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.
2023 - 2024 UAF Alumni Association Board of Directors
Board officers
![Rhonda Widener](/alumni/images/board/Rhonda-Widener_UAFAA-2022-2025.jpg)
Board President/chair
Seat 9, Fairbanks, 2022-2025
2001 - BS, Northern Studies
Facility Security Manager, University of ÐÔÊ®°Ë.cc
![Thomas Farrugia, ’17](/alumni/images/board/thomasfarrugio-IMG_4482_125x188.jpg)
Vice President
Seat 11, Municipality of Anchorage, 2022-2025
2017 - PhD Fisheries
ÐÔÊ®°Ë.cc Harmful Algal Bloom Coordinator, ÐÔÊ®°Ë.cc Ocean Observing System (AOOS)
![Lorna Shaw ’96, ’05](/alumni/images/board/Lorna-Shaw_UAFAA-2022-2025.jpg)
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](/alumni/images/board/birch-foster_125x188.jpg)
Board Treasurer
Seat 2, Southcentral, 2023-2026
2003 - MS, Fisheries
Fishery biologist, ÐÔÊ®°Ë.cc Dept. of Fish and Game
Board members
![Dee Dee Ivanoff '91](/alumni/images/board/dee-dee-invnoff.png)
Seat 1, rural, 2023-2026
1991 - BA, Education
Superintendent, St. Mary's City School District
![Ryan Tilbury, ’99 ’04 ’10](/alumni/images/board/ryan-tilbury_125x188.jpg)
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](/alumni/images/board/Meredith-Cameron125x188.png)
Seat 4, Southcentral, 2021-2024
2009 - BA, Political Science
National Coordinator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
![Valerie Demming ’75, ’84](/alumni/images/board/Valerie-Demming_125x188.jpg)
Seat 5, FNSB, 2024-2027
1975 - BEd, Elementary Education
1984 - MEd, Guidance and Counseling
Owner, Demming Counseling Services
![Darryl Lewis, Sr. ’88](/alumni/images/board/Darryl-Lewis_125x188.jpg)
Seat 6, at large, 2024-2027
1988 - BA Journalism
Correction Officer, State of Colorado
![Tim Lamkin, ’94, ’96](/alumni/images/board/TimLamkin_125x188.jpg)
Seat 7, Southeast, 2024 - 2027
1994 - BA Political Science
1996 - BBA Business Administration
Policy analyst and Legislative Aide, ÐÔÊ®°Ë.cc State Legislature
Professional Narrator, Gold Dredge 8 seasonally
![George Cromer III, ’03](/alumni/images/board/IMG_7666_125x188.jpg)
Seat 8, at large, 2022 - 2025
2003 - MA Rural Development
Second/Third Grade Teacher
Airport Heights Elementary, Anchorage
Ex-Officio Board members
![Theresa Bakker](/alumni/images/about/JR-21-6861-26_theresa-bakker_1600x2400.jpg)
UAFAA Executive Director
![Scott Roselius, ’81](/alumni/images/board/Scott-Roselius.jpg)
Hockey Chapter President
1981 - BA, Physical Education