Celeste Hodge Growden
Yolandous "Doyle" Williams
Yolandous “Doyle” Williams has been a community-involved Alaskan since 1978. Vice President of Team-sters Local 959 and State Coordinator for UPS in Alaska, member of American Legion Post 34, Prince Hall Masons of Alaska. Yolandous Williams was raised in West Covina, California and originally came to Alaska as a member of the US Air Force stationed at Elmendorf Air Force Base in 1978 as a Household Goods Specialist.
Mr. Yolandous left Alaska in 1989 but always with a plan to return and was able to do so ten years later. He was employed as an Air Ramper with United Parcel Service (UPS) since 2005 and soon recognized the need to have a shop steward during his shift at UPS and became shop steward in 2008. Since that time Yolandous has been Alaska’s delegate to the Teamsters National Black Caucus and is a non-management representative on the UPS safety committee. He maintains membership in the American Legion, Post 34 and Prince Hall Masons of Alaska.
Leroy Williams
Leroy Williams is the Owner/Manager of Charisma Enterprises, which is a business that assist Clients in addressing formal or official paperwork, to include government forms, applications, documents, proposals, contracts, etc. Mr. Williams is well-versed in interpreting and relaying the terms of ‘legalese’ and government terms, conditions. He has helped with writing officials responses, compiling documents