Joe Gerace has been confirmed as Anchorage Health Department director, after an Anchorage Assembly 2-hour executive session that lasted from 10:30 am to 1 pm on Friday, which focused on an anonymous allegation from a person who used to work with Gerace. The allegation was made at the last minute on Tuesday, prior to when he was originally scheduled to be up for confirmation.
Today’s vote was 7-3. Assembly members Austin Quinn-Davidson, Suzanne LaFrance, and Felix Rivera voted against Gerace. Member Meg Zaletel recused herself because of her new job as the director of the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness.
