Jim McHale

Jim McHale, a semi-retired consultant providing professional, technical and emergency management services to U.S. and foreign governmental agencies, local communities, the cruise ship, commercial fishing and oil industries. He is a Vietnam Veteran and has over 35 years' experience working in various management capacities with Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Alaska Clean Seas, SEACOR Environmental Services International and British Petroleum among others. With undergraduate studies in Business Administration, Jim has participated in national and international studies on contingency planning, prevention and response strategies and is published nationally and internationally in conference proceedings, magazines and journals. In addition to serving as President of the Board of Directors for Central Peninsula General Hospital, Jim also serves as Vice Chair of the Cook Inlet Citizens Advisory Council’s Prevention, Response, Operations and Safety Committee, Commander of the Kenai Peninsula Chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart and as a member of the Kenai Peninsula College Advisory Council. Jim and his wife Marian enjoy life on the Kenai River in the Funny River area.

Jim as President of the board attends all board committee meetings as a non voting member.