Suzanne Little has worked extensively in partnership with Alaska Native Tribes who live in intrinsic connection with remote lands across the state. She is currently staff to the 38-Tribe Bering Sea Interior Tribal Commission. Her work aims to ensure that local voices are represented and heard in land use decisions, including policy considerations relating to the conservation or development of Alaska's rugged and pristine landscapes and traditional lands for centuries of Alaska Native Peoples. Based in Anchorage, she brings policy development, strategic and land use planning, and nonprofit management experience to her work. Little served as an elected representative on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly and in the Alaska State Senate for one term each.

Little was voted the most effective new state legislator and led the effort to rewrite Alaska's Open Meetings Act, championing public involvement and local control for land use decisions. She holds a bachelor's degree in environmental planning and landscape architecture from the University of California, Davis, and currently serves on the steering committee of Alaska Women Ascend.

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Website - https://www.akwomenascend.org