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Representative Beth Kerttula
District 3 - Democrat, Juneau

Room 430
465-4766 / fax 465-4748
Staff: Juli Lucky, Shannon McCormick.
Personal: Born Jan. 8, 1956, in Guthrie, Okla. Spouse: Jim Powell. Alaska resident: lifelong.
Education: Stanford University, B.A.; Santa Clara School of Law, Juris Doctorate.
Occupation: Lawyer.
Legislature/committees: House, 1997-present; member, Resources Committee, Fisheries Committee, Community & Regional Affairs Committee, Special Committee on Legislative Ethics.
Former/other: Member, House Judiciary Committee, State Affairs Committee, Special Committee on Economic Development, Trade and Tourism; counsel to the state Senate Judiciary Committee; president, Alaska State Bar Association; assistant attorney general: commercial, natural resources, oil, gas and mining Sections, 1990-98; clerk, Chief Judge Alaska Court of Appeals, 1981-82.
Interests: Reading; skiing; kayaking; animals; member, Douglas Community United Methodist Church; Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp 2; Alaska Women's Political Caucus; Alaska Legal Services Pro Bono Program; past president, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Juneau; co-author, Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale Review and Coast Management, 1993.