RDC appoints Hall new executive director

Marleanna Hall has been named the new executive director of the Resource Development Council for Alaska. The appointment was announced at RDC’s annual meeting luncheon June 30 in Anchorage, following the announcement that Rick Rogers has retired as executive director and has been named to RDC’s board of directors.

“Marleanna brings eight years of RDC member issue work and experience to the helm,” Ralph Samuels, RDC board president and vice president, government and community relations for Holland America Line, said in a statement.

Hall has been projects coordinator for RDC, and was formerly development director for the Alaska Mineral and Energy Resource Education Fund, now Alaska Resource Education. She previously worked at Tesoro Alaska Co. and the Arc of Anchorage. Hall holds a bachelor’s degree in business management-administration from the University of Alaska Anchorage. In 2010 she completed the Leadership Anchorage program through the Alaska Humanities Forum, and in 2012 completed the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership and Executive Advancement Program.

Hall, a lifelong Alaskan, lives in Anchorage with her husband Dan.

- Petroleum News