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.
2021 - 2022 UAF Alumni Association Board of Directors
Board officers
Cindy Wright, ’88
Board President/chair
Seat 9, Fairbanks; 2019 - 2022
1988 - Bachelor's in Education
Owner, Playwright Marketing
Tom Brice, ’90
Vice President
Seat 7, Southeast; 2021-2024
1990 - BA, Political Science
Mary Beth Loewen, ’02, ’07
Board Secretary
Seat 2, Southcentral; 2020-2023
2002 - BS, Natural Sciences
2007 - MA, Fisheries
Fisheries biologist, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Thomas Farrugia, '17
Board Treasurer
Seat 11, Municipality of Anchorage; 2019-2022
2017 - PhD Fisheries
Alaska Harmful Algal Bloom Coordinator, Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS)
Board members
Rachel Panamarioff, '06
Seat 1, Rural; 2020-2023
2006 - BA Elementary Education
Teacher, Fred Ipalook Elementary School, Utqiagvik
Forrest Kuiper, ’99, ’00, ’12
Seat 3, Fairbanks; 2020-2023
1999 - AAS, Municipal Fire Control
2000 - AAS, Hazardous Material Control
2012 - BEM, Emergency Management
Fire Captain, UAF Fire Department
Meredith Cameron ’09
Seat 4, Southcentral (2021-2024)
2009 - BA, Political Science
National Coordinator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Meadow Bailey ’00
Seat 5, FNSB; 2021-2024
2000 - BA Communications
Director of External Affairs & Public Relations, Golden Valley Electric Association
Darryl Lewis, Sr. ’88
Seat 6, At Large; 2021-2024
1988 - BA Journalism
Correction Officer, State of Colorado
George Cromer III, ’03
Seat 8, At-Large; 2019 - 2022
2003 - MA Rural Development
Second/Third Grade Teacher
Airport Heights Elementary, Anchorage
Libby Eddy, ’92
Seat 10, Outside (Lower 48); 2019-2022
1992 - Associate of Arts
Retired/Former Registrar and Director of Admissions, UAF
Ex-Officio Board members
Shannon McCarthy, ’88
Southcentral Chapter President
1988 - BA, Political Science
Ron Wall, ’02
Fairbanks Chapter President
1989 - BA Justice
Commander, Alaska State Troopers "D" Detachment (Interior Alaska)
Doug Schrage ’85
Student Firefighter Chapter President
1985 - Fire Science
Scott Roselius, ’81
Hockey Chapter President
1981 - BA, Physical Education
Jeremy Vermilyea , ’92
Pacific Northwest Alumni Contact
1992 - BA, Journalism
Theresa Bakker
UAFAA Executive Director