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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • JD, University of Puget Sound School of Law (now Seattle University), 1983
  • BS, Business Administration, Lewis and Clark College, 1973

Professional Experience

  • JD, University of Puget Sound School of Law (now Seattle University), 1983
  • BS, Business Administration, Lewis and Clark College, 1973
  • Attorney/Owner, Walker Richards Limited Liability Company Law Firm, 1995- present
  • Attorney/Owner, Walker and Levesque Limited Liability Company, 1995-present
  • General Counsel, Alaska Gasline Port Authority, present
  • Attorney, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell, and Brundin, 1983-1995
  • Owner, Bill Walker Construction Company, Valdez, 1975-1980
  • Construction Worker, Trans-Alaska Pipeline, 1970-1974
  • Commercial Fisherman, Prince William Sound, 1969

Political Experience

  • JD, University of Puget Sound School of Law (now Seattle University), 1983
  • BS, Business Administration, Lewis and Clark College, 1973
  • Attorney/Owner, Walker Richards Limited Liability Company Law Firm, 1995- present
  • Attorney/Owner, Walker and Levesque Limited Liability Company, 1995-present
  • General Counsel, Alaska Gasline Port Authority, present
  • Attorney, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell, and Brundin, 1983-1995
  • Owner, Bill Walker Construction Company, Valdez, 1975-1980
  • Construction Worker, Trans-Alaska Pipeline, 1970-1974
  • Commercial Fisherman, Prince William Sound, 1969
  • Candidate, Governor of Alaska, 2010, 2018
  • Governor, State of Alaska, 2014-2018
  • Mayor, City of Valdez, 1979-1980
  • Member, Valdez City Council, 1978-1980

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • JD, University of Puget Sound School of Law (now Seattle University), 1983
  • BS, Business Administration, Lewis and Clark College, 1973
  • Attorney/Owner, Walker Richards Limited Liability Company Law Firm, 1995- present
  • Attorney/Owner, Walker and Levesque Limited Liability Company, 1995-present
  • General Counsel, Alaska Gasline Port Authority, present
  • Attorney, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell, and Brundin, 1983-1995
  • Owner, Bill Walker Construction Company, Valdez, 1975-1980
  • Construction Worker, Trans-Alaska Pipeline, 1970-1974
  • Commercial Fisherman, Prince William Sound, 1969
  • Candidate, Governor of Alaska, 2010, 2018
  • Governor, State of Alaska, 2014-2018
  • Mayor, City of Valdez, 1979-1980
  • Member, Valdez City Council, 1978-1980
  • American Bar Association, 9th Circuit
  • President, Alaska Municipal Attorneys' Association
  • Guest Speaker/Panel Member, Alaska Municipal League
  • Member, Faith Christian Community Church, present
  • Member, National Rifle Association
  • Member, Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo #7
  • American Bar Association, United States Supreme Court
  • Member, 1st Presbyterian Church Anchorage, 1988-2007
  • Logistics Volunteer, Christian Medical and Dental Association/Prison Fellowship International, 2007
  • President/Charter Member, Prince William Sound Regional Citizens Advisory Council (RCAC), 1989-2001
  • Youth Basketball/Soccer Coach, Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), 1992-1994
  • School Board Member, Sonrise Christian School Anchorage, 1991-1993
  • Alaska Bar Association, 1983
  • Member, Organization for the Management of Alaska's Resources (OMAR), 1977-1978
  • Member, Alaska Carpenters' Union, 1970-1974
  • Member, Alaska Laborers' Union, 1970-1974
  • Member, Alaska Teamsters' Union, 1970-1974

Other Info

  • Ed Walker

Favorite Quote:

"And let us be sure that those who come after us will say of us, that we did everything that could be done. We finished the race. We kept Alaska strong. We kept the faith and put ALASKA FIRST!" -- Governor Walter J. Hickel

"We can win the future and we can hand down to our children and grandchildren an Alaska even better than the one that was given to us. I have never felt more strongly that Alaska's best days lie ahead."

"Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future." -- John F. Kennedy

  • Francis Walker

  • Four

Endorsements
Charlie Pierce
Bill Walker
Speeches
Articles

Anchorage Daily News - Alaskans will have reason to remember Nov. 9 gas line deal with China

Dec. 3, 2017

By Bill Walker Mid-June 1970: One of the most important days in my life. It rained as I waited in line outside a trailer in Johnson's Trailer Court in Valdez to receive my first dispatch. That day, I received my first dispatch ticket from Laborer's 341 business agent Jim Robinson to begin work on the trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS). At 19, I knew that beginning that day my life would never be the same. That dispatch, and others as a Teamster and a Journeyman Carpenter in Local 1281, to work on the oil pipeline opened educational opportunities I never would have dreamed of, and later brought into my world the woman of my dreams. At that time, I had just finished my first year at community college in Oregon, made possible by a $400 basketball scholarship and housing with the family of a former elementary school teacher. However, after that first summer working on TAPS, with my oil pipeline paychecks in hand, I transferred to a full 4-year college. That pipeline construction also drew a young woman named Donna Pyle (now the state's first lady) to Alaska. I now have another important date to remember: Nov. 9, 2017. The day that all the entities needed to build the Alaska LNG Project signed the Joint Development Agreement (JDA). The U.S. and Chinese governments, at the highest level, vetted and deemed qualified the JDA. All five signers of the JDA have formally committed to work to monetize Alaska's stranded natural gas. This unique agreement differs from the past attempts to monetize Alaska's vast resources of stranded North Slope gas. Let me be clear, this is a non-binding agreement, as are all such agreements for projects of this size at this stage of its development and there is more work to be done to get to binding agreements by the end of 2018. However, for the first time we have the state (as owner and builder), as well as the buyer, the investor and lender signing the agreement. President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping -- heads of the world's two most powerful economies -- witnessed and approved the signing of the JDA. Never in the prior efforts to build an Alaska gasline have the interests been aligned like this: We have a federal administration focused on infrastructure and resource development; an administration that views Alaska as playing a crucial role in securing the nation's energy dominance and in offsetting the trade deficit. For the first time, Alaska has a customer: China, which will be the largest consumer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the world. Cleaner air is a top priority for the Chinese government, as for Alaskans, and Alaska's natural gas will play an important role in that effort by reducing the emissions by 80 million tons per year.The buyer, the investor and the lender who have signed on to the Joint Development Agreement are big players. Sinopec, the buyer, world's largest integrated oil and gas company and ranked the third-highest revenue-generating company by Fortune Global, which ranked Apple ninth and ExxonMobil tenth.China Investment Corp., the investor, ranks as the third-largest sovereign wealth fund at $813 billion behind Norway and Abu Dhabi respectively.Bank of China, the lender, the fourth-largest bank in the world, has financed many LNG projects worldwide.Once construction begins, the Alaska gasline will be one of the largest infrastructure projects on the continent, and it will be the biggest economic boost to the state since construction of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline. It will generate between 10,000-12,000 construction jobs for Alaskans and up to 70,000 total jobs. It will bring $2 billion into the state economy each year over the life of the project (40-plus years). Payment for the project will come from the long-term sales of the gas. But, more than just another boom in Alaska's economy, it will open the door to Alaska for many underdeveloped opportunities between Alaska and Asia: direct flights to bring thousands of tourists from Asia; increased agriculture, mineral, and timber export markets as well as continued growth in seafood exports to Asia. Finally, Alaska can go from having the highest cost of energy in the nation to the lowest. It will help other industries become economical, like mining, because it will help to lower the cost to do business. The gas line will bring clean-burning, affordable energy to Alaskan homes and businesses. This gas line will mean cleaner air in the Interior. It will mean families will not have to choose between heating their homes or paying for groceries. The gas line means thousands of jobs within 10 years; jobs that bring purpose, change lives, provide for a healthy future and fuel generations. Under the state law, 20 percent of the revenue to the state will be directed to alternative, affordable energy projects for rural Alaska. While this is Alaska's gas line, it has become a project of national and international significance. A big project with big players and big benefits to Alaskans. The time is now.

Stance on Syrian refugee resettlement

Jan. 1, 1900

Main article: U.S. governors and their responses to Syrian refugees Following the Paris terrorist attacks on November 13, 2015, in which members of the Islamic State (ISIS) killed at least 129 people and wounded more than 350, reports surfaced showing that one of the terrorists responsible for the attacks in Paris may have come to France posing as a Syrian refugee. Many governors issued statements of support or opposition to President Obama’s plan to allow 10,000 new Syrian refugees into the United States. Walker had conditional support for the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the state of Alaska. He said: “ My highest concern is the safety of all Alaskans, and I appreciate the work being done by Catholic Social Services to help refugees settle in our state and become valuable members of our community. ... I am committed to working with the federal government to ensure the highest level of safety for the citizens of Alaska and the United States, and I want to make sure Alaska officials play a role in refugee relocations efforts in our state. ” —Gov. Bill Walker