Fran ulmer biography

Ulmer worked as a legislative assistant for Jay Hammond, the Republican governor of Alaska from 1975 through 1977.
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Fran Ulmer, the USARC chair from March 2011 to July 2020, continues to serve on the commission since being appointed by President Obama. From 2007 to 2011, Ms. Ulmer was chancellor of Alaska’s largest public university, the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA). Earlier, she was a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research at UAA.

In June 2010, President Obama appointed her to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. From 2014 to 2017, and at the invitation of Secretary of State John Kerry, Ms. Ulmer served as a Special Advisor on Arctic Science and Policy. In 2017-18, Ms. Ulmer was a Visiting Professor in the Department of Earth System Science at Stanford University. Since 2018, Ms. Ulmer has been a Senior Fellow in the Arctic Initiative at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School.

She is the Chair of the Global Board of Directors of The Nature Conservancy and on the Board of the National Parks Conservation Associatio

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Fran Ulmer

American politician

Fran Ulmer

In office March 10, 2011 – July 28, 2020
President	Barack Obama Donald Trump
Preceded by	Mead Treadwell
Succeeded by	Jon Harrison
In office December 5, 1994 – December 2, 2002
Governor	Tony Knowles
Preceded by	Jack Coghill
Succeeded by	Loren Leman
In office January 19, 1987 – December 5, 1994
Preceded by	Jim Duncan
Succeeded by	Kim Elton
In office 1983–1985
Preceded by	Bill Overstreet
Succeeded by	Ernest Polley
Born	(1947-02-01) February 1, 1947 (age 78) Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Bill Council (m. 1977; died 2013)
Children	2
Education	University of Wisconsin, Madison (BA, JD)

Frances Ann "Fran" Ulmer (born February 1, 1947) is an American administrator and Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Alaska. She served as the seventh lieutenant governor of Alaska from 1994 to 2002 under GovernorTony Knowles, becomi

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Longtime Alaska resident Fran Ulmer has spent over 30 years in public service at the local, state, and national levels. She is the former chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, appointed by President Obama in March 2011 and serves on the National Parks Conservation Association Board and chairs the Global Board of the Nature Conservancy. In June 2010, President Obama appointed her to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. From 2007 to 2011, Ms. Ulmer was chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA). Ms. Ulmer served as an elected official for 18 years as the mayor of Juneau, as a state representative, and as Lieutenant Governor of Alaska. She also spent time as Director of Policy Development for the state of Alaska. She has served on dozens of nonprofit and government boards and commissions in Alaska, such as the Denali Commission, Commonwealth North, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, March of Dimes, Salvation Army, Alaska Gas Pipeline Committee, The Nature Conservancy, and many more. At the national level, Ms. Ulmer served as