Commissioner Biography

Commissioner-designee Emma Pokon

Emma Pokon joined DEC in February 2020 from the Alaska Department of Law where she most recently served as a Senior Assistant Attorney General assigned to support DEC. In her time with the Department of Law, she worked as a Special Assistant to the Attorney General, and she worked closely with the Department of Natural Resources and the Regulatory Commission of Alaska. Previously, Ms. Pokon represented the North Slope Borough in natural resource and environmental matters, and she served as a law clerk for the Fairbanks Superior Court. She earned a bachelor's degree in history with a minor in chemistry from Hamilton College. She also achieved a JD and a Master of Studies in Environmental Law from Vermont Law School.