Suicide Prevention Council

logo and head Council Members

If you would like to reach any of the SSPC Council Members, please contact Kate Burkhart.

  • William Martin, Chair, Alaska Federation of Natives — Juneau
  • Meghan Crow, Vice-Chair, LCSW, Secondary schools — Bethel
  • Christine Moses, Officer at-Large, Rural Member off the road system — Bethel
  • Melissa Stone,  Recorder/Treasurer, DHSS — Anchorage
  • Barbara Jean Franks, Suicide Loss Survivor  — Anchorage
  • Phyllis Carlson, Education and Early Development — Juneau
  • Brenda Moore, Alaska Mental Health Board — Anchorage
  • Anna Sappah, ABADA — Anchorage
  • Teressa Baldwin, Youth Member — Sitka
  • Alana Humphrey, Statewide youth organization — Anchorage
  • Sharon Norton, MSN, RN, Public — Homer
  • Pastor Lowell W. Sage Jr., Clergy — Kivalina
  • Senator Johnny Ellis — Anchorage
  • Senator Fred Dyson — Eagle River
  • Representative Anna Fairclough — Eagle River
  • Representative  Berta Gardner — Anchorage

Suicide Prevention Council Coordinators

  • Eric Morrison, Assistant
    431 North Franklin Street, Suite 200
    Juneau, Alaska 99801
    Office: 907-465-6518
    Toll free: 1-888-464-8920
    Fax: 907-465-4410

  • J. Kate Burkhart, Executive Director
     431 North Franklin Street, Suite 200
    Juneau, Alaska 99801
    Office: 907-465-6518
    Toll free: 1-888-464-8920
    Fax: 907-465-4410