Board of Directors

UAFAA update from the board of directors

Please see this update from Mary Beth Loewen ’02, ’07, UAFAA past president. She represented Seat 2, Southcentral from 2017-2023.

Download the update from Mary Beth (PDF)

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.

Interested in running for a seat on the board? Here's what's involved.

2023 - 2024 UAF Alumni Association Board of Directors

Board officers
Board members
Ex-Officio board members

Board officers

Tom Brice ’90

Board President/chair

Seat 7, Southeast, 2021-2024

1990 - BA, Political Science

Rhonda Widener '01

Vice President

Seat 9, Fairbanks, 2022-2025

2001 - BS, Northern Studies
Facility Security Manager, University of Alaska

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

Thomas Farrugia '17

Board Treasurer

Seat 11, Municipality of Anchorage, 2022-2025

2017 - PhD Fisheries
Alaska Harmful Algal Bloom Coordinator, Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS)

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Board members

Dee Dee Ivanoff ’91

Seat 1, rural, 2023-2026

1991 - BA, Education

Superintendent, St. Mary's City School District

M. Birch Foster ‘03

Seat 2, Southcentral, 2023-2026

2003 - MS, Fisheries

Fishery biologist, Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game

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