State of Alaska.

• Author: Anderson, Tasha
• Position: RIGHT MOVES - Appointment of Karen Linnell

Governor Bill Walker appointed Karen Linnell of Glennallen to serve on the Alaska Board of Game. Linnell has more than a decade of experience working on fish and game management issues in her region. She is a current board member of Ahtna, Incorporated, the Executive Director of the Copper River-Ahtna Inter-Tribal Resource Conservation District, and Chair of the Wrangell-St. Elias Subsistence Resource Commission. Additionally, Linnell has served on the Copper River Basin Fish and Game Advisory Committee for more than eight years.

Walker also announced the appointment of Jim Whitaker as Senior Advisor on Major Projects and Scott Kendall as Chief of Staff.

Whitaker will continue to work on the Interior Energy Project; the efforts to find efficiencies within the Alaska Energy Authority, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation and the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority; and other initiatives.

Kendall has worked for members of Alaska's congressional delegation, including Senator Ted Stevens. Kendall earned his juris doctorate from University of Washington School of Law. Kendall has practiced law in Alaska for more than ten years. He also worked as a law clerk for Alaska Court of Appeals Chief Judge Robert Coats.

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