Suzanne LaFrance announced her chief of staff and municipal manager who will help lead her team as she prepares to take over the office of mayor next month.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Suzanne LaFrance announced the first two names who will help lead her team as she prepares to take over the office of mayor next month., LaFrance will be sworn in July 1.
The mayor-elect announced Monday that Katie Scovic will serve as her chief of staff, while Becky Windt Pearson will serve as municipal manager. Scovic served as LaFrance’s campaign manager during the election this year, and previously spent time as communications director under former interim mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson. She also worked as a senior manager at Agnew Beck Consulting in Anchorage and as associate director of homelessness initiatives at Cook Inlet Housing Authority. Scovic has a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in public policy and administration from Northwestern University.
Pearson previously spent time as the Anchorage municipal attorney under Mayor Ethan Berkowitz from 2017 to 2020, having racked up experience in the judicial system as a law clerk in the Alaska Supreme Court, as well as an attorney and shareholder at Asburn & Mason, P.C. She is currently the senior vice president at GCI Communication Corp, where she is also the general counsel and chief administrative officer.
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