Alaska CHARR - The Magazine September/October | Page 10

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have the added advantage of being able to
pull from the experiences of three generations
of owner/operators. Two other members
of my family have served on the Alaska
CHARR Board of Directors, and my father
also served on the State of Alaska Alcohol
Beverage Control Board for six years. Together
my family has over 70 years in the
industry, owning bars and package stores.
COOK INLET - JEANNE REILLY
Reilly’s Irish Pub, Anchorage
Hello fellow CHARR Members, My name is
Jeanne Reilly, and I own Reilly’s Irish Pub in
Anchorage.
I have been involved with CHARR for quite a
while. First being on some of the different committees.
I ran for a seat on the board in 2010 and was selected.
The experience has been extremely eyeopening
and has given me a fascinating look at
the various challenges and rewards our industry
members experience all across the state.
It has been wonderful to serve on the board
and be a part of our industry’s decision making.
I enjoy being in the mix of current issues, and
trying to set a precedent of success for those
that will follow in our footsteps. I would like
your vote to continue serving Alaska’s hospitality
industry and continue to make a positive
impact. Thank you.
COOK INLET – DARWIN BIWER, JR
Darwin’s Theory, Anchorage
I have been on the Board of Directors for over 20
years. I have been elected by my peers and served
as Chairman for 12 years. I'm also Chairman of
the Board of Cook Inlet CHARR.
I have over 39 years’ experience in the bar business
as owner of Darwin’s Theory in downtown
Anchorage. I have lived in the Bush (Dillingham,
King Salmon), Southeast (Juneau), and obviously
in Anchorage (Girdwood). I have traveled
extensively across the State from Ketchikan to
Kotzebue so I know the problems associated
with the various areas of the State.
I know and am known by most politicians across
the State. This helps with the duties associated
with legislative matters that are so critical to
Alaska CHARR.
With your vote, I look forward to keep
serving the interests of Alaska CHARR
members. Thank you.
KETCHIKAN - GEORGE TIPTON
My Office Sports Bar, Godfather’s Pizza
and 49er Bar, Ketchikan
George is a former President and Chairman of
the Board of Alaska State CHARR, a long-time
Budget Committee member and the current
State Board Treasurer. The State CHARR organization
recognized his dedication to the
industry in giving him the Pioneer Award and
Lifetime Achievement Award for his involvement
and support of the industry. This includes
initiating the search and purchase for
the Anchorage headquarters building, getting
Ketchikan CHARR to be the first to commit
$50,000 to the Building Fund and always being
in Juneau to support the lobbying efforts and
being ever present at the State Convention.
He has actively been involved in statewide and
local politics where he was a former 2-term
Borough Assemblyman and has sat on about
every local government committee imaginable.
He currently also sits on the Ketchikan
CHARR board which puts on a $100,000 prize
ladder Salmon Derby, initiated the New Year’s
Eve Cab Ride program in the State, donates
tens of thousands of dollars to local community
efforts and is a Pull tab operator for the
Ketchikan CHARR Educational Fund that give
scholarships to High School Seniors. This is a
vote for a dedicated industry voice! Thank you.
JUNEAU/LYNN CANAL - PAUL THOMAS
Alaska Cache Liquor, Juneau/Lynn
Canal
I am proud to have served on the CHARR
Statewide Board of Directors as your Chairman
since September of 2018 and as your
Vice Chair for six terms before that. I have
been a business owner and operator in the
industry for over 20 years myself, but I also
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I believe the work CHARR does is extremely
important to the current and future state of
our industry. We have faced many new unforeseen
challenges in the last six months with the
current worldwide pandemic impacting our industry
heavily. I believe CHARR has been able
to move with these changes to support our
members with tools and information critical to
your businesses. CHARR has also made many
organizational and functional changes over
the last couple of years that I am proud to have
been a part of. I am proud of the work I have
done as a previous Chair and now member of
the Government Affairs Committee (GAC) and
as an industry stakeholder working on the numerous
legislative bills affecting our industry
and to revise Title IV.
Our great State and industry are facing an
uncertain economic future and challenges
from health mandates, virus response, tourism
changes, and changing rules and regulations,
just to name a few! Our industry
needs to continue to stay united and working
together to support and build our industry
while protecting our livelihood that we
have worked so hard to build. I am eager to
continue my work on the Board in the face of
these ongoing challenges. I thrive on these
challenges and have demonstrated my commitment,
passion, and ability to fight for our
industry in my position as Chairman of the
Board. Please consider giving me your vote
and giving me the opportunity to again support
you in the immediate and long-term priorities
for our industry.
MAKE YOUR
VOICE HEARD!