RCA Congratulates Commissioner Norman Rokeberg for His Retirement and Welcomes
Back Commissioner Paul F. Lisankie.
On December 29, 2017, Commissioner Norman Rokeberg announced his
retirement after 17 years of service with the State of Alaska. Commissioner Rokeberg
served five years of his six-year term as a commissioner. Effective February 1, 2018,
former Commissioner Paul F. Lisankie will assume the remainder of Commissioner
Rokeberg's term, which expires March 2019.
Commissioner Lisankie previously served as an RCA commissioner from 2009 to 2015.
Born in New York City, Commissioner Lisankie settled in Alaska in 1982 after his
discharge from active duty as a Lieutenant in the U. S. Coast Guard. He holds a B.A.
Degree in Economics conferred with honors and departmental distinction by Rutgers
University and a J.D. Degree in Law from Duke University. He is a member of Omicron
Delta Epsilon international honor society in economics.
Commissioner Lisankie was admitted to practice law in Alaska in 1985 and focused on
administrative law. As staff counsel for the non-profit Alaska Consumer Advocacy
Program he represented consumers before the former Alaska Public Utilities
Commission. Commissioner Lisankie has over twenty years of state service in the
Department of Law as an Assistant Attorney General and the Department of Labor and
Workforce Development as a Hearing Officer, Chief of Adjudications, and finally Director
of the Division of Workers’ Compensation.
Between 1987 and 1989 Commissioner Lisankie served on the Board of Directors of
Chugach Electric Association, Inc. He has lived in Kodiak, Juneau, and Anchorage. He
was first appointed to the Commission by Governor Sarah Palin on March 2, 2009.
Date Issued: 2/1/2018