Palin appoints Ryan to ANGDA board

Governor Palin has appointed Pat Ryan to the board of the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority.

Ryan, of Anchorage, was a top aide and chief of staff to Wally Hickel during his two terms as Alaska’s governor and two years as U.S. Secretary of the Interior.

Ryan previously served as director of Alaska’s first rural development agency, which later became the Department of Community and Regional Affairs; as deputy commissioner of the Department of Transportation & Public Facilities; and as director of the state Division of Aviation. He was a U.S. Air Force pilot in Alaska.

Ryan was appointed to a public seat on the authority, filling a vacancy left by recent appointee Nick Stepovich.

—Petroleum News