The team of Gov.-elect Bill Walker released a list of some 250 names early Saturday to be part of the new administration's transition conference. The group will participate in transition meetings over the weekend at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Here's a list of the entire team, as released by Walker's office, sorted by subcommittee:
Administration
- Celeste Hodge, Anchorage
- Mike Hodsdon, Anchorage
- Yohyon Pharr, Anchorage
- Joey Merrick, Eagle River
- Doug Tansy, Fairbanks
- Joe Thomas, Fairbanks
- Geron Bruce, Juneau
- Bill Corbus, Juneau
- Mila Cosgrove, Juneau
- Joe Geldhof, Juneau
- Mike Notar, Juneau
- Dwayne Peeples, Juneau
- Sam Trivette, Juneau
Arctic Policy and Climate Change
- Craig Fleener, Anchorage
- Matt Ganley, Anchorage
- Molly McCammon, Anchorage
- Rebecca Noblin, Anchorage
- Malcolm Roberts, Anchorage
- Mead Treadwell, Anchorage
- Michelle Ridgway, Auke Bay
- Jimmy Stotts, Barrow
- (Terry) Scott Rupp, Fairbanks
- Mike Sfraga, Fairbanks
- Nancy Lord, Homer
- Mike LeVine, Juneau
- Vera Metcalf, Savoonga-Nome
- Chris Hladick, Unalaska
Consumer Energy
- Sterling Gallagher, Anchorage
- Harold Heinze, Anchorage
- Meera Kohler, Anchorage
- Mark Schimscheimer, Anchorage
- Ethan Schutt, Anchorage
- Elaine Brown (Samuelson), Bethel/Anchorage
- Tom Marsic, Dillingham
- Jack Hebert, Fairbanks
- Dan Britton, Fairbanks Mike Craft, Fairbanks
- Luke Hopkins, Fairbanks
- Merrick Peirce, Fairbanks
- Peter Pinney, Fairbanks
- Michelle Anderson, Glennallen
- Katherine Eldemar, Juneau
- Mark Smith, Western AK/Anchorage
- Skip Ryman, Yakutat
Corrections
- Mike Addington, Anchorage
- Chris Cooke, Anchorage
- Carmen Guttierez, Anchorage
- L.V. Lewis, Anchorage
- Martin Spinde, Anchorage
- Fred Dyson, Eagle River
- Wilson Justin, Gakona
- Margaret Pugh, Juneau
- Ben Esch, Nome
Economic Development
- Ethan Berkowitz, Anchorage
- Sheri Buretta, Anchorage
- Gerad Godfrey, Anchorage
- JJ Harrier, Anchorage
- Betty Huntington, Anchorage
- Bill Popp, Anchorage
- Sarah Scanlan, Anchorage
- Mao Tosi, Anchorage
- Jim Dodson, Fairbanks
- Charles Bettisworth, Fairbanks
- Nadine Winters, Fairbanks
- Brian Holst, Juneau
- Alana Peterson, Juneau
- Jeff Stephan, Kodiak
- Colleen Stephens, Valdez
- Vicki Otte, Wasilla
Education
- Evon Peter, Akiachak
- Alyse Galvin, Anchorage
- Andrew Halcro, Anchorage
- Abbe Hensley, Anchorage
- Tony Nakazawa, Anchorage
- Don Rearden, Anchorage
- Elsa Sargento, Anchorage
- Arthur Yang, Anchorage
- Mary Pete, Bethel
- Kurt Kuhne, Bethel
- Patricia McNeil, Juneau
- Alana Peterson, Juneau
- Polly Shaffer, Kotzebue
- Spike Jorgensen, Tok
- Bob Williams, Wasilla
Fiscal Policy
- Willie Hensley, Anchorage
- Tara Jolie, Anchorage
- Mark Kroloff, Anchorage
- Loren Leman, Anchorage
- Rodney "Butch" Lincoln, Anchorage
- Nathan McGowan, Anchorage
- Steve Rieger, Anchorage
- Ken Vassar, Anchorage
- Brian Rogers, Fairbanks
- Bob Shefchik, Fairbanks
- Gordon Harrison, Juneau
- Ken Alper, Juneau
- Gregg Erickson, Juneau
- Clark Gruening, Juneau
- Tim Navarre, Kenai
- John Hozey, Valdez
- Vern Rupright, Wasilla
Fisheries
- Ragnar Alstrom, Alakanuk
- Denby Lloyd, Anchorage
- Mike Szymanski, Anchorage
- Carol Ann Woody, Anchorage
- Albert Kookesh, Angoon
- Mary Sattler, Bethel
- Jerry McCune, Cordova
- Norm Van Vactor, Dillingham
- Robert Heyano, Dillingham
- Russell Nelson, Dillingham
- Murray Tate, Fairbanks
- Tim Bristol, Homer
- Lindsey Bloom, Juneau
- Debra Houle Brown, Kasilof
- Brian Gabriel, Kenai
