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Chris Tuck served seven terms as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2008 to 2023. He was twice elected Majority Leader of the House, leading a bipartisan House coalition for four years between 2017 and 2023. He previously served on the Anchorage School Board. Tuck is a product of Anchorage public schools. After graduating from Dimond High in 1984, he went on to an apprenticeship with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and became a journeyman electrician. He also attended Arizona State University. He is a board member of the Alaska Joint Electrical Apprenticeship School, where he was an instructor for over 20 years. He served for over 20 years as Business Representative for the IBEW Local 1547 and recently started his company, Tuck Electrical Services. He is a member of Change Point Community Church and Anchorage Youth Court. In 1999, he won the Yukon River Championship Sled Dog Race, and he continues to enjoy outdoor activities, coaching youth soccer, racquetball, and music.

 tuckformayor.com

Paper titled "The homelessness plan for a better Anchorage" that Chris Tuck had available at AUUF - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/f1rra6tn2xvp9wywb1lzm/HomelessnessHandout_Tuck.PDF?rlkey=cpbm5q11aljhyiwxa24gt7tqh&dl=0

Indra Arriaga is the Strategic and Operational Director for the Alaska Institute for Justice. She works across AIJ's different programs and on multiple grant development and operations aspects. Prior to joining AIJ, Indra served as the Language Assistance Compliance Manager for Alaska’s Division of Elections, and under her direction the program expanded to language access in 14 languages and dialects.  Indra has spent more than two decades working directly with rural and remote communities in Alaska in various capacities, including elections, community development, and demographic and social research projects. Indra holds a BA and MA in Political Science from St. Mary’s University in Texas. She has worked in finance, management consulting, research, and analysis and sustains an artistic practice. As an immigrant, a woman, a person of color, and an LGBTQ person, ensuring that all voices are heard equally is a priority for her personal and professional life.

Note that there is a 3-second period of "noise" at about 1 minute 25 seconds that replaces several minutes of "technical confusion."

Slides - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/cxghmw90prz1vd6ujm515/AIJ-2023-highlights.pdf?rlkey=5u4gbx7qpsb0ct95gwfgdw53k&dl=0

Tim Troll is the Executive Director of the Bristol Bay Heritage Land Trust, a non-profit he helped start in Dillingham in 2000. In 2022 he completed a journey, many years in the making, to sail a restored 1936 Bristol Bay commercial fishing sailboat from Homer back to its historic home in Naknek. That same year, with help from partners, foundations, and many donors, the Land Trust raised 20 million dollars to protect 44,000 acres of critical salmon habitat on Lake Illiamna. The land trust now owns or holds conservation easements on 58,400 acres in Bristol Bay and has facilitated the protection of another 21,320 acres in the Wood-Tikchik State Park.

Slides - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/y5lxc3bvr9jtt83t9yo7x/Sail-Back-UU-Presentation.pdf?rlkey=1vigq68cxkw8oi0uice4n4wxz&dl=0

Movie (PDF page 100) - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vv1izxb2agdvj5c6opsdd/Sailboat_Naknek_7_31_22_1080p.mp4.mov?rlkey=k60oa8vtcc1cdzo6ykcfavhdm&dl=0

We Alaskans - When sailboats ruled Bristol Bay by Tim Troll
Updated: December 2, 2017 - Published: May 21, 2017 - https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/we-alaskans/2017/05/21/when-sailboats-ruled-bristol-bay/#

Duke Russell is a lifelong Alaskan and an artist well known for his "street-level" art style that captures the essence of modern-day life in Anchorage. His work has been exhibited in the Anchorage Museum, the airport, galleries throughout the state, and trendy local spots like the Spenard Roadhouse. His iconic "Spenardian" painting characterizes one of the city's most famous/infamous neighborhoods.  Russell has immersed himself in Anchorage's local art scene. He is dedicated to fostering Alaska's next generation of creatives and artists, offering drawing and painting courses where he encourages his young students to nurture their talents. Russell also advocates for the city's vulnerable, unhoused population. He has recently inspired others to join his efforts, from assembling volunteers to coordinate access to essential care and services, food, and shelter to providing daily soup kitchens at Anchorage's Centennial Park and elsewhere. In 2022, the Rasmuson Foundation recognized Russell's art and activism and awarded him its prestigious President's Award.

