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Speaker of the House
Representative Brian Porter
District 20 - Republican, Anchorage

Room 208
465-4930/3720 / 1-800-331-4930 / fax 465-3834
Interim address: 716 W. 4th, Suite 300, Anchorage, AK 99501-2133
Interim phone: 269-0155 / fax 269-0154
Staff: Joel Lounsbury, Tom Wright, Jennifer Strickland
Personal: Born May 2, 1938, in Seattle, Wash. Spouse: Bette; three children. Anchorage resident 1951-present.
Education: Anchorage High School; University of Alaska Anchorage, Associate in Police Administration; Northwestern University, Traffic Institute; FBI Academy, National Executive Institute.
Military service: U.S. Army Reserve, Military Police.
Occupation: Consultant; owner, Porter and Associates, security, public safety, civil investigation; president/general manager, Alaska Security Inc., 1989-91; board member of Community Enterprise Development Corp. of Alaska.
Legislature/committees: House, 1993-present; House Speaker, 1999-present. Chairman, Committee on Committees; member, Select Committee on Legislative Ethics, Legislative Council, Rules Committee, Joint Committee on Natural Gas Pipelines, Special Committee on Education.
Former/other: Majority leader, 1997-99; chairman, Judiciary Committee; member, House Special Committee on Oil and Gas; Anchorage Police Department, 1960-87, chief of police, 1980-87; chairman, Alaska Police Standards Council, 1978-86; Anchorage Municipal Assembly, 1989-93; chairman, Public Safety Committee.
Interests: Family; reading; music; golf; public service; past board member, Anchorage Boys/Girls Club; Crisis Inc.; Anchorage Area Drug Abuse Council; past member, Anchorage Rotary Club; International Association of Chiefs of Police; past board member, Anchorage Chamber of Commerce; Community Economic Development Corp. House Majority Leader