Gustavus Community Center Board Members
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Gus Martinez, President
Gus Martinez came to Alaska in the fall of 2001 as the Bay District Ranger for Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve stationed in Bartlett Cove. During his 14-year tenure he oversaw the Law Enforcement, Structure Fire, Emergency Medical Services and Marine Safety and Boating Operations. Then as the Deputy Chief Ranger for Yosemite National Park Gus was responsible for the Law Enforcement, Search and Rescue and EMS services for Yosemite; this included overseeing the Yosemite Medical Clinic which provided services to the residents and visitors of Yosemite National Park. In 2019 Gus returned to Gustavus as the Safety Officer for Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Sitka National Historical Park, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. Gus raised his children in Alaska and he and Sylvia decided to return to Gustavus to enjoy the quiet life of our community. Gus looks forward to being a part of the board and taking the next steps in fulfilling the vision of the Gustavus Community Center.
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Sean Tevebaugh, Vice-President
Sean Tevebaugh moved to Gustavus in 2019 as a Glacier Bay park ranger and media specialist. With a passion for photography and videography, Sean enjoys capturing the experiences and phenomena in our shared world and community. Hailing originally from North Carolina, Sean grew up seeking out natural spaces and immediately fell in love with Alaska’s vast expanses of wildness when he first moved to Fairbanks in 2014.
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Melanie Berg, Treasurer
Melanie moved to Gustavus in 2011 and fell in love with the area, the community, and the way of life here.
Megan Bishop, Secretary
Megan has called Gustavus home since 2013; raising her family with her husband and creating a homestead in our beautiful community. She has deep roots in Gustavus and her primary focus is supporting the next generation. Megan has been teaching in Gustavus since 2014. Starting with a local non-profit Preschool to teaching Middle School and PreK at our public school. If you don’t catch her in the classroom, you can likely find her out in the field where she coaches two varsity sports, Cross Country and Track. In addition to the many hats she wears, Megan is a First Responder with GVFD and the President of the GVFDA. She believes the GCC will become the heartbeat of Gustavus, where we will come together to celebrate our beautiful community.
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Martha Mathews
Martha Mathews is a newly retired teacher who moved to Gustavus in 2020 with her husband, Jim. They first came to Gustavus in 2005 with their two boys on a weeklong kayak trip. When a teaching job opened in 2020, Jim eagerly came out of retirement in Nevada to jump at the chance to move north. Martha then joined Gustavus School the following year. Martha enjoys cooking, traveling,and music. She is slowly learning a little painting with the help of the Gustavus Plein Air group. Martha is looking forward to becoming more active in the community and helping to promote great activities for the folks in her new hometown.
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Hailey Burley
Hailey Burley is relatively new to Gustavus, moving here in 2022 to work as an interpretive park ranger at Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. She quickly fell in love with the beauty of the area and the kindness of the community. It was at many GCC events that she began to feel like Gustavus was home. Hailey looks forward to giving back to the community that gives her so much!
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Bre Ohlson
Hi there! I'm really happy that you are taking the time to read about your community center board members! I was born and raised in exotic Juneau, Alaska, and then spent a decade in Seattle for college and work before returning to Gustavus 20 years ago to start a family. I spent 6+ years working for the Gustauvs Library and continue to volunteer there. I have worked at the small airlines and now Alaska Airlines in the summer. I am the chair for the local Election Board and served on the GCC board for 6 years during the purchase of the land and the delopment phase of our amazing building. I took a few years off and am happy to return to the board of directors to help create wonderful experiences and memories for the people of Gustavus as well as those from across our planet!
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Margaret Hazen
I am excited to be on the GCC board and happy to help run the gallery and give a helping hand and perspective when I can! Margaret moved to Gustavus in 2001 from Yakutat where she was teaching and running the schools swimming pool. She and her family commercial fished out of Dry Bay where they spent their summers. She substitute taught at the school in Gustavus then took on the preschool and worked at the Bear Track Mercantile. In 2003, she went to work for the park running the backcountry office, administering backcountry and boating permits. Margaret became a mediator for the Department of the Interior and wore many park service hats for the 19 years she worked for them. She is now retired and has begun a small art business.
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