Join us in welcoming AYEA’s newest Advisory Board member: Jedediah Smith!
Jed was born in the high deserts of New Mexico and moved to Alaska in 2001. He worked as a journalist for five years, in Seward, Valdez and Dillingham. In 2006, he moved to Fairbanks to attend classes in the Northern Studies program. In 2009 he completed his master’s thesis on the role of watershed partnerships in Alaska’s freshwater management. He is a bicycle commuter and enjoys running, hiking, and skinning the backcountry of South Central Alaska in search of tele turns. He currently tracks legislative issues for Alaska Center for the Environment. Before joining SWAG, Jed had been volunteering with AYEA since 2010 as an Adult Mentor for the Anchorage chapter and as an Adult Trainer for the 2011 Civics & Conservation Summit.
