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Gary Freitag: Oceanographer and fisheries biologist employed as Associate Professor and Ketchikan Sea Grant Marine advisory agent for the University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Fisheries and Oceans Science. Gary works cooperatively with the NOAA as the Ketchikan Marine Mammal Stranded network coordinator. He also works with the Alaska Dept of Fish and Game-National Marine Fisheries Service- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center on marine invasive species monitoring in the Southern Southeast Alaska region. He has over 30 years of experience working in research and evaluation of fisheries and is a member of the Pacific Salmon Commission Chinook Technical Committee participating in meetings related to the Salmon treaty between the United States and Canada. Author of numerous publications he helped establish the OceansAlaska board in 1992 and serves as President.
Jerrold Koerner: A retired Alaska Department of Fish and Game fisheries biologist who has lived in towns throughout the Southeast region of the state. He has owned Jerry Appleseed Nursery and Experimental Orchard since 1993, conducting trials on more than 450 early ripening apple varieties suitable for growing in the short season and maritime climate of Southeast Alaska. He has lived in Alaska for more than 30 years and has served on the OceansAlaska board of directors since February 1996.
Len Laurance: An owner in Alaska Rainforest Sanctuary. He is a key figure in the Ketchikan tourism industry, serving as a marketing director, consultant and advocate through his career in the industry and the community which has been his home for more than 40 years. He is a former assemblyman for the Ketchikan Gateway Borough and has served on the board of directors for the Greater Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce and the Ketchikan Visitors Bureau. He helped establish the OceansAlaska board.
Tomi Marsh: Owner of the boat “Savage,” she has been involved in the commercial fishing industry for 24 years. She has fished for crab from the Bering Sea of Alaska to the coast of Washington state, and participated in a variety of other Alaskan fisheries. In conjunction with the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, she has been active in fisheries marketing promotion. She joined the OceansAlaska board in 2006.
Tena Williams: Copublisher of the Ketchikan Daily News who was born, raised and worked in Southeast Alaska most of her life. She has served as president of the Greater Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce as well as the Alaska Newspaper Association, and currently serves on the Ketchikan General Hospital Governing Board, and the Alaska Judicial Council at the request of Gov. Frank Murkowski. She is an enthusiastic quilter. She helped establish the OceansAlaska board in 1992 and serves as its treasurer.
Mike Round: A 35-year resident of Southeast Alaska, a former U.S. Coast Guard officer, commercial diver, pilot boat operator, tour-vessel operator and commercial salmon fishermen,. He also holds a commercial pilot license, a 100-ton Captains license as well as a NAUI scuba diver certification. Mike is presently the Assistant General Manager for Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association (SSRAA). His active participation in OA activities is, in part, donated by SSRAA to encourage research and promote development of healthy and diverse commercial fishing opportunities in southeast Alaska. He sits on the board of directors of the United Fishermen of Alaska (UFA) and on the Economic Development Committee for the Ketchikan Greater Chamber of Commerce as SSRAA’s representative.
Robert Boyle: Currently serves as Superintendent of Ketchikan Gateway Borough
School District. He is on the advisory Board for University of Alaska Southeast
Ketchikan,Board of Directors for KRBD Radio and Board of Directors for Medical
Reserve Corp of Ketchikan.He has written commercial fishing curriculum for the
Alaska Department of Education and promoted fisheries training and science
educational programs in schools across Alaska. He has worked in commercial
herring and salmon operations.
Bret Hiatt: Born and raised in Ketchikan, Bret is a fisheries scientist and real estate appraiser with a bachelors degree in Fisheries Science from Oregon State University. He has worked in the gillnet, seine, and longline commercial fisheries in Southeast Alaska. He has also worked for a variety of government and private entities on numerous fisheries related projects within Alaska, Oregon and Washington. In 2006, he published two articles related to SE Alaska's salmon industry and valuation issues of shore side seafood processors for IAAO's publication "Fair and equitable." He is a certified diver and avid sport fisherman, and enjoys any activity related to the ocean. Bret has followed the OceansAlaska project for several years and became part of the board in 2008.
The OceansAlaska Staff •
David Mitchel/General Manager: Born and raised in Ketchikan, David moved back to Ketchikan after receiving his Masters in Public Administration from Indiana University. He has administrative and legislative experience working for local, state, federal, and tribal governments. David has experience as a superintendent for a metropolitan general contractor, as well as working in Ketchikan for Cruise Line Agency of Alaska. David developed community projects for two years in the U.S. Peace Corps in Kyrgyzstan, studied a year in England, and has traveled extensively. He enjoys fishing and the outdoors, coaching youth sports, and is a certified diver. David is a Rotary member, and a founding member of the Ketchikan Young Professional Network.
Phone: 907-225-7900
Fax: 907-247-7900
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John Sund / Development Director: As Development Director Sund brings decades of varied experience to OceansAlaska. Most recently he was Vice President for NorQuest Seafoods, one of Alaska's major seafood processors. Sund also served three terms in the Alaska Legislature, was President of Waterfall Resort one of Alaska's premier fishing resorts and was involved in several roles crafting legislation for Alaska's non-profit hatchery system. He has planned, supervised construction and completed startups on major capital facilities in many locations in coastal Alaska. John currently serves on the Governor’s Alaska Seafood Legacy Group.