Pete Hallgren, Mayor

PO Box 1625
Delta Junction, AK 99737
895-5532

Pete moved to Alaska in 1971, served the City & Borough of Sitka for 20 years as borough attorney, assembly member, and mayor. After a 28-year career as an attorney, he and his family moved to Delta Junction in 1999 to serve the City as Director of the Local Redevelopment Authority under BRAC '95 and re-establish the position of Municipal Administrator. Pete retired in July 2007 after eight eventful years as Administrator for the City of Delta Junction. An Alaska local government nerd, Pete is proud to have been an involved witness to the economic re-birth of Delta as a vibrant community through construction of Pogo Mine, Federal retention of Fort Greely, and construction of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense. Pete's City administrative duties included oversight of planning, construction, and major upgrade of City facilities including the new landfill, new library, new fire and ambulance buildings, new television transmitters, indoor hockey facilities, new fire trucks, ambulances, and reconstruction of the airport runway.

The Hallgren family attends the Delta Christian Center Church and they are members of a number of local organizations. Pete is a racecar enthusiast and also enjoys four-wheeling, hunting, camping, and cutting firewood.

PO Box 766
Delta Junction, AK 99737
(310)804-0412

Council Representative:
LEPC, Rescue Squad
Fire Department


Seat E
(2012-2015)

Dawn was elected to the City Council in 2008, 2009, and 2012 and will serve a three-year term through October 2015. She was elected Mayor Pro tem on October 9, 2012 and will serve at the pleasure of the City Council for the one-year term. 

Dawn and her family have resided in Delta since 1981. A home-schooling mother of four grown children, she has been active in many local organizations, including the Deltana Fair, the Delta Skating and Hockey Association, her church, and the Delta Youth Court. Dawn retired from teaching preschool after 15 years. She is the supervisor for Big Delta Weather Station at Allen Army Airfield, where she has been employed since 1996. She serves as a commissioner on Serve Alaska, the Alaska Community Service Commission, having been appointed by the governor in 2006. In her free time, Dawn enjoys quilting, scrap booking, traveling, and her family.

PO Box 322
Delta Junction, AK 99737
895-4434

Council Representative:
Cemetery, Library

Seat A
(2012-2015)

Mary was elected to the City Council in 1982 and served until 1991. She was again elected in 1997and every three-year term thereafter through 2012. She did not run in 2012, but was elected by the voters of the area as a write-in. Her current term will end in 2015. She served as Mayor Pro tem (1989/1990 and 1998/2006) and as Mayor (1985/1989 and August 2006/October 2012)

PO Box 803
Delta Junction, AK 99737
895-4847

Council Representative:
Airport

Seat B
(2007-2013)

JW was appointed to serve on the City Council on August 15, 2006, was elected to a one-year term on October 3, 2006, and re-elected to three-year terms on October 2, 2007 and again on October 5, 2010.

Sebastian has lived in the Delta area his entire life, and has lived inside the city limits since 1990, except for a few years while attending UAF. He works in the family business, which provides land surveying throughout Interior Alaska. He is an avid amateur photographer who enjoys the outdoors. Sebastian is excited to serve and participate in the local city government.

Sherman came to Alaska in 2003 to work at the Missile Defense at Ft. Greely.  He had fifteen years serving the U.S. Army, four years of that with the State of Alaska Army Guard. He completed two tours in the Middle East and one with the State of Alaska.  Sherman is a small business owner, specializing in repair of small engines and ATVs. He enjoys working in the greenhouse, canoeing, fishing, and traveling with his wife, Rachelle.

PO Box 31530
Fort Greely, AK 99731
(907)388-6037

Council Representative:
Public Health & Safety
Community Outreach
LEPC

Seat F
(2012-2013)

Lonny was appointed to the City Council on December 11, 2012 and will serve until the next regular election on October 1, 2013. Lonny and his family have lived in Delta Junction for the past two years and he is a father of three. He retired from the U.S. Army in 1996, is employed as the Chief of the Plans, Analysis and Integration Office, the Strategic Planner for Fort Greely and is trained in FEMA emergency preparedness. Lonny also volunteers with the Delta Rescue Squad and the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC).