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Fran Ulmer was born on 1 February, 1947 in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S., is an American politician. Discover Fran Ulmer's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?

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Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 1 February 1947
Birthday 1 February
Birthplace Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Her husband is Bill Council (m. 1977-2013)

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1947

Frances Ann "Fran" Ulmer (born February 1, 1947) is an American administrator and Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Alaska.

1973

Ulmer first began working in Alaska in 1973 as a lawyer at the Legislative Affairs Agency in Juneau, Alaska.

1975

Ulmer worked as a legislative assistant for Jay Hammond, the Republican governor of Alaska from 1975 through 1977.

1977

In 1977, she married attorney Bill Council.

They had two children.

1981

He appointed her Director of Policy Development and Planning that year, a role she held until 1981.

She served on Juneau's Planning and Zoning Commission from 1981 to 1983.

1983

She served as mayor of Juneau from 1983 to 1985 and was in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1987 to 1994 as a Democrat, where she sponsored and won approval of legislation concerning criminal justice, education, public administration, health, and transportation.

1993

From 1993 to 1994 she served as the house minority leader.

1994

She served as the seventh lieutenant governor of Alaska from 1994 to 2002 under Governor Tony Knowles, becoming the first woman elected to statewide office in Alaska, and lost the 2002 gubernatorial election against Republican Frank Murkowski.

In 1994 she won the open primary for the nomination for lieutenant governor.

She was elected to two four-year terms on the Democratic ticket, along with Governor Tony Knowles.

In that post, she became a nationally recognized leader in election reform and making government more efficient and accessible through telecommunications.

During her tenure, Alaska became the first state to replace the punched card system with a statewide optical scanning ballot counting system.

2002

In 2002, she won the nomination of the Democratic party for the office of governor.

She lost the election to the Republican candidate, U.S. Senator Frank Murkowski.

2003

In 2003, Fran was a fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics in Cambridge, MA. In 2004, she accepted a teaching job at the University of Alaska, Anchorage.

She served as the Director of the Institute of Economic and Social Research (ISER) at UAA.

2007

In 2007 she became the Chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), before serving as Chair of the United States Arctic Research Commission between 2011 and 2020, appointed by President Barack Obama.

Frances Ann "Fran" Ulmer was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and grew up in Horicon, Wisconsin.

Her parents owned a furniture store and a funeral home in the area.

Her education included a bachelor's degree with a double major in economics and political science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a Juris Doctor cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Law School.

In March 2007, University of Alaska system President Mark R. Hamilton appointed Ulmer interim chancellor for the University of Alaska Anchorage.

2008

In April 2008, she accepted the position of chancellor on a permanent basis.

As chancellor, she was responsible for governing UAA and its eight satellite facilities in Southcentral Alaska.

2010

On January 22, 2010, she announced her intent to resign from the Chancellor's position at UAA, effective 2011.

At the national level, Ulmer served as a member of the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission for ten years, on the Federal Communications Commission’s State and Local Advisory Committee, the Federal Elections Commission's State Advisory Committee, and as co-chair of the Aspen Institute's Arctic Climate Change Commission.

In June 2010, President Barack Obama appointed Ulmer to the seven-member National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling.

The commission was charged with investigating the causes of the explosion and oil spill and recommending changes to prevent future disasters.

2011

In 2011, President Barack Obama appointed Ulmer as chair of the US Arctic Research Commission.

2013

They were married until his death in 2013.

2014

In July 2014, Ulmer was appointed a special advisor to John Kerry, the U.S. Secretary of State, on arctic issues.

She endorsed the building of more icebreakers to allow the United States Coast Guard to better research the arctic.

2018

In 2018, Fran was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Alaska Anchorage.

2019

She served on the boards of the Alaska Nature Conservancy, the CIRI Foundation, Commonwealth North, the National Parks Conservation Association, the Union of Concerned Scientists, and she currently chairs the global board of The Nature Conservancy (2019-present).

2020

On July 28, 2020, President Trump appointed Jon Harrison to serve as the Chair of the Arctic Research Commission.

On November 10, 2020, Randy "Church" Kee, a retired major general of the United States Air Force, was appointed to the position previously assigned to Ulmer.

In 2021 she was appointed as one of the additional campaign co-chairs for former Independent governor Bill Walker's gubernatorial campaign.