New Revenue department officials named
The Alaska Department of Revenue said in a Jan. 2 statement that Revenue Commissioner Angela Rodell has named Michael Pawlowski deputy commissioner for strategic finance and Pamela Leary to lead the Treasury Division as state treasurer.
Pawlowski currently serves as petroleum fiscal systems advisor to the commissioner. A lifelong Alaskan, he graduated from Alaska Pacific University. Pawlowski previously worked for Alaska Permanent Capital Management Co., the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority, and as an aide specializing in oil and gas, energy, and finance issues for the Alaska Legislature.
As deputy commissioner, Pawlowski will lead special projects and teams within the department.
Leary, the new state treasurer, has been state comptroller since 2007. She began her career as an auditor with Price Waterhouse and became a partner in the firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. After moving to Alaska, Leary owned and operated a business before reentering the accounting profession with the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and is a certified public accountant in the state of Alaska.
Taking the position as state comptroller will be Scott Jones, who has held the position of assistant comptroller since 2007. Jones has also served as an auditor. Jones holds a degree in business with an emphasis on accounting from the University of Alaska Southeast.
—Petroleum News
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