Information for Prospective Board Members

Board of Directors

Joan Travostino - President
Attorney, K&L Gates in Anchorage. Long-distance hiker.

Charlie Barnwell - Secretary
Consulting GIS specialist/GIS manager in Anchorage.  Planner.  Life-long Alaskan, backcountry skier, trail enthusiast.

Rod Shipley - Treasurer
Regional Director, Institutional Trust Services, Wells Fargo Bank, Anchorage.

Michael Henrich
Massage therapist (private practice through Alaska Club), hiker and backcountry skier.

Marion Vicary
High school teacher at Polaris K-12 School in Anchorage. Liaison for Polaris field education programs in partnership with Alaska Huts. Avid hiker, ocean kayaker, rower, and skier.

Tom Brigham
Consulting senior transportation planner for HDR Alaska, Inc. Former lead transportation planner for State of Alaska. Mountaineer, hiker, skier.

Mike Goodwin
Retired from 30 years with National Park Service and Alaska State Parks as ranger, park operations, and park superintendent. Hiker, skier.

Brandon Germer
Data Steward for McKinley Capital Management, LLC. Mountaineer, backcountry skier, singer-songwriter, poet, randonneur cyclist, pack rafter, life-long Alaskan.

Mikal Hendee
Civil engineer for CRW Engineering Group in Anchorage. Backcountry skier, hiker, and rafter.

Kevin Turinsky
Associate Portfolio Manager for McKinley Capital Management, LLC.  Life-long Alaskan, Regional Brevet Administrator for the Randonneurs USA, avid outdoor adventurer.

John Wolfe Jr.
Executive Director/Project Director; co-author of 55 Ways to the Wilderness in Southcentral Alaska, environmental planner, HDR Alaska.

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