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Kimberly “Kim” Johnson

AK · Dillingham City Manager

Kimberly “Kim” Johnson is the Dillingham city manager and a candidate for Alaska State House District 37. Born and raised in Dillingham, she holds a master's degree in public administration and tribal co-management from the University of Alaska Anchorage and has led regional, university, and municipal organizations.

Where Kimberly “Kim” Johnson stands, based on their records

Supports

Environment and Public Health (2 records)

Track record

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 2 support

  • As acting city manager of Dillingham, hired a landfill supervisor and had the fire department supervise a controlled burn in the landfill's wood and cardboard area to reduce overflow onto the road, and disclosed that a solid-waste consultant had detected heavy-metal contamination in wells near the site's metal scrap pile.

    July 18, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: kdlg.org · researched July 31, 2026

  • Became executive director of Nunamta Aulukestai, the Bristol Bay association of village corporations and tribes formed to protect regional lands and waters, and led the organization until 2017, per the resume she submitted to the City of Dillingham.

    May 10, 2010Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: mccmeetingspublic.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net · researched July 31, 2026

Track record — General

General · 5 records

  • Served more than twenty years as an elected member of the Curyung Tribal Council in Dillingham, having first won election to that tribal government in 1986, and earned a bachelor of science in biological sciences from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a master of public administration from the University of Alaska Anchorage.

    March 17, 2026

    Source: web.archive.org · researched July 31, 2026

  • Started work as tribal administrator of the Curyung Tribal Council in Dillingham, managing the tribe's administrative affairs.

    March 27, 2024

    Source: web.archive.org · researched July 31, 2026

  • Left the Dillingham city manager's office when her contract ended on March 15, 2024 without renewal, after a February 2024 council resolution to override the city's one-year prohibition on former elected municipal officials holding the manager job failed; she had resigned her elected council seat in June 2023 to take the acting role.

    March 21, 2024

    Source: kdlg.org · researched July 31, 2026

  • The Dillingham City Council voted unanimously to offer her a three-year contract as city manager, with council member Aksel Buholm saying that in her twelve weeks as acting manager she and the staff had accomplished more than had been done in the previous six months.

    October 6, 2023

    Source: kdlg.org · researched July 31, 2026

  • Sat out a Dillingham City Council vote on June 29, 2023 because of a conflict of interest, since the item was accepting her own resignation from the council and naming her acting city manager. The council phoned member Perry Abrams so it had enough votes to pass the item without her.

    June 29, 2023

    Source: kdlg.org · researched July 31, 2026

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Profile last researched July 24, 2026.