Member. Chair.
Commissioner, Alaska Department of Revenue. was appointed Commissioner of the Department of Revenue by Governor Sarah Palin effective December 4, 2006. Before his appointment he served as a Petroleum Land Manager for the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas.  His responsibilities included managing the oil and gas leasing and licensing programs, lease administration, and oil and gas permitting for the division.  His education background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts and Quantitative Economics from the University of California, San Diego, a Law Degree from the University of San Diego, and an MBA from San Diego State University.  Prior to his position at DNR, Mr. Galvin served as Director of the Division of Governmental Coordination, overseeing the Alaska Coastal Management Program.  Previously, Mr. Galvin was a private practice attorney focusing on municipal, corporate, and tribal law.

P.O. Box 110400
Juneau, Alaska 99811-0400
907-465-2300
(fax) 907-465-2389
patrick.galvin@alaska.gov

Designee for Commissioner Galvin
is Deputy Commissioner for Treasury Jerry Burnett

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Mr. Michael T. Felix
(Public Member)
Appointed: 06/25/2009
Expires: 06/30/2010

Member.
Mr. Felix was appointed to the Board on May 29, 2009. Since February 2002, Mike Felix has served as president of AT&T Alascom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AT&T, Inc. He has almost 35 years experience in various areas of the telecom and high-tech industries, having held several senior management and board positions in public and private companies.  He began his career in 1975 at Tampa Electric Company, where he served in various management and engineering roles. In 1982, he was one of the founding employees at what is today Sprint – where he held several technical and management leadership positions. From 1992 to 2001, Mr. Felix served as CEO or COO of several venture capital-backed startups in the telecom and software space.  From 1989 to 2001, he also served on the boards of four start-up companies, and three private schools.
  
Mike is a graduate of the University of South Florida with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering.  He and his wife, Bethany, currently reside in Anchorage, Alaska and have three adult children.  Mr. Felix currently serves on the University of Alaska Foundation Board, the board of Commonwealth North, the Foraker Group Governing Board, and as an Honorary Commander for the 3rd Wing of the US Air Force at Elmendorf AFB. 

505 East Bluff Drive
Anchorage AK 99501
907-264-7659
mfelix@alascom.att.com
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Ms. Susan Bell
Commissioner
Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development
Appointed: 7/9/2010

Member.
Susan Bell was appointed Commissioner of the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development on July 8, 2010, by Governor Sean Parnell.

Most recently, she served as a Special Assistant to the Governor, working closely with the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development. During the 2010 legislative session, she contributed to several initiatives intended to strengthen Alaska’s economy and communities, including enhanced business financing, increased funding for marketing of Alaska’s industries, and tax relief. Bell has an extensive background in community development, economic development and transportation infrastructure projects. She has held numerous senior-level business management and marketing positions and understands the challenges faced by communities and small businesses in this state.

Bell has successfully collaborated with Alaska community leaders, private residents, nonprofit organizations, ANCSA corporations and other tribal entities, and state and federal agencies. She has also served as a steering committee member for Alaska Forward, a statewide economic development initiative that includes representatives from the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce, the University of Alaska, U.S. Economic Development Administration and regional economic development associations.

Born in Nome and raised in Fairbanks, Bell has been a resident of Southeast Alaska since 1987. She is a shareholder of Bering Straits Native Corporation and Sitnasuak Native Corporation, and served as a vice president for Goldbelt Incorporated, with responsibility for the marketing and management of nearly a dozen separate business ventures.

Bell received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Alaska. In her spare time, she volunteers for Big Brothers Big Sisters and enjoys spending time outdoors.

P.O. Box 110800
Juneau, AK 99811-0800
9th Floor State Office Building
(907) 465-2500
Fax: (907) 465-5442
susan.bell@alaska.gov
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Leo von Scheben, P.E., L.S., M.B.A.
Commissioner
Department of Transportation
and Public Facilities
Appointed: 1/12/2007
Reappointed: 05/29/2009
Expires: 06/30/2011
   

Member.
Commissioner, Leo von Scheben, 65, is a registered professional engineer and land surveyor who has lived in Alaska since 1963. He received his B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Florida in Gainesville, a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, and a MBA from the University of Alaska Anchorage. He was one of the four founding partners of an architectural, engineering, land surveying and planning firm with offices in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.

He has represented the Society of American Military Engineers on the Anchorage Post Industrial Liaison Committee, member of the 2006 S.A.M.E Executive Group and Commissioner to the Alaska Private Industry Council. He was voted Alumni of the Year by Bradley University. He belongs to the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Alaska Society of Professional Land Surveyors.

Von Scheben was featured in “How to Form a Successful Design/Build Alliance” in the January 2006 edition of the Professional Services Management Journal (PSMJ).

3132 Channel Drive
Juneau, Alaska  99801-7898
(907) 465-3900
Fax:  (907) 586-8365
leo.vonscheben@alaska.gov

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Mr. John R. Winther
(Public Member)
Appointed:  07/1/2003
Appointed Vice-Chair 8/23/2007
Reappointed: 09/21/2007
Expires:  06/30/2009
Reappointed: 05/29/2009
Expires: 06/30/2011

Member. Vice-Chair. 
Mr. Winther was appointed to the Board of Directors on July 1, 2003. He was born in Fairbanks and raised in both Fairbanks and Juneau. He is a lifelong Alaskan who graduated from Lathrop High School and has resided in Petersburg since 1972. John has been in the commercial fishing business for 39 years, owning his own business for 35 of those years. He is currently the managing partner of Prowler Fisheries, based in Petersburg, Alaska, and also owns a crab vessel that fishes the Bering Sea. He is the founder and chairman of Winstar Petroleum; an Alaskan owned independent oil company with acreage on the North Slope. John served as director of Icicle Seafoods from 1980-1992 and also served on the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council from 1983-1989.
  
102 South Second Street
P.O. Box 50
Petersburg, AK 99833
(907) 772-4835
Fax: (907) 772-9385
jrwinther@aol.com