Senator
Gary Stevens

Senate District P, Republican

Date/Place of Birth:

• August 21, 1941McMinnville, Oregon

Residency in Alaska:

• 1970 - present

Occupation:

• Retired Professor

Family:

• Wife - Rita
• Children - Anna, Matthew, Natalie

Education:

• Taft High School, Taft, Oregon: 1955 - 1959
• Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon - B.A.: 1959 - 1963
• University of Oregon - M.F.A.: 1963 - 1965
• University of Oregon - Ph.D.: 1982 - 1984

Military Service: 3 years service

• U.S. Army - 1st Lieutenant
• Army Commendation Medal
• National Defense Medal

Alaska State Senate: 2003 – present

• Chair, Legislative Council: 2015 - present
• Chair, Advisory Task Force on Higher Education and Career Readiness: 2012 - 2014
• Chair, 100-Year Celebration of the Alaska Legislature: 2012 - 2014
• Senate President: 2009-2013
• Rules Chair: 2008-2009
• Majority Leader: 2005 – 2007
• Rules Committee: 2005 – 2013
• Vice-Chair, Joint Legislative Salmon Industry Task Force: 2003 - 2004
• Community and Regional Affairs Committee: 2003 - 2004
• Labor & Commerce Committee: 2003 - 2004
• Armed Services Joint Committee: 2003 - 2013
• Legislative Council: 2003 – present
• Finance Subcommittees: Community & Economic Development (2003 - 2013); Corrections (2003 - 2013); Natural Resources (2003 - 2004)

Alaska State House of Representatives: 2001 - 2003

• Co-Chair, Special Committee on Fisheries: 2001 - 2002
• Health, Education, & Social Services Committee: 2001 - 2002
• Joint Legislative Salmon Industry Task Force: 2001 - 2002
• Resources Committee: 2001 - 2002
• State Affairs Committee: 2001 - 2002
• Special Committee on Education: 2001 - 2002
• Finance Subcommittees: Chair, Administration (2003); Chair, Natural Resources (2003); Education & Early Development (2001 - 2002); Fish & Game (2001 - 2002); University of Alaska (2001 - 2002)

Other Political and Government Positions:

• Co-Chair, Council on State Governments, International Committee: 2015 - present
• Member, Council on State Governments, Rules Working Group: 2013 - present
• National Chair, Council on State Governments: 2013
• Ex-Officio Member, Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute
• Mayor, Kodiak Island Borough
• Mayor, City of Kodiak
• President, School Board
• Presiding Officer, Borough Assembly
• Board of Directors, Alaska Municipal League
• Alaska Conference of Mayors
• Vice-President, Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference
• Chairman, Kodiak Mayor’s Conference
• Member, Pacific Fisheries Legislative Task Force
• Ex-Officio Member, Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation: 2002
• Host Committee, CSG Conference: 2003

Business and Professional Positions:

• Professor, University of Alaska: 25 years
• General Manager, Northern Processors: 5 years
• Director, Kodiak Oral History Project
• President, Alaska Historical Society
• Board of Directors, Alaska Humanities Forum

Service Organizations and Community Involvement:

• Rotary International
• Governor, District 5010

Special Interests:

• Alaska, U.S. History