Board of Directors
In everything we do, we strive to connect and support ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ 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 ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵAA, and for that we are thankful.
2024 - 2025 ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Alumni Association Board of Directors
Board officers
Rhonda Widener '01
Board President/chair
Seat 9, Fairbanks, 2022-2025
2001 - BS, Northern Studies
Facility Security Manager, University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ
Thomas Farrugia, ’17
Vice President
Seat 11, Municipality of Anchorage, 2022-2025
2017 - PhD Fisheries
ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Harmful Algal Bloom Coordinator, ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Ocean Observing System (AOOS)
Lorna Shaw ’96, ’05
Board Secretary
Seat 10, Outside (Lower 48), 2022-2025
1996 - BBA, Business Administration
2005 - MBA, Business Administration
Government Relations Director, Newmont Corporation
M. Birch Foster '03
Board Treasurer
Seat 2, Southcentral, 2023-2026
2003 - MS, Fisheries
Fishery biologist, ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Dept. of Fish and Game
Board members
Dee Dee Ivanoff '91
Seat 1, rural, 2023-2026
1991 - BA, Education
Superintendent, St. Mary's City School District
Ryan Tilbury, ’99 ’04 ’10
Seat 3, Fairbanks, 2023-2026
1999 - BA, Psychology
2004 - MEd, Guidance and Counseling
2010 - BA, Foreign Language
Operations/Planning/Assessments - US INDOPACIFIC COMMAND J-7
K-12 School Counselor YKSD
Meredith Cameron ’09
Seat 4, Southcentral, 2024-2027
2009 - BA, Political Science
National Coordinator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Valerie Demming ’75, ’84
Seat 5, FNSB, 2024-2027
1975 - BEd, Elementary Education
1984 - MEd, Guidance and Counseling
Owner, Demming Counseling Services
Darryl Lewis, Sr. ’88
Seat 6, at large, 2024-2027
1988 - BA Journalism
Correction Officer, State of Colorado
Tim Lamkin, ’94, ’96
Seat 7, Southeast, 2024-2027
1994 - BA Political Science
1996 - BBA Business Administration
Policy analyst and Legislative Aide, ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ State Legislature
Professional Narrator, Gold Dredge 8 seasonally
George Cromer III, ’03
Seat 8, at large, 2022 - 2025
2003 - MA Rural Development
Second/Third Grade Teacher
Airport Heights Elementary, Anchorage
Ex-Officio Board members
Theresa Bakker
ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵAA Executive Director
Scott Roselius, ’81
Hockey Chapter President
1981 - BA, Physical Education