Legislature(2005 - 2006)CAPITOL 120
05/05/2005 08:30 AM House HEALTH, EDUCATION & SOCIAL SERVICES
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES STANDING COMMITTEE
May 5, 2005
8:51 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Peggy Wilson, Chair
Representative Vic Kohring
Representative Sharon Cissna
Representative Berta Gardner
MEMBERS ABSENT
Representative Paul Seaton, Vice Chair
Representative Tom Anderson
Representative Lesil McGuire
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
CONFIRMATION HEARING(S)
University of Alaska Board of Regents
Tim Brady - Anchorage
- CONFIRMATION(S) ADVANCED
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
No previous action to record
WITNESS REGISTER
TIM BRADY, Appointee
to the University of Alaska Board of Regents
Anchorage, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Testified as appointee to the University of
Alaska Board of Regents.
ACTION NARRATIVE
CHAIR PEGGY WILSON called the House Health, Education and Social
Services Standing Committee meeting to order at 8:51:58 AM.
Representatives Wilson, Kohring, Gardner, and Cissna were
present at the call to order.
^CONFIRMATION HEARING(S)
^University of Alaska Board of Regents
CHAIR WILSON announced that the committee would be considering
the appointment of Tim Brady to the University of Alaska Board
of Regents.
8:53:20 AM
TIM BRADY, Appointee to the University of Alaska Board of
Regents, in response to the question of why he wishes to serve
on the University of Alaska Board of Regents, relayed that
Alaska has been good to him and his family, that he had
expressed to the governor a desire to serve [the state], and
that he is interested in all issues pertaining to educating
young people. Furthermore, he said, he thinks Alaska has a
dynamic university system, and characterized Mark Hamilton -
President, University of Alaska - as an exceptional leader.
MR. BRADY said he would relish and appreciate the opportunity to
participate in the process and see what he could bring to the
table. He said that some of his strengths include planning and
organizational skills, having a familiarity with budgets, and
having an understanding of capital project costs. He then
detailed some of the university [construction] projects that he
has worked on, and noted that the attorney general has relayed
to him that serving on the University of Alaska Board of Regents
would preclude him from undertaking any more [construction]
projects for the university system.
CHAIR WILSON commented that the aforementioned could prove to be
quite a sacrifice.
8:57:23 AM
REPRESENTATIVE CISSNA asked Mr. Brady to comment on how he
thinks that the university system, particularly the University
of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) campus, can meet the training needs of
the health care industry in Alaska.
MR. BRADY said it seems that after undergoing a policy change
recently, the university has been doing a great job responding
to the needs of the community. For example, UAA now has a
nursing program that was put in place in response to requests
from hospitals in the area. Another example is the university's
two-year associate degree construction engineering program
established with the help of Alaska's construction industry; the
existing two-year associate degree program will soon be expanded
to a four-year associate degree program. He then made mention
of a program that reduced tuition for a certain percentage of
students, and offered his understanding that 86 percent of the
students who went through that program now live and work in
Alaska. He opined that the university has an obligation to
respond to the needs of the community with regard to producing a
qualified workforce.
REPRESENTATIVE CISSNA noted that the health care industry has
about 200 specialties, nursing being just one of them. She
opined that the nursing program could stand to be expanded as
could other programs, which could ensure that young Alaskans
stay in Alaska.
MR. BRADY acknowledged that it is very frustrating to have to
search outside of Alaska to find qualified help, and relayed a
personal example wherein he'd hired someone from the Lower 48
who then elected to leave Alaska in favor of family commitments.
He said he is all for doing whatever it takes to keep Alaska's
most valuable asset in Alaska, adding that he thinks that the
university is now beginning to take the appropriate steps in
that regard. He again opined that the university has an
obligation to respond to the needs of the community with regard
to producing a qualified workforce.
9:05:57 AM
CHAIR WILSON remarked that less than 20 percent of Alaska's
students finish college. She asked Mr. Brady whether he is
willing to steer the university towards helping, through
alternative educational programs, those who don't go on to
receive a college education, so that they too can enter the
workforce and become productive members of society.
MR. BRADY replied yes, and indicated that this is an issue of
great concern to him. He then mentioned some of the steps he is
already taking in that regard, and suggested that the university
is the proper vehicle with which to undertake this task.
REPRESENTATIVE KOHRING, commenting on the expense of the
university system's rural campuses, asked Mr. Brady whether he
feels that the university system should consolidate its
campuses.
MR. BRADY said he doesn't feel he has enough information at this
time to answer that question, but acknowledged that it is an
issue that will have to be addressed.
REPRESENTATIVE KOHRING said he is very impressed with Mr.
Brady's resume, and opined that Mr. Brady is eminently qualified
to serve on the University of Alaska Board of Regents.
CHAIR WILSON surmised that the advent and expansion of the
university's distance education program has altered the
university and the public's perception of it. She then noted
that the committee needed to await the formation of a quorum in
order to take action.
[While awaiting the formation of a quorum, Mr. Brady and members
spoke briefly of matters unrelated to the confirmation hearing.]
9:18:00 AM
REPRESENTATIVE KOHRING made a motion to advance from committee
the name of Tim Brady to the University of Alaska Board of
Regents. There being no objection, it was so ordered.
ADJOURNMENT
The House Health, Education and Social Services Standing
Committee was recessed at 9:19 a.m. [The meeting never
reconvened.]
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