Alaska Commissions Director Resigns Days Before Board of Fisheries Nominee Due
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Alaska Journal of Commerce] By Rashah McChesney and DJ Summers - May 19, 2015
Gov. Bill Walker’s Boards and Commissions Director Karen Gillis has left her position amid growing controversy over a Board of Fisheries seat that has yet to be successfully filled.
Walker, who is required by Alaska Statute to appoint a person to the seat by May 19, has previously appointed two candidates to the open seat; neither has lasted longer than a month. Though staff in the governor’s office confirmed Gillis’ departure, they have refused to discuss when she left, or release an updated list of candidates for the open seat.
After acknowledging that the list of candidates is a public document, Gillis’ assistant Shalome Cederberg said she wouldn’t release it given “the nature of what’s happening right now.”
Cederberg said she would have to check with the governor’s Anchorage Office Director Marcia Davis before releasing any information and would not answer questions...
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