Being sworn in to my sixth term of office in the Alaska State House of Representatives.
Personal Biography
- DOB: August 2, 1958 (Waukegan, Illinois)
- Family: Married 2001-2009 to Tatiana Borisovna Greengar (immigrated from Moscow, Russia, 1994)
- Alaska resident 51 years (1963 - present)
- Current residence: Wasilla, Alaska - Kohring Subdivision (1976 - present)
- Education: B.A. (Management Science), M.B.A., Alaska Pacific University (Anchorage, Alaska); student body chair/president (1987-1988)
- Member, City of Wasilla Planning & Utilities Commission (1991-1994); chairman; appointed by Mayor John C. Stein to 2 terms
- Member, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Board of Directors (1991-1994); first/second vice chairman; appointed by Governor Walter J. Hickel to 2 terms
- State legislator - Alaska House of Representatives (1995-2007); elected to 7 consecutive terms, representing the City of Wasilla, portions of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and Chugiak/Peters Creek
- Chairman, Oil & Gas Committee, Alaska Legislature (2003-2007); chairman, House Transportation Committee (2001-2003); chairman, House Finance Budget Subcommittee for the Departments of Commerce & Economic Development, Law, Community & Regional Affairs, Education, Administration, Environmental Conservation and Natural Resources (between 1995 and 1999)
- Established Kohring Enterprises in 2012; founder of the legal advocacy Seeking Truth & Justice in 2007; former real estate development consultant and previously employed in construction contracting; writer/author
- Life member, National Rifle Association; member, Greater Wasilla Chamber of Commerce, Iditarod Trail Committee; former member, U.S. Energy Council, Dallas, Texas
More background information is available on the Alaska Division of Elections website at http://www.elections.alaska.gov/doc/oep/2014/cs/Vic_Kohring_USSenate.pdf
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