President Hamilton is the 12th President of the University of Alaska.

Fran Ulmer is the Chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage, bringing to this position 30 years of experience of public policy in Alaska. Previously, she was a fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Public Policy at the Institute of Social and Economic Research. In the early 1980s, Fran was the Mayor of Juneau, then a member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1986-1994) and in 1994, Fran became the first female Lieutenant Governor of Alaska. In that year, she was appointed to the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission by President Bill Clinton and served on this international board for 11 years. Fran has participated in numerous panels, task forces, commissions and forums as a speaker, moderator and panelist to address the intersection of science, economics, politics and policy. Fran currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association, the Advisory Board of the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Alaska Nature Conservancy Board. Fran has a BA in political science and economics and a Law Degree from the University of Wisconsin.

University of Alaska President Mark Hamilton named Brian Rogers permanent chancellor of UAF in May 2009. Rogers had served as interim chancellor since July 2008.

A longtime Fairbanks resident and state leader, Rogers served for seven years as the UA system's finance vice president, four years in the Alaska State House and eight years as a member of the UA Board of Regents, with three of those years as chair. A former UAF student, he attended Trinity College and Brown University before receiving his master's degree in public administration from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

In 1996 Rogers formed one of Alaska's leading economic and public policy consulting firms, Information Insights, serving as principal consultant and chief financial officer.

Rogers, 58, is married to UAF alumna Sherry Modrow. They have two grown sons, including one UAF graduate. Rogers is a member of numerous community organizations including the Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce, the Fairbanks Downtown Rotary and many others.

John Pugh was appointed Chancellor of the

on August 2, 1999 by University of Alaska President Mark Hamilton.

Chancellor Pugh had served as Dean of Faculty at UAS since 1987. In that position he supervised all UAS instructional programs and faculty. He came to the university after a 15 year career with the State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services. He served as the Commissioner of the department from 1983-1986.

Chancellor Pugh's educational background is in philosophy and social work. He is a former captain in the U.S. Air Force and served three years at the Elmendorf Air Force Base Hospital in Anchorage.

John Pugh is active in community service organizations such as Rotary International. He also serves as a board member of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory and is a trustee on the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority.

Beth Behner is the Chief Human Resources Officer for the University of Alaska.  With over 20 years of experience in human resources, she joined UA's Statewide HR staff in 2001 as a Senior Labor Relations Coordinator.  Beth served as the director of UA's Labor and Employee Relations office from 2002 to 2006 and acted as chief spokesperson for the University's bargaining teams during that time.  Beth was appointed as the University's Chief HR Officer in March, 2006.  In her role as CHRO, Beth works on employment related policy and regulations and oversees Statewide HR units including Labor and Employee Relations, Compensation and Classification, HR Operations, Training and Development and Benefits.  She chairs UA's systemwide HR Council, and participates as a member of the Joint Health Care Committee, the Collective Bargaining Advisory Committee and the Business Council.  Beth received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Anthropology and has a law degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.  She is a member of the Alaska Bar Association and is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources.

Roger Brunner joined the University of Alaska as Vice President/General Counsel in March of 2005. He graduated from Michigan State University with a B.S. degree in Computer Science in 1972. Brunner received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Notre Dame, after studying at the South Bend campus, plus the London, England campus and at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan. Admitted to the Alaska Bar in 1976, Brunner was in private practice in Fairbanks in a large firm for ten years and then in solo practice until becoming General Counsel. Brunner is admitted to practice in the state courts, the Federal District Court of the State of Alaska, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. He has served on the Alaska Bar Association Fee Arbitration Executive Committee for years. Readers of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner voted Brunner the "Best Attorney in Fairbanks" in 2003. Brunner won the Alaska Bar Association's Professionalism Award in 1999.

Daniel J. Julius is the Vice President for Academic Affairs for the University of Alaska and Professor in the College of Management, University of Alaska, Fairbanks. He arrived in 2007 and brings over thirty years of experience in academic and research administration. Most recently he served as Provost, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor at Benedictine Universitv in Illinois: Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor at the University of San Francisco; Assistant Vice Chancellor for Faculty and Staff Relations for the Califomia State University System; Director of Personnel Services for the Vermont State College System; and Director of the Center for Higher Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. He is a past president of the College and University Personnel Association and the Academy of Academic Personnel Administrators and has also been a Visiting Scholar or adjunct faculty member at the University of New Hampshire, University of California, University of Toronto, Stanford University, University of Hawaii, the International Labor Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, the Sorbonne in France, the Universidad Catolica San Antonio in Spain, Shanghai University and Shenyang University of Technology in the Peoples Republic of China. Dr. Julius has written or co-authored approximately seventy articles and six books and is a recipient of Fulbright and Kellogg Fellowships and has served on or led approximately ten accreditation teams. He holds an undergraduate degree in Humanities from The Ohio State University. His graduate and post graduate work in organizational behavior, industrial labor relations, and higher education was completed at Columbia and Stanford Universities.

Wendy Redman, vice president for university relations, came to Alaska in 1972 and went to work as a secretary in UAF's then-combined School of Biology, Wildlife, Fisheries, Agriculture, Land Resource Management, Math, Engineering & Physical Sciences. Within four years she was promoted to Assistant to the Chancellor for a newly created Community College, Rural Education, & Cooperative Extension unit. She made her first appearance before the Legislature on behalf of University of Alaska in 1977 and has been the university system's chief advocate in Juneau ever since. In 1980 she became the Assistant to the Chancellor of the UAF campus, and in 1982 moved to Statewide Administration. In 1983 she was named Vice President for University Relations with responsibility for public affairs, state and federal relations, development, and corporate programs. With her background in community college education and continuing involvement with workforce development, Redman continues to provide statewide representation, perspective and leadership for the career and technical education programs. Redman represents the University on the Alaska Human Resource Investment Council, and on the Workforce Investment Board representing Rural Alaska job training programs. Redman did her undergraduate work at the University of Washington and completed her master's degree in public policy at Harvard University.

Steve Smith is the Chief Information Technology Officer (CITO)for the University of Alaska. He has over thirty years experience in all aspects of information technology in higher education. His educational background includes an undergraduate degree with an emphasis in broadcasting and filmmaking from the University of Iowa and a graduate degree in telecommunications from the University of Hawaii. His professional experience includes campus computing, library systems, public broadcasting, distance delivery, and extensive experience in network operations and design including satellite systems to remote areas and high speed Internet2 optical networks. In his role as CITO for the University of Alaska he has worked on policy, regulation, IT investment strategy, and public-private partnerships. He was a founder of the Fairbanks Community Network and is one of three U.S. representatives on the Information Communications Technology Network for the Arctic Council, comprised of the eight arctic nations. He is on the executive board of the Northwest Academic Computing Consortium, Chair of the Pacific Northwest Gigapop Advisory Council, a board member of ResearchChannel, President of the Alaska Telecommunications Users Consortium, and the executive liaison for the University of Alaska for Internet2. His latest major endeavor is consolidating the statewide IT departments with the University of Alaska Fairbanks IT departments.

Joe Trubacz has served as Vice President for Finance and Administration since 2008. He has worked in various leadership and business positions at the university for nearly 20 years.

In his current position, Mr. Trubacz provides leadership for UA’s financial and administrative services departments in according with federal and state statutes, Board of Regents’ Policy, appropriate regulations and solid business practices.

Prior to accepting his current position, Mr. Trubacz served as the system’s Chief Financial Officer; was Interim Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services at UAF; Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance and Business Operations at UAF; and served as Executive Officer for UAF’s School of Engineering. He also was Director of Planning, Analysis and Institutional Research; and was Associate Budget Director for Statewide.

Mr. Trubacz holds a Master of Business Administration from Southern New Hampshire University and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of New Hampshire.

He is married and has three daughters and a son. An avid runner, Mr. Trubacz also coaches high school cross country running and track.