Reiser named executive director of AEA

The board of the Alaska Energy Authority has named Janet Reiser executive director, the authority said Dec. 7. In its press release AEA said she comes to the agency with more than three decades of Alaska experience in energy management, engineering, construction and telecommunications.

AEA board Chairman Russel Dick said Reiser’s “track record of professional integrity, business development and public policy will serve this organization and communities around the state well.”

Reiser is currently chair of the board of Chugach Electric Association and AEA said her resignation from that position will be effective Dec. 31.

Reiser holds a Bachelor of Science in chemical of engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

John Springsteen, executive director of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, has served as acting AEA executive director since August. Her first day at AEA is Jan. 2.

- Petroleum News