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Vol. 23, No 49 Week of December 09, 2018
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry

Dunleavy sworn in in Kotzebue; Tangeman named to head Revenue

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Kristen Nelson

Petroleum News

Mike Dunleavy was sworn in as Alaska’s 12th governor in Kotzebue Dec. 3, along with Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer. The swearing in had been planned for Noorvik, but fog there caused a change of plans. First Lady Rose Dunleavy is from Noorvik.

The Alaska Constitution requires that the governor be sworn in by noon on the first Monday in December, so the swearing in was held in Kotzebue, where the plane could land. The governor’s party flew to Noorvik later once the weather cleared, then back to Anchorage; they later flew on to Juneau.

The governor’s office said this was the first time a U.S. governor has been sworn into office above the Arctic Circle.

Dunleavy named two more commissioners prior to taking office: Bruce Tangeman at the Department of Revenue and Julie Anderson at the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Affairs.

Dunleavy said Tangeman and Anderson “are well known in Alaska for years of service in both the public and private sectors,” and said they would “provide crucial expertise to my administration as we move Alaska forward.”

After taking office, he named Doug Vincent-Lang as acting commissioner at the Department of Fish and Game.

Tangeman

Since 2017 Tangeman has been policy director for the Alaska Senate Majority. From 2014-16 he was vice president and chief financial officer for the Alaska Gasline Development Corp., and from 2010-14 he was deputy commission of the Department of Revenue. From 2008-10 he was chief financial officer for Doyon Utilities and from 2005-08 he was corporate budget officer for the Alaska Railroad Corp.

He has served on the boards of the Alaska Housing Finance Corp. and the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority. He has a bachelor’s degree in public finance from Indiana University.

Anderson

Anderson is currently principal at Denali Management Solutions; prior to that she was stakeholder manager for the Alaska Energy Authority on the Susitna-Watana project.

She worked at Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. for many years as technical business strategy manager, commercial director and operations support director, among other roles. During her tenure at Alyeska she managed a team of 200 employees and contractors and developed and implemented reorganization plans.

She holds a master’s degree in international management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University and a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Vincent-Lang

The commissioner of the Department of Fish and Game is selected by the governor from names submitted by the Joint Board of Fisheries and Game. On Dec. 3 the joint board began a recruitment process which will run through Dec. 14.

Dunleavy named Doug Vincent-Lang acting commissioner on Dec. 3, saying in a statement that it was important that someone manage the department while the joint board goes through the process of nominating potential commissioners.

Vincent-Lang is a veteran of the department with more than three decades of expertise in wildlife research and management, and previously served as division director for Wildlife Management, special assistant and assistant director to the Division of Sport Fish and as a research biologist.

He has a B.S. degree in biology from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and a M.S. degree in biological oceanography from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Attorney General

The governor named members of his public safety team Dec. 5, including the Attorney General and the commissioners of the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Corrections, and deputy commissioners and directors in those departments.

Kevin Clarkson was named Attorney General. Clarkson is an attorney in private practice at Brena, Bell & Clarkson who has specialized in state and federal litigation throughout his career. He has worked at the administrative, pretrial, trial and appellate levels on civil litigation, business and construction matters, contracts and others.

He was admitted to Super Lawyers in 2014-2017, a distinction the governor’s office said is held by no more than 5 percent of Alaska attorneys and is “A” rated with Martindale-Hubbard.

Clarkson holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Oregon State University and a law degree from the Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Oregon.

Public Safety, Corrections

Dunleavy named Amanda Price, a victims’ advocate and leader, as commissioner of the Department of Public Safety. Price last served as Gov. Bill Walker’s senior advisor on violent crime response and prevention and as executive director of Standing Together Against Rape. She has also led the American Heart Association and Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Alaska chapters. Price studied biological science at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

Nancy Dahlstrom, a former state legislator, was named commissioner of the Department of Corrections. The governor’s office cited her years of experience in building and managing effective teams. Dahlstrom is currently a consultant for WEKA, a security, personal safety and secure transport. She was recently reelected to the Legislature, a position she will resign in order to serve as commissioner. Dahlstrom holds a bachelor’s degree in human resources from Wayland Baptist University and a master’s degree in organizational management from the University of LaVerne.

- KRISTEN NELSON



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