Ethan Berkowitz

Ethan Berkowitz
Mayor of Anchorage
In office July 1, 2015 – October 23, 2020
Preceded by	Dan Sullivan
Succeeded by	Austin Quinn-Davidson (acting)
Minority Leader of the Alaska House of Representatives
In office 1999–2006
Preceded by	Gene Kubina
Succeeded by	Beth Kerttula
Member of the Alaska House of Representatives
In office 1997–2007
Preceded by	Cynthia Toohey
Succeeded by	Lindsey Holmes
Constituency	26th district (2003–2007) 13th district (1997–2003)
Personal details
Born	Ethan Avram Berkowitz (1962-02-04) February 4, 1962 (age 62) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Mara Kimmel
Children	2
Education	Harvard University (AB) University of Cambridge (MPhil) University of California, Hastings (JD)

Ethan Avram Berkowitz (born February 4, 1962) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician from Alaska. From 1997 to 2007 he was the Alaska State Representative for District 26, serving as the Democratic Party Minority Leader from 1999 to 2007. He was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in 2006, for Alaska's at-large congressional district in 2008, and for governor in 2010. He was elected mayor of Anchorage in 2015, and reelected in 2018.^[1] Berkowitz resigned as mayor of Anchorage in October 2020 after admitting to being in a "consensual, inappropriate messaging relationship" with a reporter.^[2][3][4]