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.

Zachary was born in Nevada, where he lived in a very small mining town for most of his life. He drove haul trucks at the gold mine for 9 years. Zach then retired from gold mining and started a small online business for repairing, refurbishing, and modding all sorts of video game consoles.

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.

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 earned 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.

Buddy has lived in the Fairbanks area since 1971. He retired from the North Pole Fire Department as Fire Chief in 2016. In his 40 years with the fire department he recruited, worked with and supervised many volunteers. Buddy spend his last 15 years at the fire department as Fire Chief writing and managing budgets and pursuing grants.

Buddy has been a member of Lions Clubs International for 10 years and has held a variety of leadership positions including his current role as Governor for District 49B. Buddy has also held a leadership role with Tanana Valley State fair where he oversaw maintenance and logistics.

Buddy owns small businesses in Fairbanks and is currently the Environmental Health and Safety Manager at Golden Heart Waste Management / Shredway where he also leads recycling initiatives and related community outreach.

Bambi is an MBA candidate at the University of Alaska Fairbanks while working there in technology services. She moved to Fairbanks in 2021 and jumped between coasts while attending Northeastern University in Boston. She decided to make Fairbanks her permanent home in 2024 and committed herself to giving back to the community she fell in love with.

Before graduate school, Bambi earned her B.S. in Computer Science and Philosophy. She stayed active within her community by going to bazaars and volunteering where she honed the logistics and stakeholder-engagement skills she now brings to the Green Star board. She also serves as a mentor in Big Brothers Big Sisters and plays rugby, roles that feed her passion for hands-on education about stewardship and resilience.

Tim Troppmann, originally from California and Colorado, has been a proud Alaskan resident of Fairbanks for over 30 years, where he lives with his wife of 30 years. His three adult children are now independent, with two living in Fairbanks and one in Bend, OR. Family remains at the heart of his life.

With over three decades of experience in the pipe trades, commercial/health care construction, and facilities management. Tim has served as a Project Manager/VP at a leading mechanical contracting firm, as well as Senior Construction and Facility Project Manager at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital (FMH) and Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC). At TCC, a vital Alaska Native non-profit, he oversees Facilities Project Management and maintenance services to support Facilities construction, renovation, and maintenance in Fairbanks and across Interior Alaska’s 42 villages, ensuring operational excellence and cultural alignment.

A passionate outdoorsman, Tim enjoys mountain/fat tire biking, fishing, hiking, baseball, hockey, and building projects. Deeply committed to his Fairbanks community, he’s passionate about sustainable solutions, focusing on recycling and minimizing landfill impact in the Interior. Tim’s local roots and collaborative spirit drive his dedication to fostering resilient, thriving communities through innovative, win-win approaches.