The Observer, May 2004
Council elects new officers, seats new members
Tom Jensen
Nancy Bird
Walter Parker
Tom Jensen was elected president of the citizens’ council at its March annual board meeting in Anchorage. He represents the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce on the board.
The other offices of the council’s executive committee were filled as follows:
Vice president: Marilynn Heddell, representing the City of Whittier.
Secretary: Steve Lewis, representing the City of Seldovia.
Treasurer: Patience Andersen Faulkner, representing Cordova District Fishermen United.
Members at large and the organizations they represent are: Jane Eisemann, City of Kodiak; Blake Johnson, Kenai Peninsula Borough; Stan Stephens, Alaska Wilderness Recreation and Tourism Association.
Jensen, who lives in Eagle River, has represented the state chamber on the council since March 2003. He was also the group’s representative from 1997 to 2001.
He spent his professional life in the communications industry, starting out as a commercial radio and television broadcaster and finishing up as an executive with Alaska Communications Systems. He retired from the company in 2001.
The council also seated two new board members.
Walter Parker of Anchorage will represent the Oil Spill Region Environmental Coalition.
Nancy Bird will represent the City of Cordova.
Parker has had a long career of involvement in environmental issues, including serving as chairman of the Alaska Oil Spill Commission that investigated the Exxon Valdez spill.
Bird is president of the Prince William Sound Science Center and director of the Oil Spill Recovery Institute, both located in Cordova.
She is also a member of the Cordova city council.