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Mike McKinnon is the owner/manager of McKinnon and Associates, LLC, a transportation planning and project development business based in Juneau with work throughout rural Alaska.  After serving in the U.S. Marines in Viet Nam, Mike earned a Bachelors of Arts degree in Environmental Studies and Politics from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1979.  Before and during college, he worked in construction and freight transfer.  He later ran a commercial diving and SCUBA instruction business. 

Mike began a 25-year career at the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) in 1980.  He started in the Environmental Section at Southeast Region, eventually moving to regional and statewide planning positions, including DOT&PF statewide Planning Director. Over a number of years, he developed models for and executed rural transportation system plans, and managed the department’s Industrial Ports and Roads Program. 

Upon retirement from state service in late 2005, Mike was hired under contract to manage the Denali Commission’s newly created Transportation Program.  He has also performed transportation-related contract work on behalf of the North Slope Borough, the Kodiak Island Housing Authority, DOT&PF and others. 

Over the past 15 years, Mike has been involved in many transportation organizations to promote efforts to accelerate development of community and resource-related transportation infrastructure in rural Alaska.  Mike is also a member of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce, the Resource Development Council, the Nature Conservancy Corporate Council and the American Planning Association’s Alaska Chapter.  Born and raised in Anchorage, he is married to Ellen Fritts.  They have two grown sons Erik and Greg McKinnon.