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Alaska Department of Natural Resources
Division of Mining, Land and Water

Survey Staff

Staff - Leadership Team

Gwen Gervelis, PLS

Land Survey Manager 2
Chief, Survey Section
(907) 269-8516
Email
Survey Section Manager
  • Survey Section Policy
  • Legislation
  • Survey Waivers
Kevin Bow, PLS, CFedS

Land Survey Manager 1
Deputy Chief, Survey Section
(907) 269-8517
Email
Unit Manager
  • Land Disposal Surveys
    & Survey Contracting Unit
  • Special Projects
Stan Brown, PLS, CFedS

Land Surveyor 2
Unorganized Borough Platting Officer
(907) 269-8521
Email
Unit Manager
  • Unorganized Borough Platting
    & Easements Unit
  • PA Survey Reviews
  • As-Built Reviews
  • Easement Vacation Reviews
  • Survey Instructions
Brian Raynes, PLS, CFedS

Land Surveyor 2
Coastal & Riparian Boundary Supervisor
(907) 269-8519
Email
Unit Manager
  • Coastal & Riparian Boundary Unit
  • Riparian Boundaries Issues
  • Accretions & Quiet Title Actions
Elizabeth Anderson, PLS, CFedS

Land Surveyor 2
Statewide Platting Supervisor
(907) 269-6792
Email
Unit Manager
  • Statewide Platting Unit
  • Survey Determinations
  • Survey Instructions
  • Plat Reviews
  • BLM 2009 Accelerated Conveyance Program
Vacant

Natural Resource Technician 2
(907) 269-8523
Email
Survey Section Technical
& Administrative Support
  • Case File Management, Project Research & Electronic Imaging
  • LAS Category 300 Survey Tracking & Monitoring
  • Final Plat Processing

Staff - Land Disposal Surveys & Survey Contracting Unit

Kevin Bow, PLS, CFedS

Land Survey Manager 1
Deputy Chief, Survey Section
(907) 269-8517
Email
Unit Manager
  • Land Disposal Surveys
    & Survey Contracting Unit
  • Special Projects
Ryan Quigley, PLS, CFedS

Land Surveyor 2
(907) 269-5264
Email
  • Subdivision Surveys Program Manager
  • Survey Instructions, Cost Estimates & RFP's
  • Plat Reviews
  • BLM Surveys
  • Legal Descriptions
  • Special Projects
Kimra Widmer, PLS

Land Surveyor 1
(907) 334-2589
Email
  • Land Disposal Surveys
  • Remote Recreational Cabin Sites Project Surveys Manager
  • Contracting Support
  • Survey Instructions, Cost Estimates & RFP's
  • Plat Reviews
Joseph Donohue, PLS

Land Surveyor 1
(907) 269-8610
Email
  • Land Disposal Surveys
  • Subdivision Survey Instructions & Plat Reviews
  • State Platting Resolution
  • In-House Platting
  • EV Support
David Ciampa, PLS

Land Surveyor 2
(907) 458-6795
Email -->
  • Project Development Team Lead
  • Land Disposal Surveys
  • Subdivision Survey Instructions & Plat Reviews
  • Field Survey Party Chief
  • Northern Region Office Support
Sam Naramore

Land Survey Specialist 1
(907) 269-8515
Email
  • Land Disposal Surveys
  • Field Survey Party Chief
  • Trail & Right-Of-Way Surveys
  • Resource Grade GPS Support
  • Remote Recreational Cabin Sites
  • Training Coordinator
Amy Helkenn

Land Survey Specialist 1
(907) 269-8540
Email
  • Land Disposal Contracting Support
  • Project Monitoring and Tracking
  • Maintains Contract Database
  • Contract Documents
  • Plat Reviews

Staff - Unorganized Borough Platting & Easement's Unit

Stan Brown, PLS, CFedS

Land Surveyor 2
Unorganized Borough Platting Officer
(907) 269-8521
Email
Unit Manager
  • Unorganized Borough Platting
    & Easements Unit
  • PA Survey Reviews
  • As-Built Reviews
  • Easement Vacation Reviews
  • Survey Instructions
Amy S. Orange-Posma, PLS, CFedS

Land Surveyor 1
(907) 269-8524
Email at amy.orange-posma@alaska.gov
  • Unorganized Borough Platting
  • As-Built Survey Reviews
  • Pipeline Right-Of-Way
Victoria Braun

Natural Resource Specialist 2
(907) 375-7733
Email
  • Easement Vacation Decisions
  • Easement Vacation Application Process

Staff - Coastal & Riparian Boundary Unit

Brian Raynes, PLS, CFedS

Land Surveyor 2
Coastal & Riparian Boundary Supervisor
(907) 269-8519
Email
Unit Manager
  • Coastal & Riparian Boundary Unit
  • Riparian Boundaries Issues
  • Accretions & Quiet Title Actions
Vailferree Brechtel, PLS

Land Surveyor 1
(907) 269-6481
Email
  • Coastal Boundary
  • State Survey GIS
  • Oil & Gas Legal Description Review
  • State Plat Review
  • Alaska Cadastral Project & GIS Support
Randy Guintu

Land Survey Specialist 1
(907) 334-0847
Email
  • GIS Survey Database
  • Riparian Boundary Issues
  • Accretions & Quiet Title Actions

Staff - Statewide Platting Unit

Elizabeth Anderson, PLS, CFedS

Land Surveyor 2
Statewide Platting Supervisor
(907) 269-6792
Email
Unit Manager
  • Statewide Platting Unit
  • Survey Determinations
  • Survey Instructions
  • Plat Reviews
Brett Wilmot, PLS

Land Surveyor 1
(907) 269-8605
Email
  • Survey Instructions
  • Plat Reviews
  • Survey Determinations
Benjamin Cohen

Land Survey Specialist
(907) 269-5652
Email
  • Survey Instructions
  • Plat Reviews
  • Survey Determinations

Staff - Geodetic Survey Unit

Peter Flint, PLS

Land Surveyor 2
Geodetic Survey Supervisor
(907) 269-8522
Email
Unit Manager
  • Implementation of the Alaska Continuously Operating Reference Network (ACORN)
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