ALASKA: NSF EPSCoR PI appointed to Advisory Board
Former Alaska NSF EPSCoR PI and current member of the EPSCoR Industry Advisory Board Mark Myers has been named to the US Arctic Research Commission.
Dr. Mark Myers has been engaged in Arctic research, resource management and policy for nearly four decades. He is the principal of Anchorage based Myenergies and is engaged, through Deloitte and the U.S. Department of State, in overseas capacity building in government resource ministries in the Arctic, the Balkans, and Eastern Europe. Previously, he served in senior leadership positions with the State of Alaska, University of Alaska, and the U.S. Department of Interior. These positions included Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Commissioner of Natural Resources, Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska State Geologist and State Director of Oil and Gas. Dr. Myers spent 26 years in the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve serving as a pilot and intelligence officer. He holds BS, MS, and PhD degrees in geology with specialization in clastic sedimentology and the interpretation of paleoenvironments and depositional systems.
Dr. Myers has served on many advisory committees for the Federal and State of Alaska governments including the State of Alaska Committee on Research, the National Petroleum Council, the Methane Hydrate Advisory Committee, the steering committee for the U.S. Global Change Research Program and as a principal member of US Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee. He has also been involved with the Arctic Council, serving as a member of the U.S. Delegation for the 2015 Arctic Council Senior Arctic Officials Meeting and as member of the U.S. delegation to the Sustainable Development Working Group and the Scientific Cooperation Task Force.
The other five commissioners appointed to the U.S. Arctic Research Commission (USARC) are:
- Michael Sfraga, Chair
- Elizabeth Ann Cravalho
- David Michael Kennedy
- Jackie A. Richter-Menge
- Deborah Vo
The United States depends upon the USARC Commissioners to provide insightful guidance and rational, unbiased assessments of actions to maintain our position as an Arctic nation guided by science. The President’s appointments reflect his commitment to ensuring that USARC’s focus on scientific research goals and objectives for the Arctic are derived from a broad range of expertise and perspectives. One-third of the appointed commissioners are Indigenous, half are women, and two-thirds are residents of Alaska. The legislation that established the USARC specifies there shall be four Commissioners with academic or research experience, two who bring industry perspectives, and one Indigenous representative.