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Caroline Storm was born in Canada to immigrant parents, one from South Africa and one from Czechoslovakia. Education and learning were central to her home environment, and she was pushed to pursue a professional degree. Educated and licensed as an architect, she left the profession after 25 years in practice to serve as Executive Director of the Coalition for Education Equity in Alaska. Caroline sits on the board(s) of: Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center; Alaska Eating Disorders Alliance and the Alaska Literacy Program (where she volunteer taught Civics for Citizenship). She also sits on the MOA Budget Advisory Commission. An avid road cyclist, she finally completed the Fireweed 200 in 2025 after crashing out of the race in 2018. In all her other spare time, she’s a haphazard gardener, optimistic DIYer, and doting dog mom.

Coroline's email - caroline@ceequity.org

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• Dr. Robert Alexander is the CEO and Co-Founder of AuraLab, whose Breathscape app supports deep meditative states by transforming breath into music through biofeedback. Before launching AuraLab, he worked as a NASA fellow at the Goddard Space Flight Center, served as the Chief Innovation Officer at the University of Michigan, and lectured on Sound Design and Psychology at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design. Origin Magazine named him a top creative leader, and his work has been featured in Scientific American, National Geographic, VICE, Science Friday, and the BBC World News Service.

These links from Robert -

• Breathscape
  • YouTube: Guided Breathing Experiences
  • Breathscape iPhone App
• Poem: Rumi - Some Kiss We Want
• Jon Young
  • Wiping Off Road Dust Audio Recording
  • TEDx talk: Repairing Emotional Isolation by Reawakening Deep Nature Connection
• Recommended Books:
  • James Nestor - Breath
  • Andy Caponigro - The Miracle of the Breath
  • Donna Farhi - The Breathing Book
  • There are many others available!
• Practices:
  • Box Breathing
  • Ujjayi
  • Breath of Fire
  • The Buteyko Method

Members of the fellowship can follow up with me at robert@auralab.io.

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Jory Knott is the Executive Director of the Alaska Innocence Project. A lifelong Alaskan, he earned an interdisciplinary degree in art and music at UAA, then moved to Oregon, where he composed music, wrote grants for creative projects, and apprenticed in stone masonry. He became operations manager for a masonry company with stone cutting operations and rock quarries across the Pacific Northwest. In 2009, he moved back to Alaska. He changed his career trajectory, teaching music and art to adults with special needs while attending UAA, pursuing legal studies with a minor in civil engagement. He interned with the Alaska Innocence Project in the fall of 2015. He helped manage the office for months while the Executive Director, Bill Oberly, attended the trial of the Fairbanks Four, who were exonerated that December. Hooked on innocence work, Jory went to law school at the University of Montana, volunteering with the Montana Innocence Project. He returned to extern with AKIP during his last year of law school and has been working there full-time since graduating.

Slides - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0oh6fju7ip2kadle46g0j/AKIP-AUUF-Powerpoint.pdf?rlkey=nc8et9o3ckchksnk50xzi8uzo&dl=0

Alaska Innocence Project "One Sheet" - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0bvslcxq3s21xbphhhr3p/AKIP-One-Sheet.pdf?rlkey=z5oz32gdp6hdeghzmc8s1qg9n&dl=0

AK Innocence Project website - https://www.alaskainnocenceproject.org

Fairbanks-Four drumming video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx5vvUTEhtk

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John Weddleton moved to Anchorage in 1987 after a life of traveling across the country and world, including several years in Istanbul, Lugano, and five years as a dry cabin dweller in Fairbanks. John started his work career as an economic consultant. He now owns a retail business and some commercial properties. John went to a Community Council meeting in 1997, then things got out of hand. His work through Community Councils, the Planning and Zoning Commission, and the
The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee led to two terms on the Anchorage Assembly. He is now on the board of the Anchorage Affordable Housing and Land Trust. John's wife, Ronni, patiently allows him time for these activities. John has a master's in economics from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 1986, and a B.A. in Political Science from Tulane University, 1980.

