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Dunleavy names Brune to head DEC, Quick to lead Administration
Petroleum News
Gov.-elect Mike Dunleavy announced four additional appointments Nov. 26, including the commissioners of Administration, Environmental Conservation, Health and Social Services and the director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Best known of these appointees in the resource community is Jason Brune, named as commissioner of Environmental Conservation. Brune has been senior director of land and resources for Cook Inlet Region Inc., was public affairs and government relations manager for Anglo-American and prior to that executive director of the Resource Development Council.
Jonathan Quick, named commissioner of Administration, is chief of staff to Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce.
Adam Crum, named as commissioner of Health and Social Services, is executive vice president at Northern Industrial Training LLC.
Dunleavy named a non-Alaskan, Donna Arduin, director of the Office of Management and Budget. Arduin is president of Arduin, Laffer & Moore Econometrics LLC.
“Today’s appointees are among the best and brightest in their fields,” Dunleavy said. “Their passion for results combined with the institutional knowledge found within state government will bring a bold, fresh approach to managing their respective departments. Alaska is at a crossroads, and it is past time to start doing things differently if we want different results.”
Brune The statement from Dunleavy’s transition team says that while at CIRI, Brune oversaw and participated in the development and administration of CIRI’s 1.6 million acres of subsurface resources, including oil, gas, minerals, sand and gravel, and coal. He supervised the team’s staff, environmental contractors, stakeholder management and legal review while building relationships with CIRI’s villages. He also worked to identify priorities for addressing Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act contaminated lands.
Brune has a bachelor’s degree in biology from Carleton College and did graduate work in environmental science at Alaska Pacific University. He has served on the Alaska Sealife Center Board, Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Endangered Species Act Recovery Team, Tyonek Tribal Conservation District Board, the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee and numerous other business and civic organizations.
Quick, Crum Quick was named commissioner of the Department of Administration; the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, a quasi-judicial agency, falls under that department.
The transition team statement said one of Quick’s signature achievements at the Kenai Peninsula Borough was reducing a $5 million deficit to $400,000 by finding efficiencies. He also spearheaded a business incentive program designed to attract investment to the peninsula, where he oversaw a team of 350, managed a budget of $140 million and oversaw 13 directors. He has also launched and sold multiple successful businesses. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Northwest University.
Crum, named as commissioner of Health and Social Services, has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Northwestern University and a master’s degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University.
Arduin The transition team said Arduin “is a budget fixer” with a proven track record of digging into “complex fiscal systems and making effective recommendations for large-scale change.” She has experience in numerous states, working with then-Florida Speaker Marco Rubio, gubernatorial candidates Meg Whitman in California and Rick Scott in Florida and Gov. Bruce Rauer of Illinois. She helped then-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush cut taxes and build a surplus, and also worked for then-California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and public policy from Duke University and is a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government’s Leadership Program.
- Petroleum News
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