The Observer, May 2008
Board seats member for wilderness recreation and tourism group
Cathy Hart of Anchorage has joined the council board to represent the Alaska Wilderness Recreation and Tourism Association. She was seated at the board’s January meeting in Anchorage to complete the unexpired term of Stan Stephens, who resigned from the council at the start of this year.
Hart is retired from 32 years in sales and marketing with the Alaska Marine Highway System, where she focused on serving local, commercial, military, group tour, and tourism customers. She has also served with the Prince William Sound Tourism Coalition, Alaska Sea Kayaking Symposium and the Alaska Society of Outdoor and Nature Photographers.
Her family moved to Alaska from Texas in 1966 when her father came to work for ARCO in the Cook Inlet oil fields and then Prudhoe Bay.
She’s an avid sea kayaker, rafter, skier, and photographer. She lives in Anchorage with husband Eric Downey and their dogs Sunny and Niki.