AMA Board Members: Kenai & Nome
In 2001 Mr. Bieber left Donlin and went to work for Teck Comminco to help with the constrcution of the Pogo Mine. In 2005 Mr Bieber returned to the Donlin Project to manage the onsite operations until 2013 when he left the Donlin Project to begin working for the University of Alaska as Executive Director of the Mining and Petrolium Training Service. Ben Mohr Ben Mohr provides lobbying and consulting services. Ben is the former Executive Director of the Kenai Riv - er Sportfishing
Bruce Tweet I’m a third generation Alaskan placer gold miner. At 67 years of age, I figure I’ve got another 20 years of mining left in me. If we can turn the current political tide around, the future of mining looks rosy.
Kenai Chairman Houston Morris I work for Industrial Pumps Of Alaska. We are Alaskan owned and operated, and I am proud to be part
of it. Our focus is sales, repair, manufacturing,
and engineering of industrial pumping equipment (Pumps, mech seals, gear boxes, and motors). The AMA does an amazing job edu- cating and advo- cating for mining in Alaska. Being on
BRUCE TWEET
John Odden John is a partner in Sample Ar- chive System and a new member of the Nome board of directors.
Association, where he has celebrated numerous legisla- tive and regulatory wins. Ben entered the resource devel- opment world as part of Northern Dynasty Mines, (later the Pebble Partnership). After
HOUSTON MORRIS
the board for AMA is my way to help protect and advocate for mining into the future. The ability to responsibly develop our natural resources is im- perative for companies like IPA. When not working I spend most my free time with my family and friends. My kids, Hudson and Lola are my number one focus. Most of our time is spent fishing, hunting, camping…mainly enjoying Alaska and all that it offers. Bill Bieber William Bieber has over 35 years of mining experience holding numerous management positions in production, exploration and development. His experience has provided him with a vast amount
BEN MOHR
working through the environmental affairs and public affairs departments, Ben settled into government affairs at Pebble. Later, he served as campaign manager to Senator Dan Sullivan, and as Senior Policy Advisor to Governor Sean Parnell. Following Parnell’s tenure in Ju- neau, Ben was the Surface Estate Man- ager for CIRI. Ben served as the General Consultant to the Independent Expen - diture group Dunleavy for Alaska. Ben currently serves as a board member of the Alaska Miners Association, the Alaska Resource Development Council, and the Alaska Rugby Foundation. Nome Chairman Ken Hughes Lifetime Alaskan with 40 year Seward Peninsula residency currently
of knowledge in all phases of the mining cycle. Mr. Bieber has partic- ipated in project development and operational phases that began in Mon-
BILL BIEBER
tana and included numerous over seas assignments and ending up in Alaska. Mr. Bieber spent his early childhood raised on a farm from a farming and ranching community and shortly after high school began working in a gold mine in Montana during the con- struction phase. He completed medical school and became a Nationally Regis - tered Paramedic and National Examiner in 1989 while he was working full time at the mine. In 1996 Mr. Bieber was transfered to Alaska to aid in the development of the Donlin Creek Project now know known as Donlin Gold. The Donlin Gold Project is located in the remote South Western area of Alaska and is on the Native cor - poration lands belonging to the Calista Native Corporation and The Kuskokwim Native Corporation. This area contains 57 villages, the majority of whom are Yupik people.
employed manag- ing Northwestern Operations for General Refining Corporation with additional interests in placer mining (Arctic Placer Drill- ing & Mining) and satellite commu- nications (Stargate Alaska). Long time AMA member,
KEN HUGHES
previously Chair of AMA Nome; Pres - ident, Nome Chamber of Commerce; Teller Mayor; Currently Nome Planning Commission Chair; Nome Chamber of Commerce Director. With Wife Emily raised in Teller 4 children; now there are 7 grandchildren and 3 great-grand children. Hobbies include travel, pho - tography, hockey and scuba diving.
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