Suzanne LaFrance, who will take office July 1, is appointing Becky Windt Pearson to serve as municipal manager and Katie Scovic as chief of staff.
Suzanne LaFrance and her campaign manager Katie Scovic talk before results come in at her election night party at Williwaw, May 14, 2024.
Windt Pearson will serve as Anchorage municipal manager, and Scovic will be LaFrance’s chief of staff.In a news release, LaFrance said Windt Pearson and Scovic “not only bring expertise and experience to the table, but also a deep commitment to work collaboratively and improve our community.”Windt Pearson led the city’s Department of Law as municipal attorney from 2017 to 2020 in the administration of Ethan Berkowitz.
The municipal manager is a key role in city government, overseeing day-to-day operations and most city departments and divisions, including fire, police, health, library, parks and recreation, public transportation, the city’s utilities and the Port of Alaska. Scovic, who most recently managed LaFrance’s campaign for mayor, has also worked for the municipality. In 2021, under former acting mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson, Scovic was communications director. Quinn-Davidson, a former Anchorage Assembly member, wasAfter her role with the city, Scovic spent two years working for local consulting firm Agnew Beck. She’s worked for Cook Inlet Housing Authority as a policy analyst and as associate director of community development and homeless initiatives.
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