20+ years

Professional Highlights

Legislative Director to Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy, responsible for leading the administration's legislative and public policy agenda

Infrastructure Investment Coordinator, managing Alaska's implementation of the $1.2 trillion federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)

AVP Government Relations for the University of Alaska, managing federal, state, and local affairs

VP External Affairs & Government Relations for the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation

State Director for U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski and policy advisor in her Washington D.C office

Senior budget and appropriations staff for the Alaska Senate Finance Committee

Chief of Staff to State Senator Bert Stedman

Six-Sigma Black Belt at NBC Entertainment

National Director of Sales and Marketing at Sony-BMG Music

U.S. Marine Corps logistics officer

Research partner with the Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) at UAF's International Arctic Research Center

Adjunct Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Alaska Anchorage, College of Business and Public Policy

B.S. in Ocean Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and an MBA from UCLA's Anderson School of Management

Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps Officer and U.S. Naval Academy graduate
State Director, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski
Legislative Director, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy
Senior Budget and Appropriations Staff, Senate Finance Committee
VP External Affairs, Alaska Gasline Development Corporation
VP Government Relations, University of Alaska System
Six Sigma Blackbelt, NBC Entertainment
Director of Sales & Marketing, Sony/BMG Music
Research partner, Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) at UAF's International Arctic Research Center
Adjunct Professor of Strategic Management , University of Alaska Anchorage, College of Business and Public Policy

Miles Baker is a second-generation Alaskan with 20+ years of experience in public policy, government relations, and strategic communications in the state. He has held leadership roles in the executive, legislative and congressional branches of government, and managed complex policy initiatives through a range of public and legislative processes. He is founder and Managing Principal of Miles Baker Alaska, a Juneau and Anchorage based lobbying and strategic consulting firm.

He was State Director for U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, Legislative Director for Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy, VP Government Relations for the University of Alaska System, VP External Affairs for the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation, and a senior budget and appropriations staffer to the Alaska State Senate.

Miles was an entertainment executive in Los Angeles, a Six-Sigma Black Belt at NBC Entertainment, and National Director of Sales and Marketing with Sony-BMG's classical and jazz division. He began his media career in artist development at Island Records and Arista Records.

A former U.S. Marine Corps Captain, Miles holds a BS in Ocean Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and MBA from UCLA's Anderson School of Management.