Löki Gale Tobin was elected in 2022 to represent District I (downtown Anchorage and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson) in the Alaska Senate. Born and raised in Nome, she is a University of Alaska Anchorage graduate and holds a master’s degree in rural development from the University of Alaska Fairbanks Peace Corps Master’s International Program, having served as a Youth Development Volunteer in Azerbaijan from 2008-2011. Currently, she's a PhD candidate at UAF; her research topic is focused on culturally responsive education. Löki has worked in marketing and communications for Alaskan nonprofits like Boys & Girls Clubs, Kawerak, and the Alaska Community Foundation. She was also a certified fundraiser for the Anchorage Museum. Löki met her mentor, Tom Begich, on one of his many trips to Nome, and eventually joined his legislative team in Juneau as Policy Director. Löki has worked to expand universal, voluntary pre-K across Alaska, protect renters and homeowners from predatory insurance practices, and recognize the resiliency and continued saliency of the Alaska constitution. She's an avid bicycle commuter and community volunteer.

Slides - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mk19ubvg54adnyn6e2vhb/2025AnchorageUU.pdf?rlkey=lewcem18w4uawhpekfxbvju8z&dl=0

email - Sen.Loki.Tobin@akleg.gov

Dr. Jennifer Schmidt works at the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Alaska, as an associate professor of Natural Resource Management and Policy. She has been at ISER since 2015, and before that was in Norway for a few years and Fairbanks since 2002. Jens research revolves around humans and the environment, which means her interests are broad. Currently she works on wildfire risk and resilience, food/water/energy security, and land use. Some of the tools she uses are spatial analysis, surveys, interviews, and workshops. Jen earned Bachelor of Science degrees in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior and in Genetics and Cellular Biology of University of MinnesotaTwin Cities in 1999, and her Ph.D. in Wildlife Biology from University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2007.

For Dr. Schmidts CV, see https://iseralaska.org/people/name/jennifer-schmidt/

Slides - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sxivkp8b8ns8lywc6l7x8/Living-with-Wildfire1.pdf?rlkey=mg8f46rciio59q2slhak24zxu&dl=0

There are video's associated with pages 2 & 28 of the PDF file. If you click on the images on those pages, the videos should open in a webbrowser tab or page. Let me know if you have questions.

Ken Blaylock has lived in Alaska for over 50 years. He served over 20 years in the military, earned a Bronze Star Medal from service in Iraq, and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. Ken has been a whistleblower on drugs, sexual assaults, and illegal expenditures of money that led to the removal of multiple senior personnel from the Alaska Army National Guard. He is a small business owner, running his own martial arts school, where he is an instructor. He is also a Certified Master Gardener, a beekeeper, and owns and operates a farm.