BOARD OF TRUSTEES

A governor-appointed board of six trustees sets APFC policy. Alaska law provides that the APFC Board be comprised of four public members, the Commissioner of Revenue and one additional cabinet member of the governor's choosing. Public members serve staggered four-year terms.

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Bill Moran
Bill Moran, Chair, reappointed 2010

Mr. Moran is President and director of First Bancorp, Inc., and has served as Director for Community Bancshares since 2001. His community activities include the Ketchikan Pioneers Home Foundation, First City Players and British Petroleum Community Advisory Board. He is a member of the Alaska Bankers Association and the Alaska Forest Association. Mr. Moran holds a degree in Business Administration and Finance from the University of Notre Dame. He and his wife Anita have two grown sons. Mr. Moran was appointed to the APFC board in November, 2006, by Governor Murkowski, to a four-year term. Mr. Moran served as Vice-Chair from 2007 - 2010.

Steve Rieger
Steve Rieger, Vice-Chair, appointed 2009

Steve Rieger currently operates his own management and finance consulting businesses in Anchorage, and is a state-registered investment adviser.He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard University, and a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard’s Graduate School of Business Administration. Mr. Rieger served three terms in the Alaska House of Representatives and one in the Senate, representing south Anchorage. A member of both House and Senate finance committees, his extensive legislative experience included the state operating and capital budgets, economics, banking, and the Permanent Fund. As a legislative staffer before his election, Rieger helped develop the legislation establishing the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, and worked with Wall Street firms regarding its investment guidelines and governance. He was appointed to the APFC board in July, 2009 by Governor Palin, for a four-year term.

Steve Frank
Steve Frank, reappointed 2008

Mr. Frank has worked in banking and real estate, and now owns and operates Rivers Edge Resort in Fairbanks. He was elected to the State House in 1984 and to the Senate in 1988, where he served two 4-year terms. He has served on the Fairbanks Convention and Visitors Bureau Board, Alyeska Pipeline Company President's Community Panel, and Catholic Schools-Monroe Foundation Board of Directors. Mr. Frank was born and raised in Fairbanks. He studied at the University of Washington and the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he earned a bachelor's degree in business administration. He was appointed to the APFC board in 2003, re-appointed in 2004 under Governor Murkowski, and re-appointed in July 2008 by Governor Palin to a four-year term. He served as Vice-Chair from 2004 to 2007, and served as Chair from 2007 - 2010

Larry Hartig
Larry Hartig, appointed 2009

Mr. Hartig is an attorney with more than 20 years experience in environmental law, regulations, permits and land use issues. Prior to his appointment in 2007 by Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation, he was in private practice as an attorney with the Anchorage law firm of Hartig Rhodes Hoge & Lekisch, PC. Joining the firm in 1983, Mr. Hartig worked primarily on environmental, natural resources, and commercial matters. His practice included assisting clients in obtaining environmental and other permits for natural resource development projects, as well as projects involving environmental compliance, and cleanup of contaminated properties. Clients included government, private developers, industry and Native Corporations, among others. He also worked as a landman in the Land/Legal Department of Alyeska Pipeline Service Company between 1972 and 1976. Mr. Hartig has a B.A. from the University of Utah and received his J.D. from Lewis and Clark College. He is a member of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council and serves on the board of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation. He is also a member of the Alaska Bar Association, and a former member of the State Board of Forestry. Mr Hartig was appointed to the Board by Governor Parnell in November, 2009.

Bryan Butcher
Bryan Butcher, appointed 2010

Mr. Butcher was appointed Commissioner of the Department of Revenue and to the APFC Board in November, 2010. Prior to that, he worked at the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) as the director of governmental relations and public affairs and advised Governor Parnell on economic development issues. Mr. Butcher also served as vice president of the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation. Before joining AHFC in 2003, he worked as a finance aide for the state House and Senate finance committees for 12 years. Mr. Butcher holds a bachelor’s degree in speech communications from the University of Oregon. He is a lifelong Alaskan, born and raised in Anchorage.

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Carl Brady, appointed 2011

Mr. Brady had been an insurance executive in Anchorage since 1967, retiring at the end of 2008. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Alaska Pacific University, and is a community advisory board member for Wells Fargo Bank Alaska and the Alaskan Command Civilian Advisory Board. In previous years, he was the Honorary Consul of Belgium and served as a National Trustee of Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Governor Sean Parnell appointed Mr. Brady to the Board of Trustees of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation in July, 2011, for a term ending July 1, 2015.  Mr. Brady previously served on the Board from 1991-1995, and again from 2003-2009.  He also served as Chair from 1992-1993, and from 2003-2007.