U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

Appendix

List of Forum Participants

Day One: Thursday, August 23, 2001

Overview Panel

• Julie Kitka, President, Alaska Federation of Natives
• Celeste Hodge, President, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
• Won Pal Chung, Chairman, Asian American Cultural Center
• Maria Rosas, Consultant, Retiree from State Department of Corrections
• Justice Robert L. Eastaugh, Alaska Supreme Court
• Governor Tony Knowles, State of Alaska
• Janie Leask, Manager, Community Relations, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company
• Jennifer Rudlinger, Attorney, Alaska Civil Liberties Union

Education Panel

• Reverend William Greene, Eagle River Missionary Baptist Church
• Arthur Lake, President, Association of Village Council Presidents
• Senator Betty Davis, Alaska State Senate

Employment Panel

• Romeo Rescober, Natural Resource Officer, State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources
• Oliver Scott Goldsmith, Professor, Institute of Social and Economic Research
• George Irvin, First Alaska Foundation
• David J. Della, Director, Community Affairs for United Way

Administration of Justice Panel

• Senator Georgianne Lincoln, State Senate
• Denise Morris, Chief Executive Officer, Alaska Native Justice Center, Inc.
• Roy Hundorf, Chairman, Alaska Native Justice Center, Inc.
• Rex Butler, Attorney

Day Two: Friday, August 24, 2001

• George P. Wuerch, Mayor
  Municipality of Anchorage

State Legislative Panel

• Senator Rick Halford, President, State Senate
• Representative Brian Porter, Speaker, State House of Representatives

Administration of Justice Panel

• Glenn Godfrey, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
• Phillip B.J. Reid, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Margaret Pugh, Commissioner, Department of Corrections
• Walt Monegan, Chief of Police, Anchorage Police Department

Education Panel

• Shirley Holloway, Commissioner, Department of Education and Early Development
• Carol Comeau, Superintendent, Anchorage School District

Employment Panel

• Paula Haley, Director, Alaska State Commission for Human Rights
• Jim Duncan, Commissioner, Department of Administration
• David Levy, Executive Director, Equal Rights Commission, Municipality of Anchorage

AFN Conference Participants: Thursday, October 25, 2001

Village Issues Panel

• Willy Kasayulie, Chairman, Akiachak Ltd.
• Edward Thomas, President, Tlingit and Haida Central Council
• Mike Williams, Chairman, Alaskan Inter-Tribal Council

Administration of Justice Panel

• Loretta Bullard, President, Kawerak, Inc.
• John Angell, Professor Emeritus, University of Alaska at Anchorage
• Lawrence A. Ashenbrenner, Native American Rights Fund

Education Panel

• Shirley A. Tuzroyluke, Education Information Manager, CIRI
• Bernice Tetpon, Program Coordinator, Rural/Native Education Liaison, Department of Education and Early Development
• Andy Hope, Southeast Alaska Regional Coordinator, Alaska Rural Systemic Initiative

Employment Panel

• Sharon Olsen, Director, Employment and Training, Central Council Tlingit and Haida Tribes of Alaska
• Bonnie Jo Savland, Statewide Director, Alaska Native Coalition for Employment Training