- Ricky Gease, Kenai
- Roland Maw, Kenai
- Bill MacKay, Kenai/Anchorage
- Alan Austerman, Kodiak
- Erin Herrington, Kodiak
- Larry Engel, Mat-Su
- Bruce Knowles, Mat-Su
- Mark Jensen, Petersburg
- Linda Behnken, Sitka
- Mike Wood, Talkeetna
- Greg Indreland, Yakutat
Healthcare
- Valerie Davidson, Anchorage
- Sandra Heffren, Anchorage
- Shirley Holloway, Anchorage
- Jeff Jessee, Anchorage
- Bruce Lamoureux, Anchorage
- Nancy Merriman, Anchorage
- Aron Wolf, Anchorage
- Lynn Van Vactor, Dillingham
- Jeff Cook, Fairbanks
- Karen Perdue, Fairbanks
- Becky Hultberg, Juneau
- Myra Munson, Juneau
- Andy Teuber, Kodiak
- John Cullen, Valdez
- Elizabeth Ripley, Wasilla
Infrastructure
- Maver Carey, Anchorage
- Joseph Davis, Anchorage
- Diane Kaplan, Anchorage
- Dan Krusze, Anchorage
- Jim Kubitz, Anchorage
- Dennis McMillian, Anchorage
- Cindy Roberts, Anchorage
- Gail Schubert, Anchorage
- Ralph Kibby, Juneau
- Ed Page, Juneau
- Doug Ward, Ketchikan
- Roy Huhndorf, Ninilchik
- Shirley Marquardt, Unalaska
Intergovernmental Relations
- Liz Medicine Crow, Anchorage
- Nicole Borromeo, Anchorage
- Lindsay Hobson, Anchorage
- Veronica Slajer, Anchorage
- Jim Torgersen, Anchorage
- Bob Harcharek, Barrow
- Allanah Hurley, Dillingham
- Tom Tilden, Dillingham
- Kathy Mayo, Fairbanks
- Richard Peterson, Hydaburg
- Karen Crane, Juneau
- Dave Gray, Juneau
- Kim Kiefer, Juneau
- Kathie Wasserman, Juneau
- Paulette Schuerch, Kotzebue/Anchorage
- Paul Gronholdt, Sand Point
Natural Resources
- Nils Andreassen, Anchorage
- Jane Angvik, Anchorage
- Joe Burch, Anchorage
- Deantha Crockett, Anchorage
- Kevin Durling, Anchorage
- Vic Fischer, Anchorage
- Heidi Hammond, Anchorage
- June McAtee, Anchorage
- Jason Metrokin, Anchorage
- Larry Smith, Anchorage
- Peter VanTuyn, Anchorage
- Robyn Chaney, Dillingham
- Tim Troll, Dillingham
- Frank Rue, Juneau
- Mike Satre, Juneau
- Marie Greene, Kotzebue
- Doug Glenn, Palmer
Oil and Gas
- Robin Brena, Anchorage
- Kevin Banks, Anchorage
- Bryan Clemenz, Anchorage
- Kara Moriarty, Anchorage
- Jim Posey, Anchorage
- Marty Rutherford, Anchorage
- Dave Van Tuyl, Anchorage
- Edward Itta, Barrow
- Rene Broker, Fairbanks
- Joe Paskvan, Fairbanks
- Lisa Weissler, Juneau
- Blaine Gilman, Kenai
- Steve Wendt, Kenai
- Lisa Parker, Soldotna
Public Safety
- April Ferguson, Anchorage
- Miriam Aarons, Anchorage
- Jake Metcalfe, Anchorage
- Walt Monegan, Anchorage
- Dean Williams, Anchorage
- Jim Valcarce, Bethel
- Greg Razo, Chugiak
- Charlie Cole, Fairbanks
- Patty Ware, Juneau
- Jeff Tucker, Kenai
- Richard Burton, Ketchikan
- Loretta Bullard, Nome
- Allen Bell, Sitka
- Bill Comer, Valdez
- Ron Otte, Wasilla
- Michelle Overstreet, Wasilla
Rural Guard
- Emil Notti, Anchorage
- Georgianna Lincoln, Anchorage
- Charlot Brower, Barrow
- Mike Hoffman, Bethel
- Dennis Kline, Eagle River
- Thad Tikiun, Eagle River
- Fred Thorsteinson, Juneau
- Mike Rauenhorst, North Pole
- Nelson Angapak, Tuntutuliak
- Simon Brown, Wasilla
Subsistence
- John "Sky" Starkey, Anchorage
- Wayne Heimer, Fairbanks
- Victor Joseph, Fairbanks
- Angela Vermillion, Gulkana
- Rosita Worl, Juneau
- Walter Sampson, Kotzebue
- Ross Schaeffer, Kotzebue
- Robert Nick, Nunapitchuk
- Rod Arno, Palmer
- Aaron Bloomquist, Tok
Wildlife
- Mike Fleagle, Anchorage
- Cindi Jacobson, Anchorage
- Gary Olson, Anchorage
- Karen Linnell, Chistochina
- Roy Ewan, Copper Center
- Al Barrette, Fairbanks
- Pat Valkenberg, Fairbanks
- Douglas Larsen, Juneau
- Charles Parker, Mat-Su
- Sue Etsminger, Tok