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Speakers in this transcript

Alaska Legislature: Senate Community & Regional Affairs, 4/16/26, 1:30pm · Alaska News

Verified speakers (6)

Kelly Merrick

Kelly Merrick

Elected

Senator · Alaska State Senate

22 chunks
Nellie Unangiq Jimmie

Nellie Unangiq Jimmie

Elected

Representative · Alaska State House

13 chunks
NA

Nils Andreassen

Executive Director · Alaska Municipal League

13 chunks
GH

Gwen Holdmann

Director, Alaska Center for Energy & Power, University of Alaska Fairbanks

10 chunks
Ben Mallott

Ben Mallott

President · Alaska Federation of Natives

7 chunks
Forrest Dunbar

Forrest Dunbar

Elected

Senator · Alaska State Senate

4 chunks

Pending speakers (2)

SL

Sydney Linneman

Pending

Data Center and Energy Policy Expert · U.S. Department of Energy

11 chunks
JR

Jason Ritter

Pending

Staff to Senator Lōki Gale Tobin · Alaska Legislature

8 chunks

Unknown speakers (6)

These names appear in the transcript but have no matching speaker record. Create a new speaker or match to an existing one.

SN

Speaker N

UnknownAI-identified · high

Appears in 15 chunks — no matching speaker record

Identified as: Sharon Hildebrand · Chief Chairman

Tanana Chiefs Conference

Evidence (2)
  • introduced by Speaker A at 82:19: 'Next is Tanana Chief Conference Chairman Sharon Hildebrand.'
  • self-introduction at 82:19: 'Sharon Hildebrand, Chief Chairman, Tanana Chiefs Conference.'
SB

Speaker B

Unknown

Appears in 20 chunks — no matching speaker record

SJ

Speaker J

UnknownAI-identified · high

Appears in 6 chunks — no matching speaker record

Identified as: Terri Walker · Superintendent

Northwest Arctic Borough School District

Kotzebue, Alaska, United States

Evidence (2)
  • introduced by Speaker A at 58:49: 'Next is Terri Walker with the Northwest Arctic School Board.'
  • self-introduction at 58:59: 'my name is Terri Walker. Superintendent for the Northwest Arctic Borough School District.'
SK

Speaker K

UnknownAI-identified · high

Appears in 9 chunks — no matching speaker record

Identified as: Fritz George

Elder, former Akwesasne Tribal Council Chair

Evidence (3)
  • mentioned by Speaker E at 79:04: 'former Akwesasne Tribal Council Chair and Elder Fritz George online for testifying.'
  • introduced by Speaker A at 79:45: 'First is Fritz George.'
  • self-introduction at 79:59: 'Well, my name's Fritz George...'
SI

Speaker I

UnknownAI-identified · medium

Appears in 6 chunks — no matching speaker record

Identified as: Erin McKittrick

Independent Energy Analyst

Seldovia, Alaska, United States

Evidence (2)
  • introduced by Speaker A at 36:31: 'Our final testifier is on Teams, Erin McKittrick, an independent energy analyst.'
  • self-introduction at 36:50: 'Uh, for the record, I'm Erin McKittrick, an independent energy analyst...'
SM

Speaker M

UnknownAI-identified · medium

Appears in 6 chunks — no matching speaker record

Identified as: David Wadivelu · Superintendent

North Slope Borough School District

Utqiagvik, Alaska, United States

Evidence (2)
  • introduced by Speaker A at 62:42: 'Our final testifier today is David Badavello with the North Slope School District.'
  • self-introduction at 62:56: 'My name is David Wadivelu. I'm the superintendent of the North Slope Borough School District...'