Bruce Dougherty will resign from the board of directors, effective Dec. 14.

Dougherty, who first joined Chugach's board in March 2015,most recently served as secretary of the board and vice chair of the governancecommittee, according to an Oct. 5 release. Dougherty resigned because he willbe leaving Alaska.

Chugach Electric will be accepting applications until noonon Oct. 28 to fill the vacancy. The appointee will serve until the May 2017election.