Mr. John T. Kelsey
Public Member

Appointed: 9/21/2007
Expires: 6/30/2008
Appointed Chair: 1/25/2008

Member-Chair. Mr. Kelsey was appointed to the Board on September 21, 2007. Mr. Kelsey is is a longtime Valdez entrepreneur and community leader who has helped bring Alaska some of its most significant economic development projects. He was prime supporter of using tax-free municipal bonds to bring the trans-Alaska pipeline and tanker port to Valdez, was a three-time chairman of the Alaska Permanent Fund, and served the community of Valdez at various times as a two-term mayor, councilman and fire chief. Mr. Kelsey has earned numerous statewide awards and recognition for his lifetime of accomplishments in Alaska business.
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Mr. Emil Notti
Commissioner
Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development
Appointed: 12/13/2006

Leo von Scheben, P.E., L.S., M.B.A.
Commissioner
Department of Transportation
and Public Facilities
3132 Channel Drive
Juneau, Alaska  99801-7898
(907) 465-3900
Fax:  (907) 586-8365
Appointed: 01/12/2007
   

Member. Commissioner, Leo von Scheben, 65, is a registered professional engineer and land surveyor who has lived in Alaska since 1963. He received his B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Florida in Gainsville, a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, and a MBA from the University of Alaska Anchorage. He was one of the four founding partners of an architectural, engineering, land surveying and planning firm with offices in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.

He has represented the Society of American Military Engineers on the Anchorage Post Industrial Liaison Committee, member of the 2006 S.A.M.E Executive Group and Commissioner to the Alaska Private Industry Council. He was voted Alumni of the Year by Bradley University. He belongs to the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Alaska Society of Professional Land Surveyors.

Von Scheben was featured in “How to Form a Successful Design/Build Alliance” in the January 2006 edition of the Professional Services Management Journal (PSMJ).

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Mr. John R. Winther
(Public Member)
102 South Second Street
P.O. Box 50
Petersburg, AK 99833
(907) 772-4835
Fax: (907) 772-9385
jrwinther@aol.com
Appointed:  7/1/2003
Appointed Vice-Chair 8/23/2007
Reappointed: 9/21/2007
Expires:  6/30/2009

Member. Vice-Chair.  Mr. Winther was appointed to the Board of Directors on July 1, 2003. He was born in Fairbanks and raised in both Fairbanks and Juneau. He is a lifelong Alaskan who graduated from Lathrop High School and has resided in Petersburg since 1972. John has been in the commercial fishing business for 39 years, owning his own business for 35 of those years. He is currently the managing partner of Prowler Fisheries, based in Petersburg, Alaska, and also owns a crab vessel that fishes the Bering Sea. He is the founder and chairman of Winstar Petroleum; an Alaskan owned independent oil company with acreage on the North Slope. John served as director of Icicle Seafoods from 1980-1992 and also served on the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council from 1983-1989.
  

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Mr. Patrick Galvin
Commissioner
Department of Revenue
P.O. Box 110400
Juneau, Alaska 99811-0400
(907) 465-2300
Appointed: 12/4/2006

Mr. Brian Andrews
Deputy Commissioner Treasury
Designee for Commissioner Galvin

Member. Commissioner, Alaska Department of Revenue. was appointed Commissioner of the Department of Revenue by Governor Sarah Palin effective December 4, 2006. Before his appointment he served as a Petroleum Land Manager for the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas.  His responsibilities included managing the oil and gas leasing and licensing programs, lease administration, and oil and gas permitting for the division.  His education background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts and Quantitative Economics from the University of California, San Diego, a Law Degree from the University of San Diego, and an MBA from San Diego State University.  Prior to his position at DNR, Mr. Galvin served as Director of the Division of Governmental Coordination, overseeing the Alaska Coastal Management Program.  Previously, Mr. Galvin was a private practice attorney focusing on municipal, corporate, and tribal law.

P.O. Box 110400
Juneau, Alaska 99811-0400
907-465-2300
(fax) 907-465-2389
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Designee for Commissioner Galvin is Deputy Commissioner for Treasury Brian Andrews

Brian Andrews was appointed Deputy Commissioner on January 10th, 2007. Brian Andrews has more than 30 years of private and governmental financial investment and management experience in Alaska.  His experience includes management positions in Banking, Credit Union, and Broker-Dealer industries. Brian has worked as Branch Manager or Assistant Manager at Merrill Lynch and then Smith Barney.  Prior to that, he spent ten years working for the Department of Revenue in positions including Comptroller, Debt Manager, and Deputy Commissioner for Treasury.

Brian is a 48 year resident of Alaska. Over these 48 years he has lived in ten different Alaskan communities.  He appreciates and understands the diversity and "Spirit" of Alaska.

Brian received his BBA from Colorado State University in 1974.  He furthered his education with public administration graduate level course work through the University of Alaska.  He achieved the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) designation in 2005.  Brian hold the series 3, 7 and 8 SEC licenses, the NASD series 63 and 65 licenses and is a licensed insurance agent with the State of Alaska.

Brian is a board member of Wildflower Court, a non-profit organization dedicated to senior citizen care. Brian is an involved member of various civic and club organizations in Juneau. Brian and his wife Joyce are the parents of two sons and a daughter.