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Scott Heyworth - Chairman  
Scott was born in Anchorage and is a lifelong Alaskan. He was a longshoreman at the Port of Anchorage for 38 years. He is a past member of the Anchorage Port Commission, chaired the Ship Creek Task Force, and most recently served 3 years on the Anchorage Public Safety Commission, serving as the Chair for 2 years. He was in the first graduating class of "Leadership Anchorage" in 1997.

Scott was the chief sponsor of Ballot Proposition 3 in the 2002 election. The proposition passed overwhelmingly and established the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority as a public corporation of the state.

Governor Murkowski appointed Scott to the first Board of ANGDA in 2003.  His term expires on June 5, 2011.
 

Don Benson - Vice Chair
 

Don is a project manager and construction superintendent for New Horizons Telecom Inc., a facility design, construction and project management firm. He has extensive experience in managing fuel infrastructure construction projects across Alaska, and currently holds aboveground fuel tank certification from the Steel Tank Testing Institute.

Don previously had a 20-year career in commercial aviation, working as a federally certified aviation mechanic, and as a commercial bush pilot delivering fuel and other cargo throughout the state. He earned his commercial pilot's rating from Big Bend College in Moses Lake, Washington in 1972, and an airframe and powerplant certificate at California's Northrop Institute of Technology in1974.

Benson is a lifelong Alaska resident and descendent of original Palmer colonists.  He was appointed to the Board by Governor Palin.  His term expires on June 5, 2013.
 

Bill Jeffress
 

Bill, of Anchorage, is principal consultant and manager for SRK Consulting (US) Inc.’s Alaska office. He has over 35 years of experience in natural resource management and development. Over 20 of those years as environmental manager and engineer in the mining industry, most of which have been in Alaska and as former director of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources’ Office of Project Management and Permitting.

Jeffress has a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from the University of Nevada, Reno.

He was appointed to the Board by Governor Palin on May 29, 2009.  His term expires on June 5, 2012.
 

Rick Koch
 

 
Rick Koch, of Kenai, has served as the city manager for the City of Kenai since 2006. He previously served as the director of public works for the City of Palmer. A civil engineer, Koch formerly owned Koch Construction Inc. and also worked at UIC Construction Inc., Chugach Development Corporation, the North Slope Borough, the Alaska State Housing Authority and the State Department of Transportation, among other entities.

He was appointed to the Board by Governor Parnell on August 30, 2010 and his term expires June 5, 2013.
 
     
   


 

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