Laurie Hummel is a retired US Army colonel currently running as a Democrat to represent Elmendorf Air Force Base and northeast Anchorage in the Alaska House of Representatives. [1]
The daughter of an Army Sergeant, Hummel's active duty career in the US Army spanned thirty years, and included overseas deployments to South Korea and Afghanistan, where she was a senior advisor to the National Military Academy of Afghanistan in Kabul [2]. She served in the field of military intelligence for 21 years [3], and moved to Alaska in 1996 to serve as Chief of Operations Intelligence at Elmendorf Air Force Base. [4]. Hummel was both a professor and program director of the Geography and Environmental Engineering program at West Point. [5] [6]
Laurie Hummel has a bachelors degree from West Point (1982); masters degrees in Geography ( Penn State, 1991), Educational Leadership ( University of Alaska Anchorage, 1999), and Strategic Studies ( US Army War College, 2006); and a Ph.D. ( University of Colorado, 2002) in Geography. [7] [8] Her Ph.D. addressed the legacy of Cold War military spending in Alaska. [9]
Hummel lives in Anchorage with her husband Chad, two cats, and two Saint Bernards. She runs their family-owned property business, and volunteers through Anchorage East Rotary and elsewhere. [10]
Laurie Hummel is a retired US Army colonel currently running as a Democrat to represent Elmendorf Air Force Base and northeast Anchorage in the Alaska House of Representatives. [1]
The daughter of an Army Sergeant, Hummel's active duty career in the US Army spanned thirty years, and included overseas deployments to South Korea and Afghanistan, where she was a senior advisor to the National Military Academy of Afghanistan in Kabul [2]. She served in the field of military intelligence for 21 years [3], and moved to Alaska in 1996 to serve as Chief of Operations Intelligence at Elmendorf Air Force Base. [4]. Hummel was both a professor and program director of the Geography and Environmental Engineering program at West Point. [5] [6]
Laurie Hummel has a bachelors degree from West Point (1982); masters degrees in Geography ( Penn State, 1991), Educational Leadership ( University of Alaska Anchorage, 1999), and Strategic Studies ( US Army War College, 2006); and a Ph.D. ( University of Colorado, 2002) in Geography. [7] [8] Her Ph.D. addressed the legacy of Cold War military spending in Alaska. [9]
Hummel lives in Anchorage with her husband Chad, two cats, and two Saint Bernards. She runs their family-owned property business, and volunteers through Anchorage East Rotary and elsewhere. [10]