PHOENIX — The Arizona Game and Fish Commission Appointment Recommendation Board will meet on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, beginning at 9 a.m., to interview six candidates for the upcoming (2017) vacancy on the Arizona Game and Fish Commission. The meeting will be held at the Arizona Game and Fish Department headquarters at 5000 W. Carefree Highway in Phoenix and is open to the public.

The six were selected from a list of 31 applicants considered at the board’s public meeting yesterday (Oct. 25). The applicants who will be interviewed are Kurt R. Davis, Jonathan D. Hanna, Michael B. Ivor, George J. Rivosecchi, Richard Searle, and James H. Unmacht.

The board will select between two and five candidates from the above list after the interview process and will forward them to Governor Ducey for his consideration for the appointment.

View the public notice (PDF) (also posted at www.azgfd.gov/board).

Per Arizona Revised Statutes §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 Commission Appointment Recommendation 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.

Members of the board are Susan E. Chilton (chair), W. Hays Gilstrap, Charles I. Kelly, W.J. “Jim” Lane, and Phillip D. Townsend.

For additional information about the Commission Appointment Recommendation Board, contact the Governor’s Office of Boards and Commissions at (602) 542-2449 or toll free at 1-800-253-0883 or on the web at www.azgovernor.gov.