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]
- Rotary Club of Anchorage East
- Alaska World Affairs Council
- Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson ( JBER) Retiree Council
- JBER Joint Family Action Plan Working Group
- Disabled American Veterans
- Veterans of Foreign Wars
- Alaska Veterans Organization for Women (AVOW)
- Mission: Readiness
- US Military Academy Admissions Field Force
- Association of American Geographers
- Gamma Theta Upsilon, International Geographical Honor Society
- Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi [11]
- ^ http://www.akbizmag.com/Alaska-Business-Monthly/January-2014/Laurie-Hummel-Announces-Candidacy-for-State-House/
- ^ http://www.theprogressnews.com/default.asp?read=31819
- ^ http://www.akbizmag.com/Alaska-Business-Monthly/January-2014/Laurie-Hummel-Announces-Candidacy-for-State-House/
- ^ http://amandacoyne.com/politics/retired-colonel-laurie-hummel-challenges-anchorage-state-rep-gabrielle-ledou/
- ^ http://www.akbizmag.com/Alaska-Business-Monthly/January-2014/Laurie-Hummel-Announces-Candidacy-for-State-House/
- ^ http://www.usma.edu/gene/SiteAssets/SitePages/Publications/Alumni%20Newsletter_2006_Nov.pdf
- ^ http://www.theprogressnews.com/default.asp?read=31819
- ^ http://www.usma.edu/gene/SiteAssets/SitePages/Publications/Alumni%20Newsletter_2006_Nov.pdf
- ^ http://www.worldcat.org/title/alaskas-militarized-landscape-the-unwritten-legacy-of-the-cold-war/oclc/746946558
- ^ http://www.newsmatsu.com/election/2014/rep_15.html
- ^ http://hummelforstatehouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Hummel-Web-Resume-2014.pdf
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]
- Rotary Club of Anchorage East
- Alaska World Affairs Council
- Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson ( JBER) Retiree Council
- JBER Joint Family Action Plan Working Group
- Disabled American Veterans
- Veterans of Foreign Wars
- Alaska Veterans Organization for Women (AVOW)
- Mission: Readiness
- US Military Academy Admissions Field Force
- Association of American Geographers
- Gamma Theta Upsilon, International Geographical Honor Society
- Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi [11]
- ^ http://www.akbizmag.com/Alaska-Business-Monthly/January-2014/Laurie-Hummel-Announces-Candidacy-for-State-House/
- ^ http://www.theprogressnews.com/default.asp?read=31819
- ^ http://www.akbizmag.com/Alaska-Business-Monthly/January-2014/Laurie-Hummel-Announces-Candidacy-for-State-House/
- ^ http://amandacoyne.com/politics/retired-colonel-laurie-hummel-challenges-anchorage-state-rep-gabrielle-ledou/
- ^ http://www.akbizmag.com/Alaska-Business-Monthly/January-2014/Laurie-Hummel-Announces-Candidacy-for-State-House/
- ^ http://www.usma.edu/gene/SiteAssets/SitePages/Publications/Alumni%20Newsletter_2006_Nov.pdf
- ^ http://www.theprogressnews.com/default.asp?read=31819
- ^ http://www.usma.edu/gene/SiteAssets/SitePages/Publications/Alumni%20Newsletter_2006_Nov.pdf
- ^ http://www.worldcat.org/title/alaskas-militarized-landscape-the-unwritten-legacy-of-the-cold-war/oclc/746946558
- ^ http://www.newsmatsu.com/election/2014/rep_15.html
- ^ http://hummelforstatehouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Hummel-Web-Resume-2014.pdf