Friday, September 9, 2011 | 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Room 2211, UW Law School
Join faculty, staff, students, and members of our community for a lecture by Fran Ulmer, Chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission and 1972 graduate of the UW Law School. Attending will be Madison Mayor Paul Soglin, also a 1972 graduate of the UW Law School, to begin the evening with a special introduction. A reception will immediately follow the lecture in the Wisconsin Law Alumni Association Student Commons (Atrium) of the law school.
Fran Ulmer
Fran Ulmer is the Chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission. She recently retired as Chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage. In June 2010 she was appointed by President Barack Obama to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. The commission was charged with investigating the causes of the explosion and oil spill, and recommending changes to prevent future disasters from occurring. Prior to her appointment to the commission, Ms. Ulmer was a member of the Aspen Institute's Commission on Arctic Climate Change and held Board positions with the Alaska Nature Conservancy, the National Parks Conservation Association and the Union of Concerned Scientists. Prior to being appointed Chancellor in 2007, Ms. Ulmer was a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research at UAA. Ms. Ulmer served as an elected official for 18 years as the mayor of Juneau, a state representative and as Lieutenant Governor of Alaska. As Director of Policy Development for the State of Alaska, Ms. Ulmer managed multiple Programs and Served as the first co-Chair of the Alaska Coastal Policy Council. At the national level, Ms. Ulmer served for more than 10 years on the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission; as a member of the Federal Communications Commission's State and Local Advisory Committee and the Federal Elections Commission's State Advisory Committee and co-chaired the National Academies of Science’s Committee on State Voter Registration Databases. Ms. Ulmer earned a J.D. cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Law School, where she also received her B.A. in economics and political science, and has been a Fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Ms. Ulmer was born and raised in Horicon, Wisconsin.She is married to Bill Council and has two grown children and one grandson.
For a more in depth profile celebrating Ms. Ulmer's career, read "Fran Ulmer: A portrait of an inspiring leader" from the 2011 Spring Edition of the Accolades, a publication of the University of Alaska Anchorage for alumni and friends.
Questions? Please contact Professor Stephanie Tai at (608) 890-1236 or tai2@wisc.edu.
