Former Rep. Tom McKay named to fill AOGCC public member seat

Kristen Nelson

Petroleum News

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has named former state Rep. Tom McKay of Anchorage was named Jan. 22 to fill the public member seat on the three-member Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. The position requires approval by the Legislature.

McKay fills a vacancy left by Brett Huber Sr. who held the public member seat from 2023-24. The term of the seat expires March 1, 2027.

Jessie Chmielowski has held the petroleum engineering seat on the commission since 2019 and Greg Wilson has held the geologist seat since 2022.

McKay served in the Legislature from 2021-2024, chairing the House Resources Committee in the 2023-24 33rd Legislature.

He earned a B.S. in petroleum engineering from Montana Tech in 1980 and an M.S. in environmental engineering from the University of Alaska Anchorage in 2000.

McKay has worked for Amoco, ARCO Alaska, ConocoPhillips and BlueCrest Energy Alaska.

He served as chairman of the Alaska Republican Party.

--KRISTEN NELSON