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Board of Directors

The RRC is governed by a 15-member Board of Directors – 13 members are appointed to represent specific stakeholder classes, and two members are non-voting, ex-officio directors representing the Regulatory Commission of Alaska and the Office of the Attorney General’s Regulatory Affairs and Public Advocacy Section. Voting Directors are appointed by named entities or groups of entities that reflect the seat’s stakeholder class, with the exception of the Seat M Independent Member, who is elected by the other Voting Directors. Directors must be drawn from and able to represent the stakeholder class for which they have been appointed.

Seat A

2024 Term Expiration

Primary

Allan Rudeck

Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

Mr. Rudeck is a registered Professional Chemical Engineer (MN) serving as Chief Strategic Officer for Chugach Electric Association, where he provides leadership for the Association’s Government & Business Affairs, Key Accounts & Sustainability, Fuel & Power Supply, Strategic Planning and Business Development.

Seat B

2025 Term Expiration

Primary

Chris Forrest

PROVIDER – INTEGRATED – COOPERATIVE

Mr. Forrest is an Electrical Engineer serving as Director of Power Supply for Golden Valley Electrical Association. His primary responsibilities are for all generation: coal-fired, oil-fired, renewables, dispatching of energy, as well as all outside power agreements. He provides leadership in strategic generation and planning, business development, and special projects, along with oversight of the environmental department.

Seat C

2026 Term Expiration

Primary

David Thomas

Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

Mr. Thomas is Director for Seat C, representing the provider stakeholder class, subclassified integrated/cooperative. He is a registered Professional Civil Engineer (Alaska) serving as Director of Strategic Services for Homer Electric Association (HEA), with responsibility for strategic planning and implementation of new, utility-scale, renewable energy generation projects.

Seat D

2026 Term Expiration

Primary

Ed Jenkin

Provider – Integrated – Cooperative

Mr. Jenkin is Director for Seat D, representing the provider stakeholder class, subclassified integrated/cooperative. He is a registered Professional Electrical Engineer (Alaska) serving as Chief Energy Transformation Officer with Matanuska Electric Association (MEA).  There he works with a team evaluating and implementing fuel and generation opportunities, including low-carbon solutions consistent with the associations goal to reduce reliance on natural gas.

Seat E

2024 Term Expiration

Primary

Brian Hickey

Provider – Distribution – Municipal

Bio coming soon.

Seat F

2025 Term Expiration

Primary

Lou Florence

Provider – Distribution

Mr. Florence is Director for Seat F, representing the provider stakeholder class, subclassified distribution. He is President and CEO of Doyon Utilities, LLC. Mr. Florence previously worked as Vice President of Operations for Reliability Management Group, where he provided assessments and implementation of O&M strategies and optimization of asset management plans for clients such as power generation, petroleum refining, natural gas storage and distribution, and electrical distribution companies.

Seat G

2024 Term Expiration

Primary

Bryan Carey

Provider – State

Mr. Carey is Director for Seat G, representing the provider stakeholder class, subclassified state. He is Director of Owned Assets at the Alaska Energy Authority (AEA), where he has worked for over 20 years. During that time, Mr. Carey was the project manager for AEA’s Bradley Lake Hydroelectric Project and Bradley Lake transmission assets, and project engineer for the Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project. Mr. Carey is an Alaska licensed Professional Civil Engineer.

Seat H

2024 Term Expiration

Primary

Sam Dennis

Provider - Independent Power Producers

Sam Dennis is the Seat H representing the provider stakeholder class, subclassified independent power producer. He is a co-founder and COO of Renewable IPP, LLC a company with a mission of developing, constructing and operating utility scale solar projects in Alaska. Previously he worked for BP/ARCO for 32 years as a geophysicist, plant engineer and project manager. 

Seat I

2025 Term Expiration

Primary

Joel Groves

Provider – Independent Power Producer

Mr. Groves is Director for Seat I, representing the provider stakeholder class, subclassified independent power producer. He is Vice President and Senior Civil Engineer for Polarconsult Alaska, Inc. (Polarconsult) and is a member and project manager for Fishhook Renewable Energy. Mr. Groves is an Alaska-licensed Professional Civil engineer.

Seat J

2024 Term Expiration

Primary

Veri di Suvero

Consumer – Residential-Small Commercial

Mx. di Suvero is Director for Seat J, representing the consumer stakeholder class, subclassified residential/small commercial. Mx. di Suvero is the Executive Director of the Alaska Public Interest Research Group (AKPIRG), the only nonprofit, statewide consumer advocacy organization in Alaska, and leads AKPIRG’s ratepayer advocacy program.

Seat K

2026 Term Expiration

Primary

Sunil Kumar

Consumer – Large Commercial – Industrial

Sunil Kumar is Director for Seat K, representing the Large Commercial – Industrial class.  He is with Fairbanks Gold Mining Inc/ Kinross Gold and involved with the corporation’s global energy portfolio covering conventional and renewable generation, transmission, end-use technologies, power purchase agreements, and energy efficiency. He previously  worked for an energy utility and in consulting engineering. Sunil is also a licensed Professional Engineer.

Seat L

2025 Term Expiration

Primary

Chris Rose

Consumer – Environmental Advocacy

Mr. Rose is Director for Seat L, representing the consumer stakeholder class, subclassified environmental advocacy. He has been the Executive Director of the Renewable Energy Alaska Project (REAP) since he founded the organization in 2004.

Seat M

2026 Term Expiration

Primary

Alex Baker

Independent

Alex Baker is the Director for the for Seat M, the independent RRC Board Seat. He is the Deputy Political Director for the Alaska AFL-CIO and serves as Vice-President of United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1496. 

Seat N

No Expiration

Primary

Claire Knudsen-Latta

Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA)

Ms. Knudsen-Latta is Director for Seat N, the ex-officio seat representing the Regulatory Commission of Alaska. She is currently an analyst for the Commission working on issues and filings for the electric and telecom sectors.

Seat O

No Expiration

Primary

Jeff Waller

State Agency for Regulatory Affairs and Public Advocacy (RAPA)

Chief Assistant Attorney General Jeff Waller is Director for Seat O, a nonvoting, ex officio seat dedicated to the Alaska Attorney General’s Office Regulatory Affairs and Public Advocacy Section (RAPA). His work at RAPA includes advocating for the public interest in utility and pipeline matters that come before the Regulatory Commission of Alaska.