AUUF Podcasts

recording of 2017 Annual Meeting

Eric McCoy is AUUF's Coordinator of Youth and Young Adult Programing. He is a longtime member of the Fellowship.

John McKayJohn McKay is a poet and playwright, with an M.F.A. in poetry from UAA. He graduated from University of Michigan Law School in 1975, after earning a master’s degree in journalism, and working briefly for the Detroit Free Press. He clerked for a federal judge for two years, then came to Alaska in 1977. McKay has represented most Alaska news media, and many national news organizations, as well as journalists, photographers, artists and others. He has taught First Amendment and media law as an adjunct professor at University of Alaska Anchorage for over thirty years. In 2007, McKay was the first recipient of the Alaska Press Club’s First Amendment Award, and in 2011, on its 40th anniversary, he was honored as one of “40 Heroes of Constitutional Rights” by the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska. He is the father of two sons, and the sweetheart of one fine woman.

Bill Sherwonit is a freelance nature writer who lives in Anchorage. He’s authored more than a dozen books on topics ranging from the Iditarod to Denali National Park. His most recent books include "Animal Stories: Encounters with Alaska's Wildlife" and "Living with Wildness: An Alaskan Odyssey." A former columnist for The Anchorage Times, Bill has contributed stories and photos to a wide variety of national publications, including Orion, National Wildlife, and Backpacker. His essays have appeared in several anthologies, including Best American Science and Nature Writing, Best Travel Writing, and The Last New Land: Stories of Alaska Past and Present. 

Vicki Clark has served as executive director of Trustees for Alaska for the past three years. She has practiced public interest environmental law for 22 years, the past 14 in Alaska. She’s a graduate of Golden Gate University School of Law and received certificates in both Environmental Law and Public Interest Law. Before joining Trustees for Alaska's staff in 2003, she worked in California as a staff attorney with the Environmental Defense Center in Santa Barbara and in private practice representing local environmental non-profit groups. Vicki received her undergraduate degree in Aquatic Biology from the University of California at Santa Barbara. 

Gary Holthaus has been The Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship's Called Minister since 2012.

Gary Holthaus has been The Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship's Called Minister since 2012.

Gary has been The Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship's called minister since 2012.

Lisa Keller has enjoyed a long career in Anchorage as an elite athlete, coach and civic leader. In 2003 she founded Multisport Training of Alaska and still serves as its head coach. As a student at East High in 1982, Lisa was the Alaska State Champion at 800 meters. Since then she’s won several triathlons, both in Alaska and Outside, and has twice been named the Alaska Female Triathlete of the Year. She’s also a breast cancer survivor and attributes her positive outcome to lessons she learned through sports. Currently Lisa serves as head coach for Running Free Alaska, a 5-year-old non-profit running program for female prison inmates at the Hiland Mountain Correctional Center in Eagle River.

Gary has been The Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship's called minister since 2012.