Board of directors
In everything we do, we strive to connect and support UAF and its alumni. We encourage excellence in all aspects of the university and provide opportunities for alumni to engage in lifelong involvement with their university community. We could not do what we do without our Board of Director’s strategic guidance and support, and we hold ourselves accountable to you and them. This distinguished group of alum leaders invest their time, passion, and resources to support UAFAA, and for that we are thankful.
Interested in running for a seat on the board? Here's what's involved.
2018 - 2019 UAF Alumni Association Board of Directors
Board officers
Peter Van Flein, ’87
Board President/chair
Seat 5, FNSB
2018 - 2021
pvanflein@gmail.com
1987 - BBA, Business Administration
Independent financial advisor
Amanda Wall, ’01 ’05
Vice President
Seat 6, At Large
2018 - 2021
aiwall@alaska.edu
2001 - BA Journalism
2005 - MA Professional Communications
Director, Office of the Bursar, UAF
Libby Eddy, ’92
Board Secretary
Seat 10, Outside (Lower 48)
2019 - 2022
ofeddy@alaska.edu
1992 - Associate of Arts
Retired/Former Registrar and Director of Admissions, UAF
Forrest Kuiper, ’99, ’00, ’12
Board Treasurer
Seat 3, Fairbanks
2017 - 2020
forrest.kuiper@alaska.edu
1999 - AAS, Municipal Fire Control
2000 - AAS, Hazardous Material Control
2012 - BEM, Emergency Management
Fire Captain, UAF Fire Department
Board members
Shannon Johnson-Nanalook, ’11
Seat 1, Rural
2017-2020
sejohnson24@yahoo.com
2011 - BA Social Work
Program Coordinator, Nilavena Subregional Clinic, Iliamna
Mary Beth Loewen, ’02, ’07
Seat 2, Southcentral
2017 - 2020
marybethloewen@gmail.com
2002 - BS, Natural Sciences
2007 - MA, Fisheries
Fisheries biologist, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Shannon McCarthy, ’88
Seat 4, Southcentral
2018 - 2021
shannonmccarthy49@gmail.com
1988 - BA, Political Science
Public Information Officer, State of Alaska Central Region of the Department of Transportation
and Public Facilities
Tom Brice, ’90
Seat 7, Southeast
2018 - 2021
brice2@acsalaska.net
1990 - BA, Political Science
George Cromer III, ’03
Seat 8, At-Large
2019 - 2022
georgecromeriii@gmail.com
2003 - MA Rural Development
Second/Third Grade Teacher
Airport Heights Elementary, Anchorage
Cindy Wright, ’88
Seat 9, Fairbanks
2019 - 2022
cindy@playwrightalaska.com
1988 - Bachelor's in Education
Director of Marketing and Advertising, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Rachel Lauesen, ’04
Seat 11, Municipality of Anchorage
2019 - 2022
rblaloha@gmail.com
2004 - BA, History
Lawyer, the Lauesen Law Team, LLC, Anchorage
Ex-Officio Board members
Jason Gootee, ’05
Portland Alumni Contact
Past President
jason.gootee@modahealth.com
2005 - BA, English
Shannon McCarthy, ’88
Southcentral Chapter President
2015 - 2018
shannonmccarthy49@gmail.com
1988 - BA, Political Science
Brenda Riley, ’02
Fairbanks Chapter President
brendariley81@gmail.com
2002 - BA Anthropology
Executive Director, United Way of Tanana Valley
Doug Schrage ’85
Student Firefighter Chapter President
drschrage@alaska.edu
1985 - Fire Science
Scott Roselius, ’81
Hockey Chapter President
roseliusscott@gmail.com
1981 - BA, Physical Education
Jeremy Vermilyea , ’92
Pacific Northwest Alumni Contact
jeremy@vermilyealaw.com
1992 - BA, Journalism
