AEDC History
AEDC Formed
June 2, 1987Read more
FedEx Arrives at Airport
1988Read more
AEDC - Public to Private
January 1989Read more
Alyeska Resort Expansion
1991Read more
Buy Alaska Launch
1992Read more
Ship Creek Redevelopment
1992Read more
Air Passenger Service Incentive
1993Read more
Buy Alaska Success
1995Read more
New Business Incentive Program
1996Read more
Top of the World Cargo Summit
1997Read more
Vision Anchorage
2001Read more
Economic Forecast Luncheon
January 2002Read more
Federal Cool Supply Chain Demonstration Project Grant
2003Read more
Dena'ina Convention Center Project
2004Read more
Foreign Trade Project
2004Read more
Alaska Workforce Development Conference
2005Read more
19 Years of Job Growth
January 2007Read more
Anchorage Big Wild Life™
2007Read more
Anchorage Comprehensive Econ. Devel. Strategy
2007Read more
Alaska Film Production Incentive Program
June 2008Read more
Three-Year Outlook Launch
July 2008Read more
Anchorage Prospector Launch
October 2008Read more
Anchorage Business Confidence Index Launch
February 2009Read more
Heart of Anchorage Dena'ina Award
March 2009Read more
Rungis Express
2009Read more
Live. Work. Play.
2010Read more
Anchorage First Launch
2010Read more
Live. Work. Play. Grows
2011Read more
FexEx Growth
2012Read more
For the Love of Anchorage
2012Read more
AEDC Celebrates 25 Years
June 2, 2012Read more
Alaska Entrepreneurship Week Launch
July 2013Read more
Alaska Innovator Launch
July 2013Read more
KivaZip
2013Read more
Mt. View & Fairview Economic Development
2013Read more
IEDC Selects Anchorage For 2015
October 2013Read more
BRE Survey Launch
April 2014Read more
Air Cargo Development Study
October 2014Read more
AEDC Past Board Chairs and President/CEOs
Gerald Grilly
Board Chair1988
G. Wilson Hughes
Board Chair1989
Ronald Duncan
Board Chair1990-1991
Tennys Owens
Board Chair1992
Michael Stone
Board Chair1993
Mary Hughes
Board Chair1994
Max Lowe
Board Chair1995
Michael Brady
Board Chair1996
Ernest Hall
Board Chair1997
B. John Shipe
Board Chair1998
Melvin Nichols
Board Chair1999
James Gorski
Board Chair2001
Gene O'Hara
Board Chair2002
Kathleen Porterfield
Board Chair2003
Larry Cash
Board Chair2004
Edward Lamb
Board Chair2005
John Parrott
Board Chair2006
Sophie Minich
Board Chair2007
Bill Popp
President & CEO2007-Present
Brian Nerland
Board Chair2008
Dennis Mitchell
Board Chair2009
Lon Wilson
Board Chair2010
Chris Brown
Board Chair2011
Greg Pearce
Board Chair2012
Joe Everhart
Board Chair2013
Timothy Vig
Board Chair2014
Mike Prozeralik
Board Chair2015
Jim Hasle
Board Chair2016
Marilyn Romano
Board Chair2017
Raquel Edelen
Board Chair2018
Lynn Rust Henderson
Board Chair2019-2020
Mike Huston
Board Chair2021