Erin Baldwin Day was elected this year to represent Midtown Anchorage, District 4, on the Anchorage Assembly. Erin was born and raised in Alaska, left for college after graduating from East Anchorage High School in 2000, and returned here in 2009 to raise her own family in Midtown. Following fifteen years of service as a local policy advocate, community organizer, pastor, and nonprofit leader, she joins the Assembly with a particular focus on the issues that impact the daily lives of working people in Anchorage: housing supply, childcare access, and transportation infrastructure. Erin lives in University Park with her husband of twenty years, two fantastic teenagers, and a dog named Max. When she's not at work, you might find her flying down a trail on her fat tire bike, whipping up delicious messes in the kitchen, writing bad poetry, or enjoying live music. She lives by the mantra that the long moral arc of the universe only bends toward justice if the people do the pulling.

John's slides - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kxmjnpf3y5ienxn9dxm80/TSDO-Unitarians-12-14-25.pdf?rlkey=ddj71y13kxyfn63klwohb17td&dl=0

Erin's slides - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/55hkd5tecbzeospw2wvh8/UU-Forum-Presentation.pdf?rlkey=tuikxtbci9x5g0eptbh6q3tho&dl=0

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Leon Jaimes (pronounced hi-Mays) is a network security professional who has provided security consulting services to the healthcare, financial services, state and local government, telecommunications, and retail sectors. He has over 20 years of experience in Cybersecurity and Information Technology. He lives with his amazing wife and two amazing children on the traditional lands of the Denaina Athabascans. He enjoys hiking, biking, and skiing with the family. He volunteers as the chair of the House District 20 Democrats and as an IT consultant for the Alaska Black Caucus.

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Margie Harrison has worked in libraries for over thirty years. She planned to go into social work after college, but her career path changed after taking a job at a small urban library. Margie graduated with a Master's Degree in Library Science from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, a couple of years later. Her love of learning and passion for serving and helping others drew Margie to librarianship and eventually to library leadership. Throughout her career, Margie has worked in public and state libraries in various capacities across the U.S., including Michigan, Nebraska, Washington, Oregon, and Louisiana. Margie came to the Anchorage Public Library from southwest Louisiana, where she served as Executive Director of a 13-branch library system. Margie has a servant's heart and a community spirit. She believes libraries are the ultimate community connector, linking people to possibilities, resources, information, and services. Margie is proud to have been selected to serve as the Anchorage Public Library's director and lead our competent, dedicated staff in our mission to connect people to information, education, and community.

Slides - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ltlv8uexg523h3sofn1m6/UU-Presentation-2025.pdf?rlkey=4kx6wx3m20pqghhh71zy8vfiy&dl=0

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Retired Judge Elaine Andrews served as a trial judge for over 20 years in Anchorage. She served as Presiding Judge of the Third Judicial District from 1996 to 2002. Prior to assuming the bench in 1981, she was an attorney serving in both the public and private sectors, practicing criminal and civil law. She is the past chair of the Committee for Fair and Impartial Courts for the Alaska Bar Association. She was the 2017 Recipient of the Jay Rabinowitz Award for Public Service, the 2016 recipient of the Anchorage Bar Association Distinguished Service Award, and the 2005 recipient of the YWCA Woman of Achievement Award. She has a grown family of five and enjoys her retreat in the Wrangell-St. Elias area with her husband of 44 years.

Alaskans for Fair Courts: https://akfaircourts.com

Justice NOT Politics: https://www.justicenotpoliticsalaska.org

Alaska Bar Association - Fair & Impartial Courts: https://alaskabar.org/?s=fair+and+impartial+courts

Commission on Judicial Conduct: http://acjc.alaska.gov

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Ruth Adolf is an 18-year Police Officer with the Anchorage Police Department (APD). Her extensive experience includes patrol work, specialized Crisis Response, and a key role in developing and implementing APD's successful co-responder model—a concept that pairs officers with mental health professionals in the field. A former member of the Crisis Negotiator Team, Ruth is a dedicated instructor for the department's Crisis Intervention Training (CIT), sharing her expertise with first responders and community members. In her current assignment, Ruth applies her skills to compassionate outreach as a member of APD’s HOPE Team.

Tanya Vandenbos is a Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor (CDC I) and Behavioral Health Clinician (BHC I) with 8 years of service at the Anchorage Police Department. Drawing on prior experience in mental health outreach, case management, and housing support, Tanya was instrumental in bringing the Mobile Intervention Team concept to APD. Today, she plays a vital role in cultivating community resources for both officers and citizens. Tanya is committed to meeting people where they are and currently focuses her expertise on the Homeless Outreach Prevention Engagement (HOPE) Team.