Title: Owner, Former Mayor
Company: Kodiak Tax Service
Location: Kodiak, Alaska, United States
Affiliations/Associations/Societies:
- Alaska Family Practice Residency (graduate medical education committee, 2000-2001)
- Alaska Governmental Roles Task Force (1991-1992)
- Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority (governor appointed, 2016-present) (vice chairman, 2018-present) (finance committee chairman, 2017-present)
- Alaska Municipal League (vice president, 1988-1990) (president, 1990-1991) (board of directors, 1988-1998, 2004-2013)
- Alaska Municipal League Investment Pool, Inc. (president, 1992-1998)
- Alaska Municipal League Jt. Insurance Association Board (board of directors, 1995-2013)(vice president, 1996-1998) (president, 1998-2000)
- Alaska Oceans, Seas, Fisheries Research Foundation (board of directors, 1998-2005) (president, 1998-2005)
- Alaska Resource Development Council (1987-2001) (executive committee, 1989-2000)
- Alaska State and Local Government Task Force (1996-1998)
- Alaska State Chamber of Commerce (board of directors, 2000-2007) (executive committee, 2002-2006)
- Alaska Statewide Chapter (board of directors, 2002-2009)
- Alaska Task Force (Co-Chair, 1995-2004)
- Alaskan Mental Health Trust Authority (vice chair, finance committee chair, board of trustees, 2015)
- American Red Cross, Kodiak (treasurer, 1978-1993) (board directors, 1978-1995) (chairman, 1989-1990)
- Arctic Power (co-chairman, 1993-2005)
- Boise State University
- College of Idaho
- Committee on Oil Pollution Act (1995)
- Council on Economic Policy for Rural Alaska (2006-2007)
- Exxon Valdez Restoration Committee, Kodiak Island (chairman, 1991-1995)
- Kodiak Health Care Foundation (board of directors, 1992-2013) (vice president, 1992-2010) (treasurer 2010-2013)
- Koniag Education Foundation (2002-2003) (development committee, 2002-2015)
- National Association of Counties (Community and Economic Development Steering Committee, 1990-1998) (environment, energy and land use steering committee, 1997-1998)
- Natural Gas Subcommittee (Chairman, 2000-2001 )
- Oiled Regions of Alaska (2001-2010) (president, 2002-2010)
- Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center (advisory board, 2014-present) (vice president, 2018-present)
- Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference, Anchorage (president, 1988-1989) (vice president, 1986-1987) (treasurer, 1996-1998) (board directors, 1986-1998)
- U.S. Department of the Interior (Outer Continental Shelf Advisory Board, Policy Committee, 1990-2004) (vice chair, 1996-1998) (chair, 1998-2000)
- Wells Fargo Community Advisory Board (2005-present)
- Western Interstate Region National Association Counties (board of directors, 1993-1998, 2007-2013) (2nd vice president 2010-2011) (1st vice president, 2011-2012) (president, 2012-2013)
- Western Operations Headquarters (advisory board, 1986-1992) (Group IV and V National Advisory, 1986-1989) (National Board of Governors, 1989-1995) (chapter relations committee chairman, 1994-1995)
Achievements:
- Honoree, Distinguished Worldwide Humanitarian Award (2021, 2018)
- Recipient, Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (2018)
- Recipient, Vic Fischer Local Government Leadership Award (2013)
- Featured Listee, “Who’s Who in American Politics,” Marquis Who’s Who (2009-2014)
- Honoree, Member of the Year, Kodiak Chamber of Commerce (2005)
- Paul Harris Fellowship Recipient (2005, 1996, 1992, 1991, 1988, 1987)
- Certificate of Appreciation, US Department of Interior (2000)
- Recipient, Lifetime Achievement Award, Alaska Municipal League (1998)
- Recipient, Distinguished Alumni Award, The College of Idaho (1997)
- Recipient, Outstanding Contribution Award, Alaska Municipal League (1994)
- Featured Listee, “Who’s Who in America,” Marquis Who’s Who (1994-2016)
- Featured Listee, “Who’s Who in the World,” Marquis Who’s Who (1991-2016)
- Featured Listee, “Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders in America,” Marquis Who’s Who (1991-1994)
- Featured Listee, “Who’s Who in the West,” Marquis Who’s Who (1989-2001)
