AUUF Podcasts

George Bryson was a reporter for the Anchorage Daily News for many years. He currently serves as Chairman of the Forum Planning Committee. George has just completed a 500 mile walk on the pilgrimage route of the Camino de Santiago.

Gary Holthaus is a poet, author, and minister. For the past three years, he's served as the called minister of the Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.

Originally ordained as a Methodist minister, Holthaus has also made a living as an educator and non-profit administrator. 

He's the author -- most recently -- of "Learning Native Wisdom: What Traditional Cultures Teach Us about Subsistence, Sustainability, and Spirituality" and "From the Farm to the Table: What All Americans Need to Know about Agriculture." In this latter work, through interviews with men and women who try to make a living farming in southeastern Minnesota, Holthaus examined the stark downside of international free-trade agreements that maximize multinational corporate profits at the expense of American farmers, wage-earners, and the environment.

 Bill Sherwonit was born in Bridgeport, Conn. and has called Alaska home since 1982. He has contributed essays and articles to a wide variety of newspapers, magazines, journals, and anthologies and is the author of more than a dozen books. His newest book is a collection of essays, Animal Stories: Encounters with Alaska’s Wildlife, published in September 2014. His website is www.billsherwonit.alaskawriters.com.

Ruth Greenwood has been a long time member and friend of the Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and is an ordained UU minister.

Margie Brown served as President and CEO of CIRI (Cook Inlet Region, Inc.), an Alaska Native Corporation, from 2003 to 2013. During this time, CIRI developed a reputation for disciplined growth with diversified interests in energy, construction, environmental services and venture capital investment.

Gary Holthaus is a poet, author and minister. For the past three years he's served as the called minister of the Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.

Originally ordained as a Methodist minister, Holthaus has also made a living as an educator and non-profit administrator. 

He's the author -- most recently -- of "Learning Native Wisdom: What Traditional Cultures Teach Us about Subsistence, Sustainability, and Spirituality" and "From the Farm to the Table: What All Americans Need to Know about Agriculture." In this latter work, through interviews with men and women who try to make a living farming in southeastern Minnesota, Holthaus examined the stark downside of international free-trade agreements that maximize multinational corporate profits at the expense of American farmers, wage-earners and the environment.