BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20140219T210000Z DTEND:20140219T220000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Alaska Oil and Gas Association To Present At Chamber Luncheon DESCRIPTION:Weekly luncheons are held every Wednesday at noon. Enjoy great food\, dynamic speakers\, and exciting networking opportunities. Chamber luncheons are open to the public. Chamber members receive special member-only pricing.\n\n\n\nExecutive Lunch Sponsor\n\nFirst National Bank Alaska\n\nUpgrade to the Executive Lunch and receive VIP treatment including cookies and special prize drawings.\n\n\n\nSpeaker\n\nKara Moriarty\, President/CEO\n\nAlaska Oil and Gas Association\n\n\n\nPresentation\n\nOil and Gas in Alaska: State of the Industry\n\nKara will provide an overview of what AOGA does as Alaska's oil and gas business trade organization\, and talk about the role of oil and gas in the state's economy. She will provide current statistics showing how Alaska is faring in comparison with other domestic oil-producing regions\, and share details about new projects that oil companies are pursuing since oil tax reform was signed into law. Kara also will talk about the effort to repeal Senate Bill 21 (tax reform) and why the Vote No on 1 campaign claims the economic health of the state relies on voters rejecting the referendum.\n\n\n\nBiography\n\nKara came to Alaska from her home state of South Dakota to teach elementary school in Atqasuk\, an Inupiaq village in the North Slope Borough. After working in Washington\, DC for then South Dakota Congressman\, now U.S. Senator John Thune\, she moved back to Alaska and lived in Fairbanks for seven years. She has served as legislative staff in Juneau to Senator Gary Wilken and was the President/CEO of the Fairbanks Chamber for four years. She joined the AOGA staff in April 2005. She became the fifth Executive Director of AOGA on January 1\, 2012. She became President/CEO December of 2013. She is a recipient of Alaska's Top 40 Under 40 Award and was the Honorary Iceman at Eielson Air Force Base. She currently serves on the Boards of the Resource Development Council\, Breast Cancer Focus\, Go Red! For Women Anchorage Team\, and Kenai River Sportfishing Association and is a member of the Downtown Rotary Club of Anchorage. Her husband Gerry is an Alaska Airlines pilot and they enjoy their three young children\, Joseph\, Margaret and Garrett. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Weekly luncheons are held every Wednesday at noon. Enjoy great food\, dynamic speakers\, and exciting networking opportunities. Chamber luncheons are open to the public. Chamber members receive special member-only pricing.
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\nExecutive Lunch Sponsor
\nFirst National Bank Alaska
\nUpgrade to the Executive Lunch and receive VIP treatment including cookies and special prize drawings.
\n
\nSpeaker
\nKara Moriarty\, President/CEO
\nAlaska Oil and Gas Association
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\nPresentation
\nOil and Gas in Alaska: State of the Industry
\nKara will provide an overview of what AOGA does as Alaska&rsquo\;s oil and gas business trade organization\, and talk about the role of oil and gas in the state&rsquo\;s economy. She will provide current statistics showing how Alaska is faring in comparison with other domestic oil-producing regions\, and share details about new projects that oil companies are pursuing since oil tax reform was signed into law. Kara also will talk about the effort to repeal Senate Bill 21 (tax reform) and why the Vote No on 1 campaign claims the economic health of the state relies on voters rejecting the referendum.
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\nBiography
\nKara came to Alaska from her home state of South Dakota to teach elementary school in Atqasuk\, an Inupiaq village in the North Slope Borough. After working in Washington\, DC for then South Dakota Congressman\, now U.S. Senator John Thune\, she moved back to Alaska and lived in Fairbanks for seven years. She has served as legislative staff in Juneau to Senator Gary Wilken and was the President/CEO of the Fairbanks Chamber for four years. She joined the AOGA staff in April 2005. She became the fifth Executive Director of AOGA on January 1\, 2012. \; She became President/CEO December of 2013. \; She is a recipient of Alaska'\;s Top 40 Under 40 Award and was the Honorary Iceman at Eielson Air Force Base. She currently serves on the Boards of the Resource Development Council\, Breast Cancer Focus\, Go Red! For Women Anchorage Team\, and Kenai River Sportfishing Association and is a member of the Downtown Rotary Club of Anchorage. Her husband Gerry is an Alaska Airlines pilot and they enjoy their three young children\, Joseph\, Margaret and Garrett.

\n LOCATION:The Westmark Sitka Banquet Room 330 Seward Street Sitka\, AK 99835 UID:e.1598.1233 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260410T223928Z URL:https://business.sitkachamber.com/events/details/alaska-oil-and-gas-association-to-present-at-chamber-luncheon-02-19-2014-1233 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR