Manager, MDFGlobal – Alaska Operations

Heather Handyside
Board Member
Anchorage

President and Chief Operating Officer, Thompson & Co. Public Relations

Michael Pawlowski
Board Member
Juneau

Partner with Capitol Counsel, LLC

Jon Katchen
Board Member
Anchorage

Partner, Holland & Hart

Diane Hirshberg
Secretary
Anchorage

Director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research

Bart Lebon
Treasurer
Fairbanks

Former Alaska House Representative

Moira Smith
Board Member
Anchorage

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer GCI

Kai Binkley Sims
Board President
Anchorage

President at 19 Thousand, Petroleum Engineer

Robb Kulin
Anchorage

Aerospace Executive, Advisor, and Humanitarian

Tali Birch
Vice-President
Anchorage

General Counsel – Alaska at Santos

Kris Knauss
President Emeritus
Juneau

Managing Partner – Confluence Strategies

Sarah Obed
Board of Directors
Fairbanks

Senior Vice President External Affairs – Doyon, Limited

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

Barry Romberg
Board Member
Anchorage

Vice President, Commercial & Midstream – ConocoPhillips Alaska

President Emeritus

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)
Becky Windt-Pearson
President Emeritus
Anchorage

Municipal Manager at Municipality of Anchorage

Kris Knauss
President Emeritus
Juneau

Managing Partner – Confluence Strategies

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