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Bob Shavelson, Executive Director/Cook Inletkeeper:

Bob is a reformed attorney with backgrounds in biology, chemistry, and environmental sampling and compliance.  He was Editor-in-Chief of the University of Oregon’s Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation, and has considerable experience in toxics, the Clean Water Act, and Right-to-Know issues.  Prior to joining Inletkeeper in 1996, Bob worked in the United States Senate, Oregon’s Senate Majority Office, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium, and the University of Oregon’s Ocean & Coastal Law Center.  He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of the National Waterkeeper Alliance and the Cook Inlet Citizen’s Regional Advisory Council.  He holds a BA in Biology & Chemistry from Boston University and a JD from the University of Oregon.

Phone 907-235-4068 x 22

 

 

Michael Allen, Development Director:

Michael holds a B.S. in Management from the Illinois Institute of Technology, in Chicago, IL.  Michael joined Cook Inletkeeper in 2006 to oversee the membership program, grant writing, and fund development.  Michael’s background includes long range and strategic planning, budgeting, and program development with Kawerak, the Native non-profit for Alaska’s Bering Strait Region and Chugachmiut, the Native non-profit for Prince William Sound and the Lower Kenai Peninsula. His history also includes contract negotiation, business and financial management as the Director of Consulting Services for Advanced Programming Resources and AGS Information Services in Chicago and as a contract negotiator for AT&T Bell Labs.  His business experience brings a unique management perspective to the non-profit sector.

Phone 907-235-4068 x 27

 

 

Sue Mauger, Stream Ecologist:

Sue heads Inletkeeper’s efforts to study nonpoint source pollution impacts in wild salmon streams on the Kenai Peninsula.  Sue joined Inletkeeper in Summer 2000, and has considerable experience in water chemistry, water quality monitoring, and macroinvertebrate assessment.  Before joining Inletkeeper, Sue worked for the Xerces Society as Project Director for the Aquatic Invertebrate Monitoring Program and for Earthwatch, as Project Coordinator in the Life Sciences Department of Field Operations.  Sue holds a B.S. in Zoology from Duke University and an M.S. in Fisheries Science from Oregon State University.

Phone 907-235-4068 x 24

 

 

Tori Lentfer, Volunteer Monitoring Coordinator:

Tori trains and organizes volunteers as part of  Inletkeeper’s Citizens’ Environmental Monitoring Program.  In addition to a professional career that includes considerable research and writing work, Tori puts exceptional energy into a variety of volunteer causes, including work on outdoor recreation, disabilities and public libraries. She possesses a BA in Human Ecology from the College of the Atlantic, an MA in English from the University of Alaska-Anchorage, and a JD from the University of Montana School of Law.

Phone 907-235-4068 x 29

 

 

Will Schlein, Information Technology Specialist:

Will received a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from the University of Rochester, where he gained expertise in Geographic Information Systems.  He has volunteered for several nonprofits and serves on the Board of Directors of Vessels of Hope.  Working to implement clean, renewable energy technology, Will is active in the Alternative Energy Group in Homer.  Will is the owner of the Homer Hostel.  Prior to moving to Alaska he worked renovating and recycling old buildings in California. 

Phone 907-235-4068 x 28

 

 

Joan Stempiak, Finance Officer:

Joan is a seasoned administrator who comes to Cook Inletkeeper with more than 15 years of nonprofit management and financial experience.  Prior to joining Inletkeeper in 2007, Joan helped grow Homer’s first public radio station (KBBI), and more recently she has devoted her considerable efforts to the UAA Kachemak Bay Campus and to public education reform on the Kenai Peninsula.  She has an educational background in social services, and she received her Bachelors of Arts in Psychology from the University of Alaska Anchorage.

Phone 907-235-4068 x 21 

 

 

Nancy Tappan-Eigenheer, Finance Officer:

Nancy was born in Switzerland and has a Mater’s Degree in Economics from the University of Geneva in Geneva, Switzerland and obtained her CPA from Chambre Fiduciaire Suisse in Berne, Switzerland in 1996.  She comes to Cook Inletkeeper from KPMG, a top 5 world financial consulting company, where she managed multiple engagements for their Mergers and Acquisitions Department.  After commuting for two years between Alaska and Switzerland as a consultant to KPMG, Nancy now provides high-end financial services to Inletkeeper on a part-time basis.

 

 

 
   
 
   

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Lower Inlet Office (Headquarters)

PO Box 3269 / 3734 Ben Walters Lane

Homer, Alaska  99603

tel. 907.235.4068     fax 907.235.4069

keeper@inletkeeper.org

 

Upper Inlet Office

308 G St., Suite 219

    Anchorage, AK 99501

tel. 907.929.9371    fax 907.929.1562

keeper@inletkeeper.org

 

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