Al came to the Yukon some 50 years ago and calls the Hamlet of Mt. Lorne his home. He has a background in water resource management and computer sciences having worked for Water Resources, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs during the 1970s thru 1980s and later teaching at Yukon College until his retirement.
He has been involved with Umbrella Final Agreement boards for many years having been both a board member and chair of the Yukon Surface Rights Board and a councilor on the Carcross Tagish Renewable Resource Council. His community/volunteer work entails sitting on the Local Advisory Council for Hamlet of Mt. Lorne, the Lorne Mt. Community Association and being a coordinator and board member for the Yukon River Quest. He also spent a year working on Third World Aid project providing drinking water to rural villages in Africa.
