Electrical engineer Keith Confer of AMC Engineers, who has designed a variety of electrical systems for facilities throughout Alaska, has passed his professional engineer's exam. Confer is a registered communications distribution designer and is certified by the International Association of Electrical Inspectors as an electrical inspector. Confer received two regional 2005 International Illumination Design Awards of Merit and two sectional 2005 Illumination Design Awards from the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America for lighting design at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport and the Consortium Library for the University of Alaska Anchorage and Alaska Pacific University.

URS has announced the addition of Donald Clark, MS, PE, as a project civil engineer at its Anchorage office. Clark was formerly a senior civil engineer for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection in Sacramento and has more than 18 years of civil engineering experience. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in civil engineering and teaches reinforced concrete design at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

Joel Klenck has been promoted to vice president, ship assist and escort services, a part of Crowley Maritime Corp's marine services segment. Klenck will have overall responsibility for managing the company's growing tug services business from Southern California to Alaska. In his new position, Klenck will relocate from Jacksonville, Fla., to Seattle and will report to John Douglass, senior vice president and general manager of Crowley's marine services segment. Klenck began his career with Crowley as a marketing analyst for the company's Puerto Rico and Caribbean liner services group in February 1999.

Carrissa Sanchez of the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, is now listed in the U.S. Public Health Service's Nursing Professional Advisory Council nurse mentoring resource directory. Sanchez is the manager of contract health case management for the consortium, and a lieutenant commander in the Public Health Service's commissioned corps. The program helps educate younger nurses and helps them develop their careers.

Sen. Bettye Davis, D-Anchorage, has begun work as a team leader from Alaska with the National Foundation for Women Legislators on better consumer protection and business practices. Davis and team leaders from other states are dealing with issues ranging from tax reform aned immigration to counterfeiting and fraud. As a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, NFWL does not take ideological positions on public policy issues, but rather serves as a forum for woman legislators to be empowered through information and experience. Davis also was recently elected as the 2006 Alaska state director with Women In Government at the Western Regional Conference in Colorado Springs, Colo. State directors assist in setting policy initiatives through member recruitment and policy development. Women In Government is a nonprofit, bipartisan organization of women state legislators providing leadership opportunities, networking, expert forums and educational resources to address and resolve complex public policy issues.