LaFrance reappoints Jennifer Griffis to Anchorage's library board

Mayor Suzanne LaFrance has reappointed Jennifer Griffis to Anchorage's Library Advisory Board, and the Assembly is set to vote on confirming her Tuesday, Nov. 17, according to the mayor's memo. If confirmed, she'd serve until October 2029.

The nine-member board reviews the library's yearly budget and operations and makes recommendations to the mayor's administration and the Assembly, according to the Anchorage Public Library.

LaFrance first appointed Griffis in 2024 to replace Alice Glenn, according to a 2024 memo.

Griffis has a master's degree in library science and a doctorate in law and policy, according to her résumé. From August 2023 through December 2025, she was vice president of policy and advocacy at Alaska Children's Trust, where she says she brought in and managed more than $300,000 in grants for policy projects.

She now runs the consulting firm Anchored Strategies, teaches graduate public policy courses as an adjunct at the University of Alaska Anchorage and is chair-elect of the Alaska Medicaid Advisory Committee.

Her attendance record, attached to the reappointment, shows her present at board meetings in seven of the 13 months from September 2025 through September 2026 and excused in five.