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Geographical area consists of The State of Alaska . The Alaska Team falls under the Seattle Gateway Region.

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Go to>> AFS Alaska Calendar

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Contents 1 ALASKA TEAM 2 ALASKA TEAM CHAPTERS & COMMUNITIES 3 SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA REGION 3.1 ANCHORAGE CHAPTER (includes Palmer, Chugiak, Eagle River) 3.2 FAIRBANKS COMMUNITY (includes Ester, Ft. Wainwright) 3.3 HOMER CHAPTER 3.4 KENAI CHAPTER (includes Nikiski, Soldotna) 4 SOUTHEAST ALASKA REGION 4.1 HAINES COMMUNITY 4.2 JUNEAU COMMUNITY (includes Douglas) 4.3 SITKA COMMUNITY 5 ALASKA TEAM RECOGNITION 6 VOLUNTEERS AT LARGE

ALASKA TEAM

• Team Chair: Amelia Jenkins, Juneau (until Jan 2014)
• Chair-Elect (takes office Jan 2014), Secretary, Directory, Wiki Editor: Miranda Terwilliger, Copper Center
• Hosting Coordinator: JoAnn Ross Cunningham, Haines
• Sending Coordinator, Yearbook: Penny Brunsvold, Anchorage
• Returnee Coordinator: NEEDED - contact Chair if interested
• Support Coordinators: Helen Armstrong, Anchorage and Julia Smith, Sitka
• Orientations Coordinator: Chris Lovett and Amelia Jenkins
• Sponsored Program Cluster Coordinators: Angie White, Eagle River and Rebecca Himschoot, Sitka
• Volunteer Coordinator Jane Ginter, Juneau
• Fund Raising Coordinator: NEEDED - contact Chair if interested
• Treasurer: Sharron Jordan, Eagle River
• Staff: Anchorage Community Developer: Gail Braten, Anchorage

ALASKA TEAM CHAPTERS & COMMUNITIES

Please note that Chapters are sorted first by region and then alphabetical by name. (For more details on positions see Team Positions.) Communities are not official AFS chapters but put forth a significant effort in our Team.

SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA REGION

ANCHORAGE CHAPTER (includes Palmer, Chugiak, Eagle River)

• Chapter Chair: Joanne Williams
• Chapter Hosting Coordinators: NEEDED - talk to Gail Braten
• Chapter Support Helen Armstrong
• Chapter Sponsored Program Student Advisor (YES & FLEX): Angie & Khris White
• Chapter Sending Coordinator: Penny Brunsvold
• Chapter Orientations Coordinator: Chris Lovett
• Anchorage Community Developer: Gail Braten, Anchorage

FAIRBANKS COMMUNITY (includes Ester, Ft. Wainwright)

• Hosting Coordinator: LJ Evans
• Support Coordinator: Glynn Hoener
• Sending Coordinator: Miriam Dunbar
• Returnee Coordinator: Francine Kazenoff

HOMER CHAPTER

• Chapter Chair: Terri Spigelmyer
• Volunteer: Lyn Maslow
• Volunteer: Flo Larson

KENAI CHAPTER (includes Nikiski, Soldotna)

• Volunteer: Eileen Bryson
• Volunteer: Nancy Cranston

SOUTHEAST ALASKA REGION

HAINES COMMUNITY

• Community Lead: JoAnn Ross Cunningham

JUNEAU COMMUNITY (includes Douglas)

• Jane Ginter
• Katie Spielberger

SITKA COMMUNITY

• Support, Hosting, Orientations: Connie Kreiss and Julia Smith
• Sending: Kelly Ferguson
• Sponsored Programs Coordinator: Rebecca Himschoot
• Toby Campbell

ALASKA TEAM RECOGNITION

• Woohoo! Congratulations Gail Braten on being recognized by AFS as an Exceptional new volunteer!
• 2009 OCT. Congratulations Roberta Mohatt of Fairbanks for being a nominee for the Galatti Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service!
• 2009 DEC. Woohoo! Congratulations Alaska for being awarded the top hosting team from the Western Region!

VOLUNTEERS AT LARGE

This list is for all team volunteers with Wiki profiles. The following are alphabetical by Wiki User Name (i.e usually the first initial then last name). Please feel free to add yourself to this list (below this heading) if you volunteer in any way shape or form with the Alaska Region! If you would like to be added to this but don't know how please email the Wiki editor as listed under the team. Please also indicate the city you are from.

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Alex(andra) Edwards, Anchorage
Amelia Jenkins, Juneau
Aja Razumny, Juneau
Angie & Khris White, Eagle River
Clare Bennett, Nikiski
Connie Kreiss, Sitka
Carolyn Maslow, Homer
Eileen Bryson, Kenai
Gail Braten, Anchorage
Glynn Hoener, Fairbanks
Helen Armstrong, Anchorage
JoAnn Ross Cunningham, Haines
Jane Ginter, Juneau
Julia Smith, Sitka
Joanne Williams, Anchorage
Kate Gordon, Anchorage
Karen Joynt, Wasilla
LJ Evans, Ester
Luann McVey, Douglas
Laura Sievert, Kenai
Margaret Ann Coe, Anchorage
Miriam Dunbar, Fairbanks
Martha Goldberg, Eagle River
Miranda Terwilliger, Copper Center
Nancy Cranston, Kenai
Nancy Wainwright, Anchorage
Penny Brunsvold , Anchorage
Rebecca Braun, Juneau
Ruby Cobus, Kenai,
Sherri Douglas, Anchorage
Sigrun Robertson , Anchorage
Sarah Wesser , Anchorage
Thomas Bursch, Homer
Todd Louis Robicheaux, Anchorage
Terri Spigelmyer, Homer