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Representative Sharon Cissna
District 21 - Democrat, Anchorage

Room 420
465-3875 / fax 465-4588
Interim address: 716 W. 4th Ave. Anchorage, AK 99501 Suite 640
Interim phone: 269-0190 / fax 269-0193
Staff: Rob Earl, Nate Mohatt.
Personal: Born April 5, 1942, in Seattle, Wash. One child. Alaska resident: 1967-present.
Education: Federal Way High School, Washington; University of Washington; University of Alaska Anchorage, B.A.; Alaska Pacific University, M.S., counseling psychology.
Occupation: Mental Health Counselor; Publication Business Owner.
Legislature/committees: House, 1999-present. Member Health, Education and Social Services Committee, Military & Veteran Affairs Committee.
Former/other: Member, Labor and Commerce Committee, House Special Committee on Economic Development, Trade and Tourism; legislative aide, 1971, 1973, 1995; Anchorage Community Council; Anchorage Comprehensive Plan Citizens' Task Force; former president, Chugach State Parks Citizen Advisory Board.
Interests: Long-distance bicycling; gardening; painting and drawing; Alaska Press Women; Alyeska Toastmasters; University of Alaska Anchorage and Alaska Pacific University Alumni Associations; graduate, Certified Emergency Response Training, 1999; additional graduate work, University of Alaska Anchorage, administration with focus on the budget.