PNA by Shane Lasley.  When Steve Borell (NGP Photo-R) announced that he was retiring as the executive director of the Alaska Miners Association — a post he held for 22 years — the group’s board of directors was charged with the daunting task of filling the void left by the association’s highly regarded and beloved leader. Unbeknownst to the board members, or Borell himself, the outgoing executive director had been grooming his replacement, Deantha Crockett (NGP Photo), for nearly a decade.  ...  the board found Crockett, a lifelong Alaskan with a [...]