Forrest Dunbar
Senator · State senate · Alaska · District J
Democratic
Biography
Forrest Dunbar is a state senator and a major in the Army Guard. His career includes service on the Anchorage Assembly, where he was a two-time Chair. He formerly served as the Vice President of the Scenic Foothills Community Council, as an attorney at the Office of Public Advocacy, and as a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer in Kazakhstan. He also served as a wildland firefighter with the Northstars. His professional background includes working as an attorney at Chugach Government Solutions and briefly at Stoel Rives LLP, prior to full-time military service. In his youth, he worked as a commercial fisherman, in canneries, and at Fred Meyer. He is a lifelong resident of Alaska and has lived in Eagle, Cordova, and Anchorage.
On the record
- Education
- Cordova High School; American University; Harvard Kennedy School; Yale Law School; Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School
- Profession
- State Senator; Major, Army Guard; Attorney; Commercial fisherman; Cannery worker; Retail worker; Wildland firefighter
- Born
- 1984-09-19
- Family
- Married.
Contact
- Capitol office
- State Capitol Room 125, 120 4th St., Juneau, AK 99801 · 907-465-6944
- Phone
- 907-465-6944
- senator.forrest.dunbar@akleg.gov