Cook Inletkeeper Staff
Meet The Team
Cook Inletkeeper is a community-based nonprofit organization that combines advocacy, outreach and science toward its mission to protect Alaska’s Cook Inlet watershed and the life it sustains. Inletkeeper’s monitoring and science work builds credibility with scientists and resource managers, its outreach and advocacy efforts enhance stewardship and citizen participation, and together, these efforts translate into Inletkeeper’s ability to effectively ensure a vibrant and healthy Cook Inlet watershed.
Loren Barrett
Loren was born in the Florida Keys and split her childhood amongst the Florida flats, the New Mexican river beds, Colorado mountain streams and Montana rivers. She served two years in Guyana with the United States Peace Corps before returning to the US to pursue an MA...
Bridget Maryott
Bridget hails from the unceded lands of the Tohono O’odham peoples (Tucson, AZ) where she learned at a young age that water is life. After spending four decades in the Sonoran Desert, it became apparent that the local lands and waters could not withstand their current...
Ben Boettger
Born and raised in Indiana, on traditional lands of the Shawnee and Miami, Ben Boettger came to Alaska in 2014. Prior to joining Cook Inletkeeper, he was a Peace Corps volunteer in Mongolia, a National Park Service ranger, and a reporter for local and regional...
Satchel Pondolfino
Born and raised on Dena’ina lands in Anchorage, and currently enjoying the small-town life of Homer and Kachemak Bay, Satchel is grateful to call Alaska home. From mobilizing collective action that pushes back against extractive economies, to visioning and organizing...
David Knight
David was raised in Soldotna and has a deep love for the rivers, lakes and streams of Yaghanen (“the good land” in the Kenai Peninsula) and their fishes. David graduated from Vanguard University and spent the majority of his career coordinating, managing and building...
Sue Mauger
After growing up outside of Boston, doing her undergraduate work at Duke University and earning a Master’s in Fisheries Science at Oregon State University, Sue finally made it to Alaska and its wild salmon streams. Sue is inspired by working in healthy watersheds and...
Our Board Members
We can’t thank our board enough for all the wisdom they share.
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Inletkeeper relies on the hard work of staff and volunteers. Take a look at our open positions and volunteer opportunities to support a thriving Cook Inlet | Tikahtnu.