RIGHT MOVES.

Office of the Governor

Former-Governor Bill Walker appointed four new judges for Alaska.

* Bethany Harbison has practiced law in Alaska for almost twenty-five years after graduating from Harvard Law School in 1993. She clerked for Alaska's Judge Greene, worked as a public defender and magistrate judge, and currently works as the presiding superior court judge. Fourth Judicial District, Fairbanks. She will join the Alaska Court of Appeals.

* Terrence Haas practiced law in Alaska for close to ten years after graduating from Roger Williams University School of Law in 2007. He clerked for the Rhode Island Supreme Court before moving to Bethel, where he has been the supervisor for the Bethel and Dillingham Public Defender Offices for the last ten years. He will join the Bethel Superior Court.

* Daniel Schally has practiced law in Alaska for more than twenty years, clerking in Kodiak and working as an assistant district attorney for Southeast before becoming district court judge and superior court judge pro tempore in Southcentral in 2005. He will join the Juneau Superior Court.

* Jason Gist has practiced law in Alaska for more than fourteen years after graduating from the University of California-Berkeley School of Law in 2004. He clerked for Alaska's Chief Justice Alexander O. Bryner, worked in private practice, and has been an assistant district attorney for the State of Alaska since 2008. He will join the Kenai Superior Court.

* Governor Mike Dunleavy appointed John MacKinnon as commissioner of the Department of Transportation. MacKinnon worked as executive director of the Associated General Contractors of Alaska from 2008 to 2018. He holds a bachelor's degree in marine resource ecology from Huxley College of Environmental Studies.

Great Alaskan Holidays

* Kevin Linkenhoker has recently been hired as a full-time member of the Great Alaskan Holidays vehicle maintenance technician team. With more than six years of relative technical experience, Linkenhoker joins a long list of skilled technicians who are directly responsible for inspecting, maintaining, and ensuring the safe operation of Great Alaskan Holidays' fleet of motor homes.

USDA

* USDA appointed David Schmid as Regional Forester for the Forest Service's Alaska Region. As regional forester, Schmid will oversee management of more than 22 million acres of National Forest System lands in Southcentral and Southeast Alaska.

Stantec

The Anchorage office of Stantec has expanded its team...