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BOARD DIRECTORS

We receive statewide community-based leadership from a volunteer Board of Directors, which represents Alaska's diverse cultural and geographic regions.

Talis Colberg, J.D., Ph.D. Chair
Palmer

Director, Matanuska-Susitna College, UAA

Jonathon Lack
Anchorage

Standing Magistrate, Alaska Court System

Hugh Short, Treasurer
Anchorage/Bethel

President & CEO, Alaska Growth Capital

Mary K. Hughes, J.D.

Board of Regents, University of Alaska

Ronald Brower, Sr.

Fairbanks

Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Dermot Cole
Fairbanks

Columnist, Fairbanks Daily News Miner

Kurt Wong, C.P.A.

VP Finance, TDX Corporation

Nancy Kemp
Kodiak

Executive Director, Kodiak Arts Council

Scott McAdams
Sitka

Mayor, City and Borough of Sitka

Mary Sattler
Bethel

Manager, Community Development & Sustainability, Donlin Creek, LLC

Rick Solie
Fairbanks

State Director, Government & Community Affairs, Denali Gas Pipeline

Wayne Stevens
Juneau

President & CEO, Alaska State Chamber of Commerce

Joan Braddock
Fairbanks

Director, UA Press

Catkin Kilcher Burton
Anchorage

Retired Col., USMC

Cofounder Eagles Enterprises

Evan D. Rose
Anchorage

CEO, Alaska Permanent Capital Management Company

Jeane Breinig
Anchorage

Associate Professor, University Alaska Anchorage

Dave Kiffer
Ketchikan

Mayor Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Ketchikan

Christa Bruce
Ketchikan

PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Foundation

Ben Mohr
Eagle River

Environment and Public Affairs Coordinator

Pebble Partnership

John Cloe

Anchorage

Military Historian



Please see the Contact Section for Staff Information
The Forum's office is housed in one of Anchorage's most historic buildings, the Alaska Railroad Depot. The Depot was built in 1942 and is located along the banks of Ship Creek, where Anchorage had its origins as a tent city for workers building the Alaska Railroad. Contact the Forum at:

161 East 1st Avenue, Door 15
Anchorage, AK 99501
(907) 272-5341 Main number
(907) 272-3979 Fax number