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Representative Mary Kapsner
District 39 - Democrat, Bethel

Room 424
office 465-4942 / fax 465-4589
Interim address: same
Staff: Pat Jackson, Katie Rael.
Personal: Born Aug. 31, 1973, in Anchorage. Spouse: Jonathan; one child. Alaska resident: lifelong.
Education: Poudre High School, Fort Collins, Colo.; University of Northern Colorado, elementary education; University of Alaska Southeast; University of Alaska Anchorage.
Occupation: Full-time legislator, mother; former journalist; legislative correspondent, ARCS Midday News; political commentator, Tundra Drums; fisheries technician, Department of Fish and Game; commercial fisherman.
Legislature/committees: House 1999-present; member, Resources Committee, Transportation Committee, Fisheries Committee.
Former/other: Special Committee on Fisheries; Administrative Regulation and Review Committee; Inuit Circumpolar Conference Youth Council, 1998; youth representative, National Congress of American Indians, 1995-96; member, Governor's Council on Rural Sanitation, Suicide Prevention Council, Lower Kuskokwim Economic Development Council, Lower Kuskokwim Resource Conservation and Development Council; former Rural Outreach Coordinator, Boys and Girls Clubs of America; Wooch.Een Native Organization, UAS; founded Native American student organization, University of Northern Colorado.
Interests: Family; fishing; traveling; tribal government.