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Speakers in this transcript

Alaska Legislature: Senate State Affairs — May 2, 2026 10:00am · Alaska News

Verified speakers (4)

Scott Kawasaki

Scott Kawasaki

Elected

Senator · Alaska State Senate

46 chunks
Loki Tobin

Loki Tobin

Elected

Senator · Alaska State Senate

20 chunks
Ashley Carrick

Ashley Carrick

Elected

Representative · Alaska State House

14 chunks
Jesse Bjorkman

Jesse Bjorkman

Elected

Senator · Alaska State Senate

4 chunks

Unknown speakers (8)

These names appear in the transcript but have no matching speaker record. Create a new speaker or match to an existing one.

SC

Speaker C

UnknownAI-identified · high

Appears in 9 chunks — no matching speaker record

Identified as: Mike Mason

Staff to Senator Tobin · Office of Senator Tobin, Alaska State Legislature

Alaska, United States

Evidence (2)
  • Mike Mason, staff to Senator Tobin. at [20:26]
  • Once again, good morning. My name is Mike Mason. I am staff to Senator Lucy Giltobin. at [20:54]
SF

Speaker F

Unknown

Appears in 18 chunks — no matching speaker record

SD

Speaker D

UnknownAI-identified · high

Appears in 9 chunks — no matching speaker record

Identified as: Caitlin McTiernan · Program Manager

Program Manager, Office of New Americans State Network · American Immigration Council

New York City, United States

Evidence (2)
  • We have Caitlin McTiernan. Caitlin is the program manager at the Office of New Americans, or the ONA State Network, at the American Immigration Council. at [39:11]
  • My name is Caitlin McTiernan, and I work for the American Immigration Council. at [39:37]
SG

Speaker G

UnknownAI-identified · high

Appears in 13 chunks — no matching speaker record

Identified as: Larissa Fonov · Case Manager

New Chance

Wasilla, Alaska

Evidence (2)
  • We have first Larissa Fanov, uh, in Wasilla... at [50:01]
  • My name is Larissa Fonov. I'm a case manager with New Chance here in the valley. at [50:31]
SI

Speaker I

UnknownAI-identified · high

Appears in 4 chunks — no matching speaker record

Identified as: Lori Pickett

Anchorage, Alaska

Evidence (2)
  • We next have Lori Pickett in Anchorage. at [54:02]
  • My name is Lori Pickett. at [54:12]
SH

Speaker H

UnknownAI-identified · high

Appears in 3 chunks — no matching speaker record

Identified as: Mike Coons

Wasilla, Alaska

Evidence (2)
  • ...we have Mike Coons. at [56:18]
  • Yeah, this is Mike Coons. I'm speaking for myself. at [56:32]
SK

Speaker K

UnknownAI-identified · high

Appears in 2 chunks — no matching speaker record

Identified as: Joe Hayes

Staff to the Senate State Affairs Committee · Senate State Affairs Committee

Alaska, United States

Evidence (2)
  • I will object for purposes of discussion and bring up Mr. Joe Hayes, staff to the Senate State Affairs Committee, to explain the changes. at [60:15]
  • Thank you, Mr. Hayes. at [61:05]
SJ

Speaker J

UnknownAI-identified · high

Appears in 4 chunks — no matching speaker record

Identified as: Griffin Sukao

Staff to Representative Ashley Carrick · Office of Representative Ashley Carrick, Alaska State Legislature

Alaska, United States

Evidence (2)
  • Thank you, Representative Carrick. Mr. Sukao. at [69:35]
  • for the record, Griffin Sukao, staff to Representative Ashley Carrick. at [69:41]