Anthony belongs to a military family.  The place he was born, Las Vegas, is the place he spent the least time.  He spent seven years in England before landing in Fairbanks three years ago, where he graduated from CyberLynx Homeschool program. Anthony is in his first year at UAF, pursuing a Computer Science degree.

Anthony works ten hours per week for Green Star managing our Reboot IT program.

Anthony enjoys video gaming, messing around with Linux and experimenting with computer programming.  Arch Linux Gamer is his screen name.

Dan is a lifelong Alaskan. He was born here in Fairbanks, grew up in Anchorage, and returned to his home town in 2007 to work for a gold exploration company and transfer to UAF to finish his degree in Geology. In 2008, he started recycling scrap metals on a small scale from local transfer sites to raise extra cash and help pay for school. With the knowledge gained from studying geology and experience with metals mining, it made perfect sense to Dan that recycling was the way to go versus mining new materials. He is happy to have found Green Star and be able to share his energy and passion for recycling with other like minded members of the community.

Shem came to Alaska from California.  In 2015, he began looking for work that would take him to new places.  In 2020, he found his way to Alaska working in the fish processing industry.  After a couple of seasons, he decided to explore more of Alaska and finally ended up in Fairbanks last year.

Shem has done many different jobs including carpentry, security, packaging and shipping, and warehouse work, but the work he enjoyed most was in homeless services.  Shem loved the process of helping people.  He has the same kind and humble spirit in serving customers and coworkers at the CRF.

When not at work, Shem enjoys video games, movies and martial arts.  He has trained in several different practices over the years and continues his practice today.

Jacob Hurst came to Green Star from the borough’s Central Recycling Facility. He has helped to streamline Green Star’s operations and is excellent at organization. Jacob was born in Fairbanks and has family ties to Saint Lawrence Island, making him a local Alaskan with much regional knowledge. He has a background in auto mechanics and recycling and brings many valuable skills to the Green Star team.

Jay was born in Fairbanks and has lived here his whole life. He learned about Green Star when his brother began volunteering there for a school requirement. He thought it sounded interesting, and wanted to learn more about electronics and computers. Jay started volunteering at Green Star’s monthly electronics recycling collections and weekly Saturday workdays, taking apart computers and sorting electronics. He also volunteered with Green Star’s event recycling efforts at the Tanana Valley State Fair. Jay started working for Green Star in the summer of 2018 and is passionate about recycling in general. He earned his degree in Biology from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2022.

Mike Hull moved to Fairbanks in 2022 as an assistant professor of physics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.  He has a BS in nuclear engineering and a PhD in physics, specializing in physics education research.  He has 20+ years of teaching experience that range from teaching English in Japan to babies and their mothers to coaching future physics high school teachers in Austria on implementing research-based curriculum on quantum mechanics.

When Mike is not teaching, he enjoys eating and serving food to others in food banks and soup kitchens.  He is excited about helping to increase people’s awareness of currently available recycling options in Fairbanks and to help develop additional strategies to reduce, reuse, and recycle.

Natalie Mayer, M.D Family Medicine

Originally from Pennsylvania, Natalie moved to Alaska in 1992 to work at Eielson AFB as a Family Medicine physician. After eight years of active duty, she worked in various clinics in Fairbanks until she and her husband John opened the Mayer Clinic in 2006. She has been a board member with the Breast Cancer Detection Center since 2015.

Natalie started volunteering with Green Star about seven years ago, joining her two kids who were doing community service for Monroe High School. In addition to Saturday volunteer days, Natalie has helped with special event recycling including the Midnight Sun Festival and the Tanana Valley State Fair. Her family has also recycles at home and they currently have two active compost bins that enrich their garden soil every summer. Having been a Fairbanks resident for 27 years, a small business owner for 13 years, and now serving as a Board Member, Natalie is a devoted community member who dedicates herself to the growth and success of Green Star.

President of the local business, Omni Logistics, Inc. and Finance and IT manager for American Mechanical Inc.

Dennis L. Michel II (Denny) served on the GSIA board of directors for four years from mid-2016 to 2020. He was raised in Fairbanks and is deeply invested in the interior as well as the local Alaska Native community. Mr. Michel holds a B.S. in Business Information Management from the University of Southern California and an MBA in Corporate Finance from the University of Denver. He is a highly skilled business professional with many beneficial relationships in Alaska.

Linda grew up in Virginia and North Carolina where she was a radiology and orthopaedic tech for 20 years before moving west. She moved to Salt Lake City, Utah where she earner her bachelors degree in art, minoring in biology, from Westminster College. While in UT Linda also volunteered at the University of Utah Museum of Natural History for six years as a docent.

Next, Linda and her husband moved to Fairbanks (30 years ago) and quickly made Fairbanks their home. Linda continued museum work at the University of Alaska Museum, now Museum of the North, also attending UAF and earning a Masters in Museum Education.

In 2000 Linda and her husband started doing volunteer medical work in South Africa two to five months each year.  While in Africa she worked in a clinic located in a trash dump. During that time Linda and her husband began going to Tanzania each year, making it their primary focus, working with people in a hospital setting. After her husband passed away in 2011, she went to Morocco one month each year for four years, working as a caregiver with orphaned children who have severe physical challenges.

Here in Fairbanks Linda worked for several years as a greeter with Morris Thompson Visitor Center and with the Noel Wein Library as needed. Linda also volunteered with the Fairbanks Community Food Bank for 13 years until Covid caused a temporary stop to volunteering. She served 3 years on the Fairbanks Arts Association Board of Directors and has been on the FNSB Parks and Recreation Commission for 9 years. She also currently volunteers with Green Star sorting and taping batteries. Linda’s interests, in addition to her son and his family, are reading, hiking, snowshoeing, summer biking, river trips, and camping.