{"id":16243,"date":"2024-11-12T17:40:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T00:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/?p=16243"},"modified":"2025-10-30T17:05:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T00:05:20","slug":"board-to-interview-7-commission-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/2024\/11\/12\/board-to-interview-7-commission-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"Board to interview 7 candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>PHOENIX \u2014 The Arizona Game and Fish Commission Appointment Recommendation Board will meet at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14, to interview seven candidates for the governor\u2019s appointment to fill a 2025 vacancy on the Arizona Game and Fish Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting will be held at the Game and Fish Department headquarters, Quail Room, 5000 W. Carefree Highway in Phoenix. The public is invited to attend (please enter through the front entrance of the headquarters building). Those persons wishing to speak to the board during the Call to the Public portion of the agenda should complete a speaker\u2019s card and present it to the host. Unless prior approval has been granted by the chairperson, comments will be limited to no more than three minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following candidates will be interviewed: Patrick Cooley, Leslie James, Kurt Kerr, Tim Linden, Jessica Manuell, Sharon Thomas, and Christopher Young. After the interviews on Nov. 14, the board will select anywhere between two and five candidates to forward to Gov. Katie Hobbs for consideration for the appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An agenda is posted <a href=\"https:\/\/azgfd-portal-wordpress-pantheon.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/12153601\/CARB_Nov-14-2024-Meeting-Agenda_rev1.pdf\">here<\/a> and on the <a href=\"https:\/\/publicmeetings.az.gov\/content\/carb-meeting-november-14-2024\">Arizona Public Meetings page<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Per Arizona Revised Statute 17-202, the Arizona Game and Fish Commission Appointment Recommendation Board shall assist the governor by interviewing, evaluating and recommending candidates for appointment to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission. The board shall recommend at least two, but no more than five, candidates to the governor. The governor must select and appoint a commissioner from the list submitted by the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For additional information about the Commission Appointment Recommendation Board, contact the Governor\u2019s Office of Boards and Commissions at (602) 542-2449 or toll free at 1-800-253-0883 or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/bc.azgovernor.gov\/\">https:\/\/bc.azgovernor.gov\/<\/a>. For more information on the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/about-arizona-game-fish\/commission-public-information\/about-the-commission\/\">https:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/about-arizona-game-fish\/commission-public-information\/about-the-commission\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meeting will be held beginning at 9 a.m. on Nov. 14 at 5000 W. 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