Leslie Ridle grew up in Douglas and Anchorage. She started as a social studies teacher at Gruening Middle School until she took a year’s leave to work in the legislature to learn more about government from the inside. She loved the work and built a career working for the Legislature, for Mayor and Senator Begich, and Governors Knowles and Walker. She also ran several local and statewide political campaigns and served four years as Commissioner of Administration and Deputy Commissioner. She has started a new chapter in her work life as the CEO of Girl Scouts of Alaska where she loves the mission of raising girls with Courage, Confidence, and Character. 

Susanne Fleek-Green currently serves as Superintendent of Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, which encompasses over four million acres of wilderness, volcanoes, lakes, rivers and Cook Inlet coastline. Before joining the National Park Service, Susanne served as Mayor Ethan Berkowitz’s Chief of Staff and as State Director for U.S. Senator Mark Begich. She also worked for Anchorage’s Office of Economic and Community Development, for the United States Senate in Washington, DC, and as a Presidential Management Fellow with the U.S. Department of the Interior. Born and raised in Alaska, Susanne has lived in Yakutat, King Salmon, and Anchorage. She is a Sealaska shareholder and member of the Central Council of Tlingit Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. Susanne has a B.A. and Masters of Public Policy from UC Berkeley.