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Great Alaskan Holidays

Great Alaskan Holidays announced the appointment of Kurt Marquardt as the newest member to the organization's sales and finance team. Marquardt is an experienced sales and finance professional in the RV sales and service industry, joining Great Alaskan Holidays after several years with ABC Motorhome Sales and Service. He is a graduate of Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Office of the Governor

Governor Bill Walker filled three outstanding judicial vacancies, appointing Jude Pate of Sitka to the Sitka Superior Court, Michael Logue of Anchorage to the Anchorage District Court, and Andrew Peterson of Anchorage to the Anchorage Superior Court.

Pate moved to Sitka in 1993 after completing a BS in journalism from the University of Kansas and a JD from Lewis & Clark Northwestern School of Law. Pate has served as an assistant public defender in Sitka since 2006 and has experience in all areas within the Superior Court's jurisdiction. Prior to serving in the Public Defender's Office, Pate served as counsel to the Sitka Tribe of Alaska and held his own private practice.

Logue has practiced law for more than three decades and has lived in Alaska since 1988 Logue received his JD from Villanova University School of Law in 1986 and prior to moving to Alaska served as a prosecutor in Brooklyn, New York. In 1990, he began practicing at what would become Gorton and Logue. where he handled civil and criminal cases as partner. In 2014, he became the supervising attorney at Denali Law Group.

Peterson is an assistant attorney general in the Anchorage Office of Special Prosecutions for the Department of Law. He has practiced law for fifteen years. Peterson has a BA in economics from the University of Alaska Anchorage and JD from the University of San Diego School of Law. Following law school, he worked as a civil litigator specializing in employment law in San Diego before returning to Alaska to serve in the District Attorney's Office. Peterson has worked in the Office of Special Prosecutions since 2007

Architects Alaska

Architects Alaska announced the promotion of Michael Henricks, AIA, and Steve Henri, AIA, to Principal.

Henricks received his master's degree from the University of Washington. He moved to Anchorage and joined Architects Alaska in 2002. Henricks has led the way on several challenging arctic and education projects over the years, including the recently completed ASRC Energy Services Maintenance Facility in...