Kerttula tabbed as ocean council director - June 15, 2014

Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industryJune 2014

Vol. 19, No. 24

Week of June 15, 2014

Kerttula tabbed as ocean council director

Former Alaska state legislator Beth Kerttula has taken a job in the Obama administration as director of the National Ocean Council.

Kerttula started the job in early June, the White House confirmed to Petroleum News.

The Juneau Democrat and House minority leader left the Legislature in January to take a fellowship with Stanford University’s Center for Ocean Solutions.

The National Ocean Council is a relatively new agency that includes Cabinet-level and other federal officials.

Obama, by executive order in 2010, established a national ocean policy and the National Ocean Council.

Some Alaska elected officials and industry representatives have raised concerns that the ocean policy could hinder resource development.

- Wesley Loy

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