Ensures that public concerns are fully considered in department decisions and actions. Establishes the department's objectives and assures performance. Serves as chief spokesperson for the Governor on environmental matters. Serves as judge for administrative appeals. To assist staff with questions regarding the public records law and other statutory and regulatory requirements.
Primary services Provides paralegal help in writing regulations.
Coordinates responses to public records requests. Acts as liaison for administrative hearings. Conducts research and works with attorneys at Department of Law. Ms. Brown formerly was a DEC deputy commissioner, regional administrator of the southcentral region which was headquartered in Anchorage, and an assistant attorney general in the Alaska Department of Law, where she represented and advised the Departments of Environmental Conservation, Natural Resources, Fish and Game, and Community and Regional Affairs. In that position, she worked extensively on the Exxon Valdez spill response to deal with many of its legal, regulatory, and enforcement problems.