Philip (Flip) Todd, 58, is the president of Todd Communications, an Anchorage-based wholesale book distributor with warehouses and employees in Ketchikan, Juneau, Fairbanks and Nome, Alaska. He has served on the board of directors of the Alaska World Affairs Council since 1991. He came to Alaska in 1969 after graduating from Boston University with a degree in government and subsequently served as a reporter and business editor of the Anchorage Times. He also worked as a news reporter for the Anchorage Daily News at night and on weekends while stationed at Ft. Richardson Army Base near Anchorage. He owns several companies dealing with the publishing and printing of books, calendars and maps, as well as international print brokering.