Douglas W. Isaacson, (Doug Isaacson), was elected mayor of North Pole, Alaska in October, 2006. Mr. Isaacson is also President of Gold Coast Mortgage, a mortgage company located in nearby Fairbanks, Alaska. Mr. Isaacson is father of five children whose ages range from 22 to 13 (as of 2006). North Pole is a city located in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska. ...

Born October 18, 1957 in Seattle, Washington and raised in Edmonds, Washington, Mr. Isaacson first came to Alaska as a temporary duty (TDY) assignment with the US Air Force in 1977, the same year the Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline was put into production and the first year North Pole crowned a King and Queen during its Winter Festival (the Royalty was Charlie and Catherine Fulton). Two years later, in April 1979, he was transferred to the now defunct 6985th ESC Squadron at Eielson AFB and served there until his honorable discharge in December 1981. October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years). ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Edmonds is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. ...

Mr. Isaacson earned a B.A. in Linguistics from the University of Washington, Seattle, in 1984, and Masters of Divinity from Western Seminary, Portland OR, in 1989. He has been active in business and politics in Alaska since 1991. Among his numerous involvements, he served two terms (six years) on the North Pole City Council (2000-2006), was President of the Alaska Association of Mortgage Brokers (2005-2006), was a delegate to the 2004 Republican National Convention, chaired the Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Committee from 1996 until it was successfully merged with the Fairbanks Industrial Development Corp (FIDC), creating the Fairbanks Economic Development Corporation (FEDC) in 2003. He was the founding Chair of the International Credit Association, Fairbanks chapter, served on the Member Advisory Committee for the local electric cooperative, Golden Valley Electric Association (GVEA), currently serves on the board of P.A.L.M. (Priscilla Acquilla Lighthouse Ministries), a local non-profit agency dedicated to helping local area families, and is a teaching elder at North Pole Worship Center. The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. ...