34th Legislature(2025-2026)
Member Information
Forrest Dunbar
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
2023-2026 Senator District
RESIDENCY:LENGTH OF RESIDENCY IN ALASKA: Lifelong
ALASKAN COMMUNITIES LIVED IN :Eagle, Cordova, Anchorage
EDUCATION :Cordova High School, American University, Harvard Kennedy School, Yale Law School, Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School
MILITARY SERVICE :Army Guard - Major
POLITICAL AND GOVERNMENT POSITIONS :State Senator, Anchorage Assembly, two-time Chair; formerly Vice President of Scenic Foothills Community Council, Attorney at Office of Public Advocacy, Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Kazakhstan), Wildland Firefighter with Northstars
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS :Former Attorney at Chugach Government Solutions; briefly Stoel Rives LLP, before full-time military service; commercial fisherman, canneries, Fred Meyer in my youth
SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS MEMBERSHIPS :Former board member at Park Foundation, founding board member of Muldoon Farmers Market; interned at Alaska Legal Services; Congregation Beth Sholom
SPECIAL INTERESTS :Basketball, Football, using our beautiful trails, reading, film
OTHER :I grew up in Rural Alaska, but came to Anchorage for judo, basketball, etc. I settled here after school, passed the Bar Exam, and met my wife, who's from Chugiak. I love serving this community.
