R.O.C.K. Mat-Su Community Baby Shower
Denali Education Center - Talkeetna 22510 S Talkeetna Spur Rd, Talkeetna, AK, United StatesDenali Education Center is partnering with ROCK Mat-Su to host a Mat-Su Community Baby Shower in Talkeetna! This is a FREE and open to community event! Each year, the baby showers evolve as the creative minds of community partners find new and exciting ways to meet the three goals of the Community Baby Showers: 1....
Dr. Jon Atwood
CONSERVATIONIST & ORNITHOLOGIST “Full-life Cycle Bird Migration & Changing Bird Names” Dr. Jon Atwood recently retired from his position as Director of Bird Conservation for Mass Audubon where his work focused on grassland birds and full-life cycle conservation of Roseate and Least terns. He has been a practicing ornithologist and conservation biologist for more than...
Sarah Roeske, PhD
RESEARCH GEOLOGIST, EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS “The Geology Around Denali; Mountain-building, Earthquakes, and their Role in Shaping the Alaska Range” Widely recognized for her research in Alaska, Sarah Roeske brings more than 40 years of experience studying Alaskan geology and Cordilleran plate tectonics. First introduced to Alaskan geology as an undergraduate,...
Susan Paskvan
FORMER NATIVE LANGUAGE COORDINATOR OF YUKON-KOYUKUK SCHOOL DISTRICT “Connections to Land Through Indigenous Language Revitalization” Susan Paskvan, known as “K’etsoo” in Denaakk’e (Koyukon Athabascan) is the daughter of Benedict and Eliza Jones of Koyukuk, Alaska. She was the Native Language Coordinator of Yukon-Koyukuk School District, which serves ten interior Alaska Schools. In this role, Susan...
Carolyn Finney, PhD (with James Edward Mills)
AUTHOR AND STORYTELLER Carolyn Finney, PhD, is a storyteller, author, and a cultural geographer. She is deeply interested in issues related to identity, difference, creativity, and resilience. Carolyn is grounded in both artistic and intellectual ways of knowing-she pursued an acting career for eleven years, but five years of backpacking trips through Africa and Asia,...
James Edward Mills (with Carolyn Finney)
James Edward Mills is a freelance journalist who specializes in telling stories about outdoor recreation, environmental conservation, acts of charitable giving, and practices of sustainable living. He has worked in the outdoor industry since 1989 as a guide, outfitter, independent sales representative, writer, and photographer. He is the author of the new book The Adventure...
Ben Rawlence
AWARD-WINNING WRITER, ACTIVIST & FORMER SPEECH WRITER “The Last Forest & the Future of Life on Earth: An Exploration into the Importance of the Boreal Forest” Ben Rawlence wrote two books about the human consequences of environmental catastrophe in Africa; Radio Congo about the people living in the wreck-age of Eastern Congo’s resource wars, and...
Dr. Nikoosh Carlo, PhD
CEO OF CNC NORTH CONSULTING “Indigenous-led Climate Solutions in the Arctic & Beyond” Dr. Nikoosh Carlo is Koyukon Athabascan and CEO of North Consulting. Dr. Carlo guides clients to develop a vision for their climate change and Arctic priorities and build momentum to achieve their goals. She has worked across political divides for state senators,...
Princess Daazhraii Johnson
WRITER, ACTOR, PRODUCER “Narrative Sovereignty: The Power of Telling Our Own Stories” Princess Daazhraii Johnson (she/her) is Neets’aii Gwich’in and lives with her three sons, daughter, and partner on lower Tanana Dene lands in Alaska. She is humbled to serve on the boards of Native Movement and NDN Collective, and the SAG-AFTRA Native American Committee...
Ronn and Marketa Murray
AURORA BOREALIS EXPERTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS “Northern Lights Exploration” Ronn & Marketa Murray are a husband and wife team, both in life and in business. They share a passion for many things, including photography, the Northern Lights, nature, and travel. Ronn fell in love with photography in 2007 while working over the summer in California to...
