Storyboard

Contact us

If you’d like to contact someone at Arctic Entries with questions or comments, e-mail works great: storyboard@arcticentries.org. We are real people on the other end of the line, and we really are doing our best to make each and every show great, so please consider being kind and constructive in your criticisms (or just let the kudos fly). We are also pretty busy, so if your email fosters a great internal discussion among the storyboard, you might need to give us a few days to gnaw thoughtfully on your question and respond.

Who are we?

Arctic Entries is organized by a host of volunteers from the Anchorage community. These committed individuals must really enjoy taking on extra responsibilities… Meet the Storyboard:

Steph Johnson – President, Ticket Master, Logistics Maven, Spreadsheet Queen
Steph brings her background of creativity and logistics to Arctic Entries in volunteer form, and we love her for it! She first dug her teeth — or Tooth — into Arctic Entries by helping to coordinate Bear Tooth shows, combining her love of food and restaurants with her love of spreadsheets. And now, as an Arctic Entries volunteer, she loves to listen to stories and empower them to be told on stage with a mic in hand. In her non-volunteer hours, you can find Steph running around Alaska (literally, the lady likes to run) on her running team the Golddiggers. And, I ain’t sayin’ she’s a gold digger, but she grew up in a Colorado gold mining town whose mascot was also a Golddigger and then moved west, ending up in Alaska where she fit right in, so there’s definitely a story there…. If you ever need a Hype Woman, Steph would like to apply for the job because hypin’ is what Steph does best.

Lila Hobbs – Vice President, Storycoach, Benevolent Sender of Emails
Born and raised on the unceded Dena’ina lands now known as Anchorage, Lila’s love of storytelling started from a young age as she watched her exuberant and irreverent dad Frank make connections with everyone he encountered through story. True to her Myers-Briggs “advocate” personality type, Lila has always gotten the most fulfillment from helping others, whether it is behind the curtains at Arctic Entries or as a SAR volunteer in the backcountry rescuing lost and injured people. You can frequently find Lila and her partner gleefully exploring neighborhoods together on their electrified Dutch cargo bike. 

Linda Carroll – Secretary, Storycoach, Host, Jackie of all trades
How did Linda wind up here…as a long, long time attendee she thought it would be great to volunteer to see how it all comes together. One thing leads to another, and now here she is.

Paul “Bear” Barendregt – Storycoach, Host
Bear told a story during the infamous February 2015 show “Fiasco!” Then he convinced his wonderful wife Josie to tell a story with him in May 2017, which gave rest of the storyboard the idea that he was a prime storyteller recruiter. No one can resist him, and we couldn’t either.

Scott Owens – Host, Storycoach
Despite having been here for most of a decade, Scott is still giddy about living in Alaska after a couple westward moves from the solar oven that is his native North Carolina. He particularly enjoys careening downhill on his mountain bike, kayaking badly, and relaxing with his lap-Rottweiler by the fire. He is often to be found in the emergency department, sometimes professionally.

The Storyboard would, of course, like to give a huge, grateful thank you to its co-founders, Tara Loyd and James Keck. In addition, there are a host of volunteers and past storyboard members who have given lots and lots over the years. Those beautiful folks include the following, in no particular order: Arran Forbes, Eva Gardner, Vikram Patel, Will Koeppen, Rosey Robards, Ximena Williams-Olivera, Ben Farkash, Mirna Estrada, Olivia Cohn, Tim Paszalek, Amanda Dale, Katy Laurance, Aryn Cunningham, Cierra Mikkens, Matt Rafferty, Emily Fehrenbacher, Dave Onofrychuk, Katya Koteff, Carlyle Watt, Ben Matheson, Colby Bleicher, Shannon Kuhn, Brandon Hill, Willie Dalton, Mikey Huff, Amber Jackson, Jack Klauschie, Sam Weis, Laura Wolff, J.R. Zufelt, Sam Bernitz, Becky Windt, Kate Huber, Darcy Dugan, Nathan Havey, Jekka Roder, Jason Brandeis, Beth Peluso, Theresa Taylor, Paul Anderson, Margaret David, Megan Friedel, Danielle Pittner, Paul Flahive, and an honorable mention to Tony Perelli (who designed our logo!).