Drue Pearce

Drue Pearce
Deputy Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Incumbent
Assumed office
August 7, 2017
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byTimothy P. Butters
President of the Alaska State Senate
In office
1995–1997
Preceded byRick Halford
Succeeded byMike Miller
Member of the Alaska Senate
from the F district
In office
1989–2001
Preceded byMitchell Abood
Succeeded byGene Therriault
Member of the Alaska House of Representatives
from the 9 district
In office
1985–1989
Preceded byJoe Hayes
Succeeded byLoren Leman
Personal details
Born (1951-04-02) April 2, 1951 (age 73)
Fairfield, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Alma materIndiana University Bloomington (BS)
Harvard University (MS)

Drue Pearce (born April 2, 1951) is an American businesswoman and politician. She is currently Director, Government Affairs at Holland & Hart, LLP.

Early life and education

Born in Fairfield, Illinois, Pearce received her bachelor's degree in biological science from Indiana University Bloomington in 1973. She then received her master's degree in public administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1984. In 1989, Pearce completed the Executive Program at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.[1]

Career

Pearce lived in Anchorage, Alaska and was in the banking and real estate business. From 1985 to 1989, Pearce served in the Alaska House of Representatives and was a Republican. Then, from 1989 to 2001, Pearce served in the Alaska State Senate and was president of the senate in 1995 and 1999. In 2001, Pearce resigned from the Alaska Senate to be the senior advisor on Alaska Affairs to the Secretary of the United States Department of Interior serving from 2001 to 2006. From 2006 to 2010, Pearce served as the administrator of the Office of the Federal Coordinator, Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects overseeing the construction of the proposed Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Drue Pearce". 9th Annual Alaska Oil and Gas Congress. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  2. ^ Press, Alaska State Legislature Majority. "Biography for Senator Drue Pearce and the 22nd Legislature". www.akrepublicans.org. Archived from the original on March 20, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  3. ^ 'Obama asks Drue Pearce to leave gas pipeline job,' Alaska Dispatch News, Erika Bolstad, November 16, 2009

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