SPEAKERS

The Honorable James A. Baker III
Former U.S. Secretary of State

Admiral Thomas Barrett
President, Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.

The Honorable Mark Begich
U.S. Senator, State of Alaska
The Honorable Susan Bell
Commissioner, Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development, State of Alaska
John B. Bellinger III
Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP
Mitch Bloom
Vice President, Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
Scott Borgerson
Managing Director, CargoMetrics Inc.
The Honorable Charlotte Brower
Mayor, North Slope Borough, Alaska
The Honorable Bryan Butcher
Commissioner, Department of Revenue, State of Alaska
Ed Crooks
U.S. Industry and Energy Editor, Financial Times
Morgen Crow
Executive Director, Coastal Villages Region Fund
Charles K. Ebinger
Director, Energy Security Initiative, Brookings
Hardy Giesler
Business Development Director, Hybrid Air Vehicles
The Honorable David J. Hayes
Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior
Marilyn Heiman
Director, U.S. Arctic Program, Pew Environment Group
The Honorable Bob Herron
Representative, Alaska House of Representatives
Jon Hoekstra
Vice President and Chief Scientist, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

The Honorable Edward Itta
Former Mayor, North Slope Borough, Alaska
General Charles H. Jacoby Jr.
Commander, U.S. Northern Command
The Honorable Marc A. Luiken
Commissioner, Department of Transportation & Public Facilities, State of Alaska
The Honorable Shirley Marquardt
Mayor, Unalaska, Alaska
Chris Matthews
Host, “Hardball with Chris Matthews” on MSNBC and “The Chris Matthews Show” on NBC

Vera K. Metcalf
Director, Eskimo Walrus Commission (EWC), Kawerak Inc.

The Honorable Denise L. Michels
Mayor, Nome, Alaska

Scott Minerd
Chief Investment Officer, Guggenheim Partners

The Honorable Frank Murkowski
Former Governor and U.S. Senator, State of Alaska

The Honorable Lisa Murkowski
U.S. Senator, State of Alaska

General Walter Natynczyk
Chief of the Defence Staff, Canadian Forces

Thomas R. Nides
Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, U.S. Department of State

George Noongwook
Chairman, Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission

Inuuteq Holm Olsen
Deputy Foreign Minister, Government of Greenland

Rear Admiral Thomas P. Ostebo
Commander, 17th District, U.S. Coast Guard
Captain Ed Page
Executive Director, Marine Exchange of Alaska
John Parrott
Airport Manager, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
Crawford Patkotak
Chairman, Arctic Slope Regional Corp.
Hugh Patkotak Sr.
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Olgoonik Corporation
The Honorable Pat Pletnikoff
Mayor, St. George, Alaska
General Joseph W. Ralston
Vice Chairman, The Cohen Group

Bob Reiss
Author, “The Eskimo and the Oil Man”

Alice N. Rogoff
Publisher, Alaska Dispatch

Chris Rose
Executive Director, Renewable Energy Alaska Project (REAP)
David M. Rubenstein
Co-founder, The Carlyle Group

Gail R. Schubert
President and Chief Executive Officer, Bering Straits Native Corp.
Hugh Short
President and Chief Executive Officer, Alaska Growth Capital
Peter E. Slaiby
Vice President, Shell Alaska
The Honorable Eugene Smith
Mayor, Kotzebue, Alaska

Margaret Spring
Principal Deputy Under Secretary, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

The Honorable Daniel S. Sullivan
Commissioner, Department of Natural Resources, State of Alaska
The Honorable Clem Tillion
Former Chairman, North Pacific Fishery Management Council
The Honorable Mead Treadwell
Lieutenant Governor, State of Alaska

Felix H. Tschudi
Chairman and Owner, Tschudi Group

Rudy Tsukada
President, Aleut Enterprise
The Honorable Fran Ulmer
Chair, U.S. Arctic Research Commission
June Walunga
General Manager, Native Village of Gambell, Alaska
Simon P. Worden
Center Director, NASA’s Ames Research Center
Vice Admiral Paul F. Zukunft
Commander, Pacific Area and Defense Force West, U.S. Coast Guard