Mead Treadwell was elected Alaska's lieutenant governor in 2010. He is committed to helping Gov. Sean Parnell strengthen the state economy by filling the Trans Alaska Pipeline System, seeing a pipeline get gas to Alaskans and markets beyond, bringing affordable energy to the state and securing access to natural resources. President Bush appointed Treadwell to the U.S. Arctic Research Commission in 2001, and Treadwell became the commission's chair in 2006. Under his leadership, a new Arctic policy was developed and adopted by the White House and is being implemented by President Obama's administration. Treadwell was the director of oil spill response for Cordova, Alaska, during the Exxon Valdez crisis. He served as Gov. Wally Hickel's deputy commissioner for the Department of Environmental Conservation, where he helped to develop Alaska's oil spill regulations and established the environmental crime unit for the state. As an entrepreneur and investor, he helped launch a series of technology, manufacturing and service companies.

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Economic Development: Heating Up the Arctic

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