Who We Are

Our mission: Defend and advance the rights of Alaska's women, children and families.

In order to meet our mission, the AWL Steering Committee spends all of its energy on our lobbying efforts:

1. Ensuring that we'll have our lobbyist, Caren Robinson, working for a long time to come.
2. Educating and activating our supporters on the issues that affect Alaskan women, children and families.

The Alaska Women's Lobby lobbies on behalf of Alaskan women, children and families to improve:

• Access to quality health care.
• Equal insurance coverage for contraceptives.
• Access to and information about abortion.
• Our schools: for our children and Alaska's future.
• Working wages for working women.

The Steering Committee is composed of committed women from all over the state of Alaska. Currently, our three regions are Southeast, Southcentral, and North. The Statewide Steering Committee meets monthly to determine the legislative agenda and keep up to date with regional steering committee activities.

Current Steering Committee Members

Geran Tarr, Co-Chair
Marissa Flannery, Co-Chair
Cady Lister
Diane Disanto
Lauree Hugonin
Libby Silberling
Jayne Andreen
Patricia Macklin
Rebecca Madison
Mary Elizabeth Rider
Nacole Heslep
Nancy Scheetz-Freymiller
Patricia Macklin
Rose Wysocki
Sherrie Goll
Taber Rehbaum
Victoria Foote

Caren Robinson, Lobbyist