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Ann Mayo-Kiely
The Program Director for Alaska Geographic, Ann has worked with outdoor education and public lands since the early 1990s, for National Forests, National Parks, universities, and nonprofits. From her first positions volunteering with trail crews and researchers to being an environmental educator in the Boundary Waters and the Wilderness Coordinator for Isle Royale National Park, Ann has loved connecting people with inspiring wild places. She has a Master of Science in Wilderness and Recreation Management from the University of Montana. Ann moved to Alaska in 2008 to launch youth engagement programs and partnerships for Alaska Geographic and since then has most loved exploring new places to camp, ski, paddle, hike and learn with with young Alaskans –and her own 3 young kids– across the state.
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Beth Trowbridge
Elizabeth (Beth) Trowbridge is the Executive Director for the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies (CACS), a 501 (c) 3 non-profit environmental education organization located in Homer, Alaska. Beth oversees all of the education programs conducted and developed by the CACS and was the primary author of three curricula developed by CACS, the Alaska CoastWatch Curriculum, the Sea Duck Activity Guide and the Endangered Species of Alaska Activity Guide. Prior to her work with CACS, she was the Education Coordinator for the Prince William Sound Science Center and in that capacity was the primary author of the Alaska Oil Spill Curriculum. She contracts with the University of Alaska Sea Grant program to conduct teacher workshops for the Alaska Seas and Watersheds Curriculum. She has her undergraduate degree from the University of Alaska Fairbanks where she also completed her Secondary Education Teaching Certification program. She has over 25 years of experience in informal science education, curriculum development and conducting workshops.
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Marilyn Sigman
Marilyn currently serves as the statewide Marine Education Specialist for Alaska Sea Grant and as an Associate Professor in the UAF School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. She recently completed six years as the Program Manager for the Alaska Center for Ocean Science Education Excellence, working to link scientists, educators, and coastal communities in Alaska in outreach and education about ocean climate change and the blending of Alaska Native knowledge with western science. Marilyn has been the Executive Director of the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies in Homer and worked with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game as the Southeast Alaska regional non-game coordinator and the statewide coordinator of the Alaska Wildlife Week program and the development of the Alaska Wildlife Curriculum. She has extensive experience in science communication, outreach, and education as well as K-12 curriculum development and professional development for both formal and informal educators. She was an ANROE founder and is also a Trustee for the Alaska Conservation Foundation. Marilyn was the 2008 recipient of the Alaska Conservation Foundation Conservation Achievement Award for Excellence in Environmental Education.She enjoys creative writing, tidepooling, and hiking.
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Laurel Devaney
Laurel has held the position of Education Coordinator for the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Fairbanks Fish and Wildlife Field Office, since 1994. As part of this position, she has traveled extensively in rural Alaska and has many years’ experience cooperating with communities and educators to develop and present place-based, culturally relevant education materials and programs. Laurel helped to develop the Alaska Natural Resource and Environmental Literacy Plan—a statewide effort to increase environmental education in all our schools. She also coordinates a youth track at the Alaska Forum on the Environment to bring Alaskan youth to the annual event to learn and network together. Laurel is the recipient of Alaska Conservation Foundation 2015 Conservation Achievement Award for Excellence in Environmental Education. Laurel enjoys bicycling, bird watching, sea kayaking, and travel.
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Mel Sikes
Melissa grew up in northern Rhode Island, went to college at Unity College in Maine and got her Bachelors of Science in Outdoor Recreation in 1990. She has worked as a naturalist since graduating, starting out at residential environmental education centers in Rhode Island, New York, and California; then working for the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection running a teacher training program for 6 years, then at the Calgary Zoo in Alberta, Canada for 2 years, then as the Program Director at Friends of Creamer’s Field for 4 years. She now works at the Fairbanks Soil and Water Conservation District as the Natural Resource Education Specialist and has been there for 5 years.
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Brenda Duty
For the past 5 years Brenda has served as the Project WILD and Youth Education Coordinator for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Wildlife Conservation Division, creating professional development for teachers, curriculum and outdoor opportunities for students and teachers statewide. She received the Director’s Achievement Award for her work in statewide program development. Before ADFG Brenda was an Outreach and Education provider for the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservations Water Quality and Food Safety Divisions, and on the Joint Information Center for Oil Spill Response. She also helped to create the Alaska Natural Resource and Environmental Education Plan and was among the Interior’sExcellence in Conservation Award (group award) for that work. Brenda graduated from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks in the Rural Development Program with an Emphasis in Land and Renewable Resources, while working summers for the National Park Service and in interpretation and docent recruitment and training for the Museum of the North. Brenda served on the ANROE board previously as the Treasurer and President. Brenda enjoys growing and preserving her own food as well as accessing remote stretching of Alaska wilderness and spending time with kids and grandkids.
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Meg Burgett
A.S. (Meg) Burgett came to Alaska in 1985, “just for a few years”, and 30 years later is still here. Meg went to work for the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service in 1986 as an Integrated Pest Management technician and has been with CES for most of her career in Alaska. During that time, she has worked with a variety of natural resource programs, with many different ages and audiences, embracing the philosophy of her mentor that “if you give people good information, they make good decisions”. Meg’s background is in Forest Management and she is currently the Project Learning Tree coordinator for Alaska, delivering high quality professional development training to Alaska’s educators using the forest as a window to the world, helping develop critical thinking skills in the next generation of Alaska leaders. A retired musher, Meg now spends her off time fishing, hunting and exploring Alaska with her husband and son, and anyone else she can talk into an adventure. This is Meg’s second term as President of the BOD.
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