About

Chris Birch has lived and worked in Alaska since 1950. He and his wife, Pam, have been married since 1978 and have two grown children who were born and raised in Alaska.

In 1944 Chris' dad, Frank, came to Adak with the US Marine Corps. After the war he returned to Alaska with his wife, Bettijeanne. Frank worked as a mining engineer and Bettijeanne as a geologist, camp cook and bookkeeper in placer and hard-rock mines around the state. When the couple was expecting their first child, Chris, they were employed at the Independence Mine at Hatcher Pass. Chris and his sisters grew up in camps near Fairbanks and in the Brooks Range.

(Family photo above: Logan holding Mason, Heather, Tali, Pam, Chris, with Tobin in front.)

"My parents taught by example the values of family, hard work and responsibility."

Chris and Pam’s two children, Logan and Tali, were born in Fairbanks, where the family lived until 1991 when Chris took a job with Alyeska Pipeline Services. Logan and Tali are both graduates of the Anchorage School District and the University of Washington. Logan and his wife Heather reside and work in Anchorage and have two children, Mason and Ellie. Tali graduated from Lewis and Clark Law School and is an attorney in Anchorage, and Pam is a technical communications consultant.

(Photo right: Chris holds their granddaughter shortly after her birth.)

Chris earned a Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1972 and later earned a Master's degree in Engineering Management. Chris is Vice President for Business Development with NANA Development Corporation in Anchorage.

Chris has served as President of the Chugach Electric board where he effectively supported member approval of free and open competitive bidding. He was also past President of the Mid-Hillside Community Council, of the nonprofit Hilltop Ski Area, of the Valli Vue Homeowner Association, former Anchorage board member with the Alaska Miners Association and Anchorage East Rotary. Chris was elected to the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly in 1984 and 1987, serving twice as Presiding Officer.

(Photo above left: the family fishing near Chandalar Lake, 1960 and photo right: Frank and Chris with the family Stinson, 1968.)

In 2005, Chris was elected to a three-year term to the Anchorage Municipal Assembly. While on the Assembly, Chris has chaired the Audit Committee, the Legislative Affairs Committee, and served as Assembly liaison to the Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Study (AMATS), and the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce.

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