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.
2025 - 2026 UAF Alumni Association Board of Directors
Board officers
Rhonda Widener '01
Board President/chair
Seat 9, Fairbanks, 2025-2028
2001 - BS, Northern Studies
Facility Security Manager
University of Alaska
Lorna Shaw ’96, ’05
Vice President
Seat 10, Outside (Lower 48), 2025-2028
1996 - BBA, Business Administration
2005 - MBA, Business Administration
Government Relations Director
Newmont Corporation
Valerie Demming
Board Secretary
Seat 5, FNSB, 2024-2027
1975 - BEd, Elementary Education
1984 - MEd, Guidance and Counseling
Owner, Demming Counseling Services
M. Birch Foster '03
Board Treasurer
Seat 2, Southcentral, 2023-2026
2003 - MS, Fisheries
Fishery biologist
ºÚÁÏÉçappDept. 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)
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, ºÚÁÏÉçappState Legislature
Professional Narrator, Gold Dredge 8 seasonally
Kevin Liu '07, '15
Seat 8, at large, 2025 - 2028
2007 - BBA General Business
2015 - MBA Capital Markets
Senior Pension Investment Advisor with NYC Mayor's Office of Pensions and Investments
Mischa Ellanna '95
Seat 11, Municipality of Anchorage, 2025-2028
1995 - BA, Geology
Geologist
Bristol Bay Native Corporation
Ex-Officio Board members
Theresa Bakker
UAFAA Executive Director
Scott Roselius, ’81
Hockey Chapter President
1981 - BA, Physical Education