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Douglas W. Isaacson
Mayor
Term: 10/06 - 10/2009
1003 Shirley Turnaround
North Pole, Alaska 99705
Work Phone: 488-8584

Work Fax: 488-3002
Email: Mayor@NorthPoleAlaska.com

Douglas W. Isaacson, (Doug Isaacson), was elected mayor of North Pole, Alaska in October, 2006. Mayor Isaacson is also President of Gold Coast Mortgage, a mortgage company located in nearby Fairbanks, Alaska. He is also the father of five children.

Born and raised in Edmonds, Washington, Mayor Isaacson first came to Alaska as a temporary duty (TDY) assignment with the US Air Force in 1977, the same year the Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline was put into production and the first year North Pole crowned a King and Queen during its Winter Festival (the Royalty was Charlie and Catherine Fulton). Two years later, in April 1979, he was transferred to the now defunct 6985th ESC Squadron and served there until his honorable discharge in December 1981.

Mayor Isaacson earned a B.A. in Linguistics from the University of Washington, Seattle, in 1984, and Masters of Divinity from Western Seminary, Portland OR, in 1989. He has been active in business and politics in Alaska since 1991. Among his numerous involvements, he most recently served six years on the North Pole City Council (2000-2006), was President of the Alaska Association of Mortgage Brokers (2005-2006), was a delegate to the 2004 Republican National Convention, chaired the Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Committee from 1996 until it was successfully merged with the Fairbanks Industrial Development Corp (FIDC), creating the Fairbanks Economic Development Corporation (FEDC) in 2003. He was also the founding Chair of the International Credit Association, Fairbanks (ICA), served on the Member Advisory Committee for the local electric cooperative, Golden Valley Electric Association (GVEA), currently serves on the board of P.A.L.M. (Priscilla Acquilla Lighthouse Ministries), a local non-profit agency.