Tim Huffman moved to Alaska from Oregon in 1984. His many jobs have included state employment, commercial fishing, remote sport fish guiding, high school and college volleyball officiating, golf course employment, and rearing angelfish for local aquarium supply stores.  In 2018, Tim began keeping bees in backyards across Anchorage and has been the beekeeper for 49th State Brewing since 2020. Tim wants to break Alaska's dependence on imported California bees by developing a sustainable beekeeping community in which local beekeepers use modern methods and gear to replicate his success.  He shares local beekeeping information on his YouTube Channel, Anchorage Backyard Beekeeping. He is one of many experienced beekeepers who post information and answer questions on the Facebook Midnight Sun Bee Club Forum page.

Slides - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zl3rmav8tahm82nho44ug/Farm-Bureau-Presentation-2023-11-11.pptx.pdf?rlkey=tacnffu9ncx8riie30d5urwtm&dl=0

Lise Adams Sherry is the settled minister for the Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.  She grew up in Oregon as part of a blended family.  Her main interests growing up were dancing and theatre--she performed a lot!  Another highlight was learning French and spending her junior year of college in France. Lise is married to Nelson, and together, they have two boys (Kennen and Derek) and a daughter-in-law, Maria.  They've lived in Alaska, British Columbia, Oregon, Illinois and Massachusetts.  Lise received her M.Div. from Meadville Lombard in Chicago.  Her religious life is informed by nature, Buddhism, and the Judeo-Christian tradition.  Her favorite parts of ministry are social justice, multi-generational worship services, and pastoral care.  Lise also enjoys hiking, bicycling, reading, gardening, movies, traveling, and learning about other cultures. 

Proposed Revision to Article II - Purposes and Covenant - https://discuss.uua.org/t/proposed-revision-to-article-ii/842 There are a LOT of links from this page!

John Sharify is one of the most honored broadcast journalists in the country.  A 79-time Emmy award winner, he received the 2021 DuPont Columbia Award, the broadcast equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize, for his Death with Dignity documentary Bob's Choice. Sharify is the Atwood Chair in Journalism and Public Communications at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Sharify has been honored with nine National Edward R. Murrow awards, including four National Murrow awards for writing, and was twice selected as the National Press Photographers Association Reporter of the Year (ROY) for his work at KING 5 News in Seattle. Sharify is a graduate of Princeton University.  He has a Master of Fine Arts degree in film directing from Columbia University, where he studied under Oscar-winning film director Milos Forman. His passion for storytelling has taken him around the world as he presents workshops on the craft of video storytelling in newsrooms and other venues, like his 2012 Ted Talk about his documentary, Climb of a Lifetime.

Larry Persily has worked in journalism and public service in Alaska for more than 45 years, growing increasingly cynical. He currently owns the weekly newspaper in Wrangell, assists other Southeast weekly newspapers, and writes opinion columns for the Anchorage Daily News in the delusional hope that people will read them, rise, and tell their elected officials: "Tax me!"

Dr. Bill Cox is a board-certified diagnostic radiologist who practiced medicine for over three decades before retiring in 2015. He attended college and med school, did his residency in Michigan, and has worked in numerous hospitals and clinics since then throughout Alaska and several Western states.  He's also presented papers and lectures at numerous conferences throughout the world. Bill has traveled extensively, particularly throughout Alaska and Asia, and has met an incredible array of interesting people, from a Japanese medical student he met as a college student bumming through Europe and later climbed Fuji-san with an Athabaskan elder and chief, from Mongolians in the Gobi Desert, and a dumpster-diving street person in Anchorage, to the Dalai Lama. He has written about many of these encounters in his book, My Pursuit of the Axis of Evil and Other True Stories from Asia and Alaska, published earlier this year.

Dermot Cole has been a newspaper reporter, columnist, and author in Alaska for over 40 years. For two decades, he wrote a daily column for the Fairbanks Daily News Miner while penning several history books. More recently, he served as a political reporter and columnist at the Alaska Dispatch News. Since the paper was sold, he's continued working as a journalist through his political blog, Reporting from Alaska, where he's broken several exclusive and important stories regarding the Dunleavy administration.

David Reamer is an academic and public scholar interested in the intersections of social justice, history, and community construction. David is the co-author, with Dr. Ian Hartmann, of the book Black Lives in Alaska: An African American History of the Far Northwest, published last year by the University of Washington Press. His other publications include journal and magazine articles on topics ranging from Jewish Alaska history to baseball to waffles, and his Histories of Anchorage series appears weekly in the Anchorage Daily News. Current research topics include the presentation of history on social media and early LGBT+ history in Alaska.

