In July 2000 Paula and spouse Tim relocated to Silverdale, WA. She continues to serve her Alaska clients with frequent visits to Southeast Alaska. Paula remains active in Sitka as a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Holland America Community Advisory Board and the current Chair of the Alaska Raptor Center.

Good health has always been one of Paula's priorities and she works closely with her clients and the Sitka Wellness Coalition to improve the health of Southeast Alaskans.

Tim and Paula make their home in Silverdale. Tim is a retired building contractor and enjoys working in outside contractor sales at a local lumber yard. They enjoy participating in fun runs and races in their area and spoiling their grandchildren. Their oldest son Kris and spouse Erica live in Sitka with their cute kids Baylee and Clayton. Son Mark lives in Seattle.

Hames was born and raised in Sitka and after attending their public schools, graduated Sitka High School. He attended Oregon State University, then returned to Sitka and began his carrier in the family business. During this time he unexpectedly met Mary Whiteley while in southern California when he was bowling with his grandparents.  Shortly thereafter, they married and raised three sons; Andrew, Roger and Brian. They now enjoy spoiling two grandchildren, Justin and Morgan.

He is extensively involved in the Sitka community and has served as President of the Sitka Chamber of Commerce in addition to the Sheldon Jackson College board where he invested many years with each. He currently holds a Sitka seat on the Southeast Alaska Advisory Board for Alaska Airlines, is the Sitka Cemetery Association President, along with serving on the Raptor Center board. His passion is the overall health of the Sitka business community where he serves on the Sitka Economic Development Association board that he helped founded in 1997, and was its President the first twelve years.

Hames was asked to serve on the Raptor Center board after an ambitious and relentless pursuit by its Chair, Paula Scott!
Love for the outdoors that includes the beauty and wildlife that surrounds him in the community he lives and his strong belief in giving back to the community both with his time and resources, are strong and compelling reasons why he serves on the Alaska Raptor Center board.

MacKay graduated from the University of New Mexico with a double major in economics and philosophy.  He also served for six years in the U.S. Air Force and worked for Continental Airlines in Albuquerque, San Francisco and Los Angeles before joining Alaska Airlines in 1976.

Active in both industry and civic affairs, MacKay is on the boards of Junior Achievement of Washington, Alaska Raptor Rehabilitation Center, University of Alaska Foundation, Alaska Airlines Foundation, Commonwealth North, Kenai River Sports Fishing Association, and the Anchorage Sports Commission.

Ral earned her Bachelor's degree in Organizational Management from Alaska Pacific University in 1997. In another facet of her career, as a corporate educator, she has developed and presented numerous seminars on subjects such as marketing, customer service, time management, goal setting and planning. Now Ral devotes her time to managing income property and investments for her family.

Ral's non-profit experience includes serving as an officer on the Board of the Alaska Visitors Association, Chairman of the Alaska Visitors Association Marketing Council, Vice Chairman of WISE (Winning with Stronger Education) in Anchorage, and a member of the Rural Educator Preparation Partnership, a task force created by the University of Alaska. 

 Ral spent six years on the Pacific Northern Academy (PNA) Board of Trustees in Anchorage, including serving two years as Chair of the Board. She is currently an Honorary Trustee for the PNA Board of Trustees. Ral also served as a Trustee for Alaska Pacific University, in Anchorage, for 5 years.

 Ral and John enjoy their two daughters, ages 12 and 22, and divide their time between their homes in Sitka and Maui. They are also avid boaters, and keep a couple of personal boats in Sitka.. 

Liam has a life long love of wilderness and has enjoyed many decades of fly-in trips, backpacking hikes, and river trips in many of Alaska's incredible places. In the past ten years Liam built and operated an internationally top rated eco-tourism lodge on his get-away property in South Central Alaska. He volunteered time and legal counsel to the Alaska Raptor center for many years before coming on the board 9 years ago. He has also served on an Alaska State Parks citizen's advisory board for 8 years, retiring in 2009.

Liam has two children; an avid mountain climber son and a canine search and rescue volunteer daughter; and two grandchildren, all in Alaska. Besides Alaska's unsurpassed nature Liam enjoys cooking, playing classical guitar, Latin music, and international travel exploring less visited cultures and regions. He is now making plans to climb a remote "tepui"  (tabletop mountain) on the Venezuela/Brazil/Guyana border - which has the oldest rock exposed to sun and stars on planet earth.

Mr. Kito then turned his attention to Native issues, becoming Executive Director of the Fairbanks Native Association, Executive Director of the Tanana Chiefs Conference, and Executive Vice-President of Doyon, Ltd. He left Doyon in 1975 to become the President of the Alaska Federation of Natives. In 1982 he was elected as Chairman of the Board of AFN and served in that capacity for two elected terms.

Mr. Kito has also been extensively involved in educational issues in Alaska. He was elected to the Fairbanks School Board, and served one year as the Board President. Later, Mr. Kito was appointed to serve on the Alaska State Board of Education, the Commission on Post-Secondary Education, the Vocational Education Advisory Board, and the University of Alaska Board of Regents.  He also served as Founding Director of Alaska Pacific University’s Alaska Native Institute and on the Development Committee for the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. He currently serves on the Board of the First Alaskans Institute.

Since 1977 Mr. Kito has been President of Kito, Inc., a lobbying firm representing clients in Juneau and in Washington, D.C. He is the proud father of five children and four grandchildren.

John was also active statewide with the Alaska Visitors Association (AVA) trade organization serving as it’s President and several terms as V.P. of Government Relations. Through the statewide exposure from AVA he received several Governor appointments to the Alaska Tourism Marketing council chairing Public Relations and worked in that capacity to bring the Good Morning America production to Alaska.

John has served on a variety of industry boards and currently sits on the Royal Celebrity Tours Board of Directors for Royal Caribbean Cruiselines.  John began his involvement with the Alaska Raptor Center when his company leased the current land site from the University of Alaska and helped to move the Raptor Center to a permanent location. He currently sits on the Alaska Raptor Center board of directors where he has served several terms over the past 25 years.

Jeff came to Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield from William M. Mercer Inc., where he acted as benefits consultant to some of the region’s largest employers. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Ethix Northwest. Jeff has also held management positions in HMO and hospital and ambulatory physician practice settings. Jeff has served in a number of roles outside of Premera, including Chairman of ACHIA,( the Alaska high risk pool), Commissioner on the Alaska State Healthcare Commission, Board Member of the Alaska Raptor Center, Board Member of WWAMI Alaska Community Advisory Board, Chair for Anchorage Heart Walk, and prior Board Member of the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation.

Jeff holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from Whitman College and a Master’s Degree in Health Care Administration from the University of Washington.