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Stephen is an attorney with over 15 years of civil legislative experience for the State of Alaska having also served as Governor from 1986 to 1990. During his public tenure he served as Chairman of the House Finance Committee; Chairman of the Alaska Lands Committee; State Lobbyist on Federal Land Use Policy; Board of Trustees Chairman for the $29 Billion Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation; and Chairman of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. Following his term in office Stephen was President and acting Executive Director of the Northern Forum, an international association of 22 northern regional governments from 10 countries working with Russian regional governments to establish a fair division of resource revenues, transportation technology transfers and environmental monitoring. He is currently Managing Partner of Steve Cowper & Associates specializing in political analysis and public sector policy for governments and private companies. Stephen has a BA in History and an LLB in Law from the University of North Carolina; an honorary doctorate in laws from Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea; the President's Public Service Award from the Nature Conservancy; and has served in the US Army and US Army Reserve. | 