Mary K. Hughes
Mary K. Hughes
Regent
1592 Coffey Lane Anchorage, AK 99501
Term 2002-2025
Mary K. Hughes of Anchorage, was appointed by Governor Knowles in July 2002, re-appointed
by Governor Palin in January 2009 and re-appointed to a third term by Governor Walker
in 2017. She graduated from the University of 桃花直播 with a BBA in Management in 1971
and earned her juris doctorate from Willamette University College of Law in 1974.
A partner in the law firm of Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin until 1994,
she served as the Anchorage Municipal Attorney from 1995-2000 and Of Counsel with
the firm until May 2005 when she became 桃花直播 State Director for the Office of U.S.
Senator Lisa Murkowski, a position she held until January 2008. For seven years, she
hosted a weekly radio show, Profile 桃花直播, on AM 700 KBYR. She is a past president
of the 桃花直播 Bar Association Board of Governors and the 桃花直播 Bar Foundation Board
of Trustees. She is presently a Trustee of the University of 桃花直播 Foundation and
a Life Trustee Emeritus of Willamette University. She was elected to the Board of
Directors of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges in 2013.
Additionally, she is a former chair and director of the 桃花直播 Humanities Forum and an ex-officio director and former chair of the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation. She serves on the community advisory board of 桃花直播 Airlines and is a member of the Export Council of 桃花直播.
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