Alaska Common Ground

Young Alaskans’ Panel Maka Monture, Indigenous Fellow at Alaska Center for the Environment Xavier Mason, President, NAACP Youth Panel Vika Morozova, President of Anchorage AYEA chapter, Alaska Youth for Environmental Action Closing Discussion: What will we do? Discussion among all panelists and audience, facilitated by moderator, Libby Roderick. Wrap up Cliff Groh, Chair Alaska Common…

Alaska Citizens’ Panel Shaina Kilcoyne, Renewable Energy Alaska Project George Donart, Citizens Climate Change Lobby Faith Gemmill, REDOIL, Resisting Environmental Destruction on Indigenous Lands

UAA Public Administration Graduate Students present Carla Burkhead: Climate Change Driven Wildfire and Updating the Community Wildfire Protection Plan Russell Streif: Strengthening Elementary School Climate Change Curriculum

Ethan Berkowitz, Mayor of Anchorage Beth Wythe, Mayor of Homer Reggie Joule, Former Mayor of NW Borough

UAA PADM Grad Students Robert Onders: Climate Change and Vector-Borne Disease – Adam Schoffstall: Principles of Sustainable Land Use and the Formation of an Alaska Commission on Sustainable Development – Lane Smith: Glenn Highway and Emissions Reduction Alaska State Policy Makers’ Panel Larry Hartig, Commissioner of the Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conservation Craig Fleener, Special…

Lessons learned from climate change action plans and strategies in the Western states: what has worked and has not worked. Bill Ross, Former Alaska DEC Commissioner, Principal of Ross Strategic

Panel: What Happens Next? What Are the Institutional and Political Factors in Making Decisions Going Forward? How Can Citizens Have More of a Say? Sen. John Coghill; Rep. David Guttenberg; Commissioner of Revenue Randy Hoffbeck Moderators: Cliff Groh and Larry Persily

Where is the Alaska economy headed? How will our fiscal choices affect the Alaska economy? What do the answers to those two questions say about what fiscal choices make sense? Bill Popp vs. Mark Foster Moderator: Rhonda McBride

Citizens present proposals to fill $2.5-billion annual gap for five consecutive years and then answer questions Citizens with proposals: John Havelock; Brad Keithley; Liz Medicine Crow; Gary Wilken Moderators: Cliff Groh; Gunnar Knapp; Larry Persily Proposals: Brad Keithley: “Sustainable Budget Proposal” Gary Wilken: “Everyone Helps a Little: A Five-Year Fiscal Plan” John Havelock: “The Hat Trick”…