Executive Director
Association of Alaska Housing Authorities
Anchorage, Alaska
Griffin Hagle-Forster is the Executive Director of the Association of Alaska Housing Authorities. Having entered the building performance sector as a weatherization installer in his hometown of Medford, Oregon in 2006, he is professionally committed to buildings and energy systems that deliver the health and prosperity people everywhere deserve. He serves as Chair of the Cold Climate Housing Research Center based in Fairbanks, Alaska and as Vice Chair of the Building Performance Association. He is renovating his 1950s Cape Cod in Anchorage and has reduced its measured energy usage from approximately 93 to 30 kBtu/sf-year since 2022 while completing a deep electrification retrofit.
Infrastructure Starts Indoors: How Housing Holds the Keys to Solving Alaska's Energy Crisis
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM