LaFrance announced a deputy chief of staff, policy advisor, constituent relations and external affairs directors and two special assistants.
Suzanne LaFrance, Anchorage’s newly elected Mayor, gives her closing remarks at her swearing-in ceremony at Town Square Park in Anchorage on Monday, July 1,2024. In a statement, LaFrance said Barbara Jones will be deputy chief of staff. Jones previously served as Anchorage municipal clerk before last year. She has also worked as the municipal ombudsman and as executive director and staff attorney for the Anchorage Equal Rights Commission.
LaFrance has also hired Farina Brown as special assistant on homelessness and health and Graham Downey as special assistant on transportation and housing. Brown previously worked at Rasmuson Foundation on the group’s homelessness initiatives while Downey was economic justice lead at the Alaska Public Interest Research Group.
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