2026 Alaska ENA Officers
President
Immediate Past President
I was originally born in Arlington, Virginia and moved to Alaska when I was 10 years old. We moved 8 months later to Bush Alaska where we spent several summers building a house/cabins and eventually turned it into a summer camp for families (my dad wrote a book about it! Planes, Bears and the Turkey Bomber by James Oliver).
When I was 16, I started flyfishing and raft guiding, sometimes by myself with two clients. I wanted to be better equipped to handle emergencies out in the middle of nowhere, so took my first EMT class at 18 From there, my love for medicine grew and I eventually got my nursing license in 2010. I have worked pediatric outpatient care, long-term acute care, emergency department, pediatric trauma PI and am currently the ED/ICU Educator at Providence Alaska Medical Center as well as the American Heart Association Training Center Coordinator for PAMC. I have served the Alaska ENA as a delegate, conference planning committee member and as president from 2023-2025.
Secretary & Web Chair
Treasurer
Membership Chair
Education Chair
Rachael is a seasoned nurse with 15 years of experience and a master’s degree in public health, whose career reflects both clinical excellence and a deep commitment to underserved communities. She has provided care in rural village clinics across Haiti, Guatemala, and the Mississippi Delta, as well as in high-acuity Level I emergency departments in Boston and New York City, and in the regional hub of Bethel, Alaska. Currently, Rachael works in both adult and pediatric intensive care units at the Alaska Native Medical Center, where she continues to deliver compassionate, high-level care. Outside of her professional life, she enjoys traveling back to the East Coast, cheering on the Red Sox, listening to live blues music, hiking with her husband Lloyd, and hanging out with the most handsome boy ever - the one and only 80lb boxer-mastiff-ridgeback puppy, Mr Hauss
ENPC Chair
Becca Schneider BSN, CEN, CPEN, TCRN is the ENPC Chair for the Alaska Emergency Nurses Association and a former Alaska ENA President. She has also represented Alaska as a delegate at multiple national ENA conferences and serves as a contributing author for ENPC. In her current role as a Trauma Clinical Coordinator, she focuses on trauma education, performance improvement, and case review. With more than a decade in emergency nursing in Alaska, Becca is passionate about pediatric and trauma education and enjoys traveling across the state to teach and support nurses in a variety of settings. She is currently pursuing a graduate degree in nursing leadership in education at the University of Alaska Anchorage. When she's not working, you'll find her out camping, exploring Alaska, or spending time with her dog (and husband).
TNCC Chair
Government Affairs Liaison
Carrie Lavallee