Arctic Directory March 2016: Harrington joins ASRC’s external affairs department

Arctic Slope Regional Corp. announced that Shalon Harrington has joined the company’s external affairs department as its new director of government affairs. In her new role, Harrington will be responsible for formulating position recommendations and strategies on legislative issues, monitoring legislative activity on both the state and federal level and handling long-term and short-term legislative planning for the company. Harrington comes to ASRC with a long history of working in Alaska politics. Her career began in Washington, D.C., working for the U.S. House Resources Committee in the Office of Native American & Insular Affairs. She returned home to Alaska in 2004 and began her work with the Alaska Legislature. Harrington served as chief of staff to a state senator for six years before joining the governor’s team as a legislative liaison. Most recently, she worked as the director of government affairs for the Municipality of Anchorage. Harrington was born and raised in Alaska and is now raising her own family in her hometown of Eagle River. She is a graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. Having worked in senior/executive positions at various levels of Alaska government, Harrington brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to ASRC’s external affairs team.