This year’s board member candidates for four board seats are:

Colin Craven – Colin currently works as the director of the product testing lab for the Cold Climate Housing Research Center.

Hans Geier – Hans has been an economist with the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He has been involved in cooperative education since 1996.

Sandra Lee Trumbower – Sandra currently lives in Anderson, Alaska, and teaches special education there and in Cantwell.

Catherine (Cat) Whitney – Cat started farming off of Chena Hot Springs Road this year with the non profit organization she has founded known as Turning Light Farm.

Miriam Woody – Miriam works to home school her children, raises animals on a small farm and volunteers in the community.

For more information about all of the board candidates please go to www.FairbanksCoop.org and click on the tab that says 2010 letter. You can read the full biographies in our member letter.