Slides - https://www.dropbox.com/s/tgbbw3aar6ymq1s/FairviewPresentation.pdf?dl=0

Speaker notes for slides - https://www.dropbox.com/s/1x6ymgzk9sagkui/FairviewPresentation_verbiage.pdf?dl=0

Scott Kendall is an experienced litigator, appellate advocate, and strategic consultant. Among his specialties is campaign and election law, and he has represented candidates for local, statewide, and national office as well as industry coalitions, non-profits, ballot measure groups, and independent campaign expenditure organizations (known as super PACs). Scott was counsel to U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski's historic 2010 write-in campaign for reelection and also served as Campaign Coordinator for her 2016 reelection campaign. From 2016 to 2018, he served as Chief of Staff to Alaska Governor Bill Walker. Scott drafted a 2014 statewide ballot measure aimed at protecting the Bristol Bay salmon fishery and more recently authored, litigated, and advised the successful ballot measure campaign to improve Alaska's statewide election system, featuring a Top 4 open primary election along with Ranked Choice Voting in the general.  He earned his bachelor's degree from Western Washington University and his law degree from the University of Washington School of Law. Scott is a board member of STAR Alaska and serves as Vice Chair of the board of the Institute of the North.

Slides - https://www.dropbox.com/s/vazpuaqoffwp87i/2022ElectionsRecap.pdf?dl=0

Eric Stroshane has twenty years of experience working in public, special, and academic libraries. He currently provides the American Library Associations Office for Intellectual Freedom challenge support, database maintenance, and assistance with publications as part of their efforts to combat censorship and defend the freedom to read. He is the news editor for the Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy, curates a weekly news compilation for Alas's Intellectual Freedom Blog, and is a former president of the Mountain Plains Library Association. He has delivered training and presentations on intellectual freedom issues for library directors, staff, board members, and the general public nationwide.  He holds a Masters degree in Library Science from Indiana University Bloomington, an MA in English from the University at Buffalo, and a BA in English from Pennsylvania State University. In his life beyond library walls, Eric is an electronic musician, mountain biker, kayaker, hiker, dog-lover, and yogi.

Slides - https://www.dropbox.com/s/uzifqxbgiaa6u2x/LibraryBooksUnderFire.pdf?dl=0

Joclyn Reilly, LCSW, PMH-C, is the Chairperson of the Board of Directors for Postpartum Support International, Alaska Chapter (PSIAK). She also volunteers for PSI as a local coordinator. She has worked as a Family Support Counselor with Providence Alaska Childrens Hospital since 2012. She has been a social worker since 2001 and graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Social Work in 2003. In addition to providing individual therapy, she teaches Happiest Baby on the Block classes and facilitates the Monday Mamas Support Group at Providence. She is also the Alaska Representative for the National Association of Perinatal Social Workers. In 2021, Joclyn joined the Alaska Perinatal Quality Collaborative (AKPQC) as faculty for the Substance Affected Pregnancies Initiative. Joclyn attends AUUF regularly and volunteers on the A/V team. She is a singing member of Alaska Sound Celebration, Alaska's premier a cappella chorus. Joclyn is married and parenting three school-aged boys. Her children attend school at Steller Secondary and Bowman Open Optional Program.

Slides - https://www.dropbox.com/s/1gk6zzq4irdpzz2/Copy%20of%20PSI%20AK_%20Advocacy%2C%20Awareness%2C%20and%20Education.pdf?dl=0

Craig Campbell was appointed as the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport Interim Manager in March 2022. He has a distinguished career in public service, previously serving as Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Adjutant General of the Alaska National Guard, President and CEO for Alaska Aerospace, and Board Chair for the Alaska Railroad. He was also Alaska’s tenth Lieutenant Governor and served three terms on the Anchorage Assembly. Craig is a former pilot, air traffic controller, and adjunct instructor in aviation for Embry Riddle University. His aviation career also includes over fifteen years as a consultant, during which he completed numerous airport master plans and noise studies at a variety of airports across the state, and was the project manager for planning work at the Anchorage International Airport in the 1980’s. Craig earned degrees from the University of Tulsa, Golden Gate University, and the Naval War College.

Slides - https://www.dropbox.com/s/h3kvv64lqthzwi9/ANCHORAGEUUFELLOWSHIP%20PRESENTATION.pdf?dl=0

Ed Mighell is an artist specializing in handmade ceramic tiles depicting Alaska animals and plants and images associated with his Alaska Native heritage. Eds mother is Inupiat from Point Hope. His father is from Massachusetts and was stationed in the Arctic with the Army Corps of Engineers where he met Eds mother. Ed has a degree in civil engineering and a fine arts degree in printmaking, both from the University of Alaska Anchorage. He left his engineering career behind to pursue his art, which is collected throughout America. He feels comforted to be playing a role in reviving an old art form in Alaska, as the last native potter died around 1880. The main ingredient in his tile body is the glacial clay from the mudflats next to Anchorage, where Ed lives with his wife, Kathryn.

