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Senator Alan Austerman
District C - Republican, Kodiak

Room 417
465-2487 / 1-800-865-2487 / fax 465-4956
Interim address: 112 Mill Bay Road, Kodiak, AK 99615
Interim phone: 486-8872 / fax 486-5264 (Kodiak LIO)
Staff: Cliff Stone, Suzanne Hancock, Ian Fisk.
Personal: Born May 23, 1943, in Everett, Wash. Spouse: Ginny; two children. Lifelong resident of Kodiak.
Education: Kodiak High School.
Military service: Alaska National Guard, seven years.
Occupation: Self-employed, Island Air Service; former executive director, Kodiak Island Convention and Visitors Bureau, 1993-94; commercial fisherman; union longshoreman; hunting and fishing lodge owner, 1985-90; printing shop owner, 1975-88; Kodiak Times owner, 1976-83.
Legislature/committees: Senate, 2001-present. Co-chairman, Fiscal Policy Caucus; member, Finance Committee, Community & Regional Affairs Committee, Labor & Commerce Committee, Joint Committee on Armed Services, Special Committee on World Trade & State/Federal Relations.
Former/other: House, 1995-2001; member, Finance Committee; chairman, House Special Committee on Fisheries; vice chairman, House Special Committee on World Trade and State/Federal Relations; member, House Special Committee on Economic Development; member, Administrative Regulation Review Committee; vice chairman, International Trade and Tourism; co-chairman, Community and Regional Affairs, 1995-96; Kodiak Island Borough Assembly; member, Board of Directors of Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation (ex-officio) and Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute; chairman, Fish Caucus; chairman, Pacific Fisheries Legislative Task Force.
Interests: Hunting; sportfishing; photography; Kodiak Jaycees; Rodeo Association; Ducks Unlimited; Kiwanis; Toastmasters; Pioneers of Alaska; Rotary; Sons of Norway; member, board of directors.