- Ralph Samuels
Ralph Samuels (born
December 1,1961 ,Anchorage ,Alaska ) is an Airline Executive, Businessman and a member of the Republican Party that has been elected as aState Representative of theAlaska State Legislature on2002 ,2004 ,2006 representing House District 29.Residence
Residence
Alaska Anchorage from 1961 to presentEducation
Attended schools in Anchorage, King Salmon, and Fairbanks and graduated from Metlaktla
High School in1979 . He attended theUniversity of Alaska , inFairbanks from1980 to1985 Energy and environment
In March 2007, when the
Governor of Alaska ,Sarah Palin presented the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA) to build a natural gas pipeline from the state's North Slope (with $500 million seed money from the state), Samuels was the only legislator who voted against the measure.See also
Alaska Gas Pipeline .Positions in Politics
Member of the
Alaska State House of Representatives from2003 to present.Position ofChairman ,Legislative Budget and Audit JointCommittee : 2005 to present.Position ofVice Chairman , Special Committee on Oil and Gas: 2005 to present.Position of Co-Chairman, Resources Committee: 2005 to present.Member of the Special Committee on Ways and Means: 2005 to present.Position ofChairman of the Legislative Budget and Audit Joint Committee: 2003 to 2004.Member of Community and Regional Affairs Committee: 2003 to 2004.Member of the Special Committee onFisheries : 2003 to 2004.Member of theJudiciary Committee : 2003 to 2004.Member of the Finance Subcommittees: Corrections: 2003 to present, Law: 2003 to present, Public Safety: 2003 to present,University of Alaska : 2003 to 2004.Other Political and Government Positions
The Former Chair of the Public Safety Advisory Commission, member of the Municipal Budget Advisory Commission, and former Member of the Victims for Justice, Anchorage Youth Court
Business and Professional Positions
Airline Executive for
Penair : 1980 to 2008, Marketing Executive for Cruise Lines of Alaska: 2008 to present, Member of the Alaska Air Carriers Association, former Chair of theAnchorage Chamber of Commerce , and former Board Member of the State Chamber of Commerce.Sources
http://www.akrepublicans.org/samuels/index.phphttp://www.housemajority.org/samuels/index.phphttp://w3.legis.state.ak.us/house/sal.php
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