Video © KTUU Channel 2/Alaska's News Source.  Used with permission - https://www.dropbox.com/s/qq8ejifnid1uh46/TAS%20ALASKA%20TILES-PKG.mp4?dl=0

Sierra Gregg is the Manager of Prevention and Education at STARStanding Together Against Rape and has extensive experience with creating and providing educational content to adults and youth across the state. She is a lifelong Alaskan and is driven by the need to make Alaska a safer place by helping to reduce the number of people that are harmed. She takes pride in being part of a team of people who provide comprehensive services to victims/survivors, their families, and the community.

Slides - https://www.dropbox.com/s/6i7iz5oe3rt2obk/AUUF%20SA%20and%20Consent.pdf?dl=0

Zack Fields is entering his third term in the Alaska House of Representatives. His district includes Downtown, South Addition, Forest Park, Valley of the Moon/Northstar, Fairview, and Eastridge. Prior to working in the legislature, he was a Workforce Development Coordinator for the Alaska Department of Labor, a congressional and local government aide, and a freelance outdoor writer.

Graham Downey is AKPIRGs Consumer Advocate.  His research and advocacy is focused on issues of economic justice, including debt and housing. He works closely with diverse coalition partners to find fair and effective policy solutions to issues that affect the lives of everyday Alaskans. Graham grew up in Falls Church, Virginia. Hes been in Anchorage, on Denaina land, since 2020.  Outside of work, Graham loves to read books, walk Jubilee the Dog, and play bike polo. Graham holds a B.A. from Virginia Tech and a J.D. from Yale Law School. In the past, Graham has worked as a cook, barista, school garden teacher, LSAT tutor, and legal scholar.

Lise Adams Sherry is the settled minister for the Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.  She grew up in Oregon as part of a blended family.  Her main interests growing up were dancing and theatre--she performed a lot!  Another highlight was learning French and spending her junior year in France. Lise is married to Nelson, and together they have two boys (Kennen and Derek), and a daughter-in-law, Maria.  They've lived in Alaska, British Columbia, Oregon, Illinois, and Massachusetts.  Lise received her M.Div. from Meadville Lombard in Chicago.  Nature, Buddhism, and the Judeo-Christian tradition inform her religious life.  Some of her favorite parts of ministry are social justice, multi-generational worship services, and pastoral care.  Lise also enjoys hiking, bicycling, reading, gardening, movies, traveling, and learning about other cultures.

Jim Anderson is the Chief Financial Officer of the Anchorage School District. He joined ASD in 2015 after retiring as a Colonel from 27 years of active federal service in the U.S. Army. Jim served as an infantry officer, ordnance officer, and logistics officer. He served in numerous leadership positions, from Platoon Leader to Battalion Commander, deployed several times to Bosnia, the Middle East, and conducted numerous missions in Africa. Jim's last job in the Army was as the Chief of Staff, Logistics for the U.S. Army Alaska. He provided policy, guidance, and oversight for all active Army forces in Alaska. He earned his undergraduate degree before joining the Army. While in the service, he earned master's degrees in Human Resources from Webster University and Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College. He is a Lifetime Member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and a past board member of the Anchorage Girl Scouts.

Margo Bellamy is President of the Anchorage School Board.  A career educator, she has spent over forty years in education working in various positions (clerk typist, teacher, librarian, assistant principal, principal, executive director, mentor, and trainer of staff and leadership). During her three-year tenure on the Anchorage School Board, Margo is in her second year as president and has served as Clerk, Communication Committee Chair, and Vice-President. During retirement, Margo enjoys working as an Adjunct Professor in the UAA Educational Leadership Program and is the new president-elect of the Alaska Association of School Boards. She is a member of the National School Board Associations National Black Caucus, National Native American/Alaskan Native Caucus, and the National Hispanic Caucus. Her local service also includes service on the Boards of Directors of the Alaska Children's Trust, Anchorage Library Foundation, and the Alaska Community Foundation.  She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, and the National NAACP. Margo is married and is the parent of two adult children, both ASD graduates, and a grandparent to two grandsons who attend the school in the Anchorage School District.

Slides - https://www.dropbox.com/s/h4ex5tqd279afgr/Dec%2011th%202022%20Briefing%20to%20AUUF.pdf?dl=0