Joyce Munson

Joyce Arnold Munson (December 13, 1930 – June 29, 2010) was an American politician and mental health advocate. She was an elected member of the Alaska House of Representatives from January 1979 to January 1981. Before serving in the legislature, Munson was the Executive Director of the Alaska Mental Health Association. Munson attended Wichita State University. In 1978 she ran for the Alaska House of Representatives as a Democrat, and won a seat. She served in the legislature from 1979 to 1981, and was vice chair of the committees on Commerce and Health, Education, and Social Services.

Munson ran for re-election in 1980, and 1984. After her time in the legislature, Munson was deputy director of the Resource Development Council of Alaska, In retirement, she ran a bed and breakfast, and pursued her artistic interests with her own pottery studio. She died in 2010, at the age of 79, in Anchorage.