March 1, 2021 (Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy announced today he is appointing and reappointing 56 Alaskans to various State of Alaska boards and commissions, and nominating two Alaskans to a federal board.
Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission
Melvin Smith – Anchorage
- Term: 3/1/2021 – 3/1/2025
Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Board of Directors
Vivian Stiver – Fairbanks (reappointment)
- Term: 7/1/2021 – 7/1/2023
Robert Yundt – Wasilla (reappointment)
- Term: 7/1/2021 – 7/1/2023
Alaska Mental Health Board
Tonie Protzman – Anchorage
- Term: 1/15/2021 – 12/1/2021
Alaska Mental Health Board Authority Board of Trustees
Brent Fisher – Anchorage
- Term: 1/18/2021 – 3/1/2024
Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission
Brian Landrum – Wasilla
- Term: 1/19/2021 – 8/25/2023
Manoj Ingle – Wasilla
- Term: 1/21/2021 – 8/25/2025
Alaska State Board of Public Accountancy
Rachel Hanks – Fairbanks
- Term: 3/1/2021 – 3/1/2025
Alaska Royalty Oil and Gas Development Advisory Board
Theodore Leonard – Wasilla
- Term: 1/15/2021 – 3/1/2024
Mark Johnson – Anchorage
- Term: 1/15/2021 – 3/1/2023
Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board
Michael Dennis – Anchorage
- Term: 1/20/2021 – 3/1/2022
Alaska Workforce Investment Board
Lucille Sands – Anchorage
- Term: 2/17/2021 – 10/13/2024
Sharon Jackson – Eagle River
- Term: 2/17/2021 – 10/13/2024
Alaska Veterans Advisory Council
Robert Cross – Petersburg
- Term: 1/15/2021 – 11/10/2023
Big Game Commercial Services Board
Martin Boniek – Glennallen
- Term: 3/1/2021 – 3/1/2025
Ely Cyrus – Kiana
- Term: 2/17/2021 – 3/1/2024
Board of Barbers and Hairdressers
Tina Taylor – Soldotna
- Term: 1/20/2021 – 3/1/2024
Connie Dougherty – Anchorage
- Term: 1/20/2021 – 3/1/2024
Board of Dental Examiners
Christina Hansen – Fairbanks
- Term: 3/1/2021 – 3/1/2025
Board of Fisheries
Marit Carlson-Van Dort – Anchorage (reappointment)
- Term: 7/1/2021 – 7/1/2024
John Wood – Willow (reappointment)
- Term: 7/1/2021 – 7/1/2024
Board of Game
David Weisz – Wasilla
- Term: 7/1/2021 – 7/1/2024
Jerry Burnett – Juneau (reappointment)
- Term: 7/1/2021 – 7/1/2024
Board of Governors of the Alaska Bar
Ricardo Castillo – Anchorage
- Term: 3/1/2021 – 3/1/2025
Board of Marital and Family Therapy
Joy Collins – Anchorage
- Term: 3/1/2021 – 3/1/2025
Board of Nursing
Michael Wilcher – North Pole
- Term: 2/17/2021 – 3/1/2024
Board of Professional Counselors
Sammie O’Neal III – Eagle River
- Term: 3/1/2021 – 3/1/2025
Board of Psychologists and Psychological Associate Examiners
Sherri Scott – Anchorage
- Term: 1/15/2021 – 3/1/2024
Commission on Judicial Conduct
Donald McClintock III – Anchorage (reappointment)
- Term: 3/1/2021 – 3/1/2025
Governor’s Council on Disabilities and Special Education
Lyle Downing – Wasilla (reappointment)
- Term: 6/30/2021 – 6/30/2024
Jeanne Gerhardt-Cyrus – Kiana (reappointment)
- Term: 6/30/2021 – 6/30/2024
Travis Noah – Anchorage (reappointment)
- Term: 6/30/2021 – 6/30/2024
Heidi Kelly – Anchorage (reappointment)
- Term: 6/30/2021 – 6/30/2024
North Pacific Fisheries Management Council (Nominations for Federal Board)
Andrew Mezirow – Seward (reappointment)
John Jensen – Petersburg (reappointment)
Prince William Sound Oil Spill Recovery Institute Advisory Board
Barkley Lloyd – Anchorage (reappointment)
- Term: 2/17/2021 – 5/9/2023
Andres Morales – Valdez (reappointment)
- Term: 2/17/2021 – 5/9/2023
Angela Totemoff – Anchorage (reappointment)
- Term: 2/17/2021 – 5/9/2022
Real Estate Commission
Elizabeth Schok – Fairbanks
- Term: 3/1/2021 – 3/1/2025
Traci Heaton – Juneau
- Term: 3/1/2021 – 3/1/2025
Regulatory Commission of Alaska
Keith Kurber – Fairbanks
- Term: 3/1/2021 – 3/1/2027
Serve Alaska
Sharon Jackson – Eagle River
- Term: Immediate – 3/1/2023
State Board of Registration of Architects, Engineers and Land Surveyors
Edward Leonetti – Anchorage
- Term: 3/1/2021 – 3/1/2025
Randall Rozier – Fairbanks
- Term: 3/1/2021 – 3/1/2025
State Commission for Human Rights
Rebecca Carrillo – Juneau
- Term: 2/17/2021 – 3/1/2024
State Council on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
Jason Delamater – JBER
- Term: 2/17/2021 – 7/1/2024
State Vocational Rehabilitation Committee
Cynthia Lovel – Wasilla (reappointment)
- Term: 5/21/2021 – 5/21/2024
Tamara Douglas – Anchorage (reappointment)
- Term: 5/21/2021 – 5/21/2024
Jeremiah Ticket – Kotzebue (reappointment)
- Term: 5/21/2021 – 5/21/2024
Ric Nelson – Anchorage (reappointment)
- Term: 5/21/2021 – 5/21/2024
Statewide Independent Living Council
Emilie Woodward – Fairbanks
- Term: 1/15/2021 – 10/1/2021
Doreen Leavitt – Utqiagvik
- Term: 1/20/2021 – 10/1/2021
Jenifer Galvan – Anchorage
- Term: 2/17/2021 – 10/1/2023
Subsistence Resource Commissions
Lyle Wilder – Port Alsworth (reappointment)
- Term: 2/17/2021 – 11/4/2023
Renewable Energy Fund Advisory Committee
Lee Thibert – Anchorage (reappointment)
- Term: 1/6/2021 – 3/1/2023
Gail Schubert – Anchorage
- Term: 1/6/2021 – 3/1/2022
Wood-Tikchik State Park Management Council
Bruce Ilutsik – Aleknagik (reappointment)
- Term: 6/30/2021 – 6/30/2024
Delores Larson – Kolignek (reappointment)
- Term: 6/30/2021 – 6/30/2024
For a list of vacancies, and to apply for a board appointment, click here.
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