Dick Reichman has been a central figure in Alaska theatre for decades as a playwright, actor, director, producer, and more. He was born in 1945 in New York's Garment District. Instead of returning to take over the family store after college, he went to Carnegie-Mellon University on a Schubert Playwrighting Fellowship, then wrote and directed for Theater Workshop Boston. To support his passions for theatre and baroque keyboard instruments, he worked in radio stations and tuning pianos in several states, eventually landing in Valdez. He was the morning man at KCHU for ten years until Jerry and Sandy Harper drew him to Anchorage in the 90s to be an integral part of their new Eccentric Theater Company (later Cyranos), which premiered ten of his plays. More recently he has done plays with RKP Productions, which he co-founded with Audrey and Bruce Kelly and the late Bob Pond. Dick and his wife, Christine, have three children, Nathaniel, Benjamin, and Amanda, who are all involved in the arts.

Link to list of Dick's work - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sg7kx5k309516hybrjrc9/DickReichman_in_Alaska_theatre-as-actor-playwright-director-producer.pdf?rlkey=nq6ia57yz0wquyuagc2wfhxn0&dl=0

Erik was born and raised in Eugene, Oregon, and Robin is from Kansas City, Missouri. They met at The Kansas City Star, where Erik worked as a photographer, and Robin covered city hall and courts as a reporter. Moving to Anchorage in 1984, Erik began a long career as a photojournalist with the Anchorage Daily News, and Robin worked as a freelance journalist. She later earned a Master's in education and taught in the Anchorage School District for almost 20 years. Robin also co-founded the local Habitat for Humanity Anchorage affiliate. Erik and Robin have worked for several years as election workers, are members of long-established book groups, and volunteer for various community organizations. They each served on the AUUF Board, Program Council, and other teams and committees. Both enjoy reading, walking, long road trips, and spending time with family and friends. They have two adult daughters and recently became grandparents.

Mel Langdon grew up in Anchorage, lived in Denver for 12 years, and returned to Anchorage in 1994 to raise two daughters. She worked as a civil engineer for various entities in Denver and Anchorage. She retired in 2017 and spent the first 14 months of her retirement teaching high school math in Lesotho. She joined the fellowship last November and came across the announcement for the LLP pilgrimage in a Fellowship newsletter. This sounded like the inspiration she needed, so she signed up just before the registration deadline.

Marty Freeman is retired from a career with the AK Department of Natural Resources in land use planning and forest policy. Retirement has allowed her to volunteer with OL and AUUF and serve as an election worker for the Municipality and state. She still has time to indulge in gardening, canning, and quilting and to happily spend more time outside on Alaska's trails and waters. A lifelong northerner, the Alabama Living Legacy Pilgrimage was her first visit to the Deep South.

Note that photos should not be reproduced without permission from Erik Hill - akhills@ak.net

Slides for opening - https://www.dropbox.com/s/flo0mhik4mq28pr/SlidesResized.pdf?dl=0

Slides for the program -
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1O7RYj90eeM7UvjSRDmQfC05BRyKVkClVSZDtWSVSOv0/edit?usp=sharing

Viola Liuzzo slides - Robin - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gha4xrnteqpiy01uowo3e/ViolaLiuzzo_Robin.pdf?rlkey=l6t9wbruilxeg981oxsmkxi0r&dl=0

James Reeb slides - Erik - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vbwwm46eidycxkqsjo3jl/JamesReeb_Erik.pdf?rlkey=ruwz8btk27oixb4aci9h7a07r&dl=0

Cathy Giessel, the majority leader of the Alaska Senate Bipartisan Coalition. She was first elected to the Senate in 2011 and served as Senate President from 2019-21 before taking a short break from elective office. She was born in the Territory of Alaska, in Fairbanks, where she was raised and graduated from Lathrop High School before moving south to Anchorage in 1974. Cathy is a Nurse Practitioner, in Family Practice. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan and her Master of Science degree from the University of Alaska Anchorage, both in Nursing. She is actively engaged in community service with a behavioral health board, a school-based clinic, children's programs at her church, and as a foster care and health fair volunteer. She received the Anchorage Republican Woman of the Year award in 2007 and was named an 'exceptional leader' by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing in 2010. She and her husband of 50 years, Richard, raised three kids in the home Rich built for them in 1979. They have 7 grandchildren.