Museum Staff

Katch Bacheller: Executive Director
Owner, RetailMakeover.Com.
katch22@alaskamuseum.org

Kerri Jackson:  Education Director
B.S. Physics, MAT Science Education
education@alaskamuseum.org

Judy Lima

Mary Alice Cook

Board Members

Kristine Crossen: a Professor of Geology at the University of Alaska has served on the Museum board for 11 years.
afkjc@uaa.alaska.edu

David Yesner: a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Alaska. He has served on the Museum board since 1992.
mammothman@gci.net

Steve Trimble: Vice President, a geologist, and has served on the Museum board for 10 years.
sttgeo@gmail.com

Dr. Cindy Schraer: has been a volunteer at the museum since 2004. She is a geology student at UAA and works as a medical epidemiologist for the Alaska Native Tribal.

Gordon Harper: retired from the University of Alaska. He has served on the board for one year.
sharper@uaa.alaska.edu

Ginny Moore: owns a technical firm involved in energy. She has served on the Museum board for 9 years.
tgmoore@gci.net

Anne Pasch (Past President): a Professor Emeritus at the University of Alaska has served on the Museum board since 1992.
ahadp@uaa.alaska.edu

Tom Bennett: has served as Executive Director and is currently serving on the Board of the Alaska Museum of Natural History. He is co-curator at the Wells Fargo Alaska Heritage Museum.

Len Kelley: Attorney at Law: Principal owner of the law firm Kelley and Canterbury. He has served on the Museum board for 9 years.

Anna Belanger: is a geologist at ConocoPhillips, Alaska. She started serving on the Board in August, 2008.
Anna.M.Belanger@conocophillips.com

Barbara Bach: is the Grants Administrator at the Rasmuson Foundation. She started serving on the Board in March of 2009.

Jason Burt: has a Ph.D. and is and engineer with Slumberger. He started serving on the Board in January, 2009.

Scott Reed: is a production engineer with ConocoPhillips. He started serving on the Board in May of 2009.

Heather Collins-Ballot: is an emergency response coordinator. She has been on the board since June of 2010.

Ruth Schmidt: is a retired Professor of Geology at the University of Alaska. She has served on the Museum board since 1992 and is now serving as an honorary member.

Don Love: is the marketing director of Architects Alaska. He has spent 30 years working with non-profits developing educational programs and writing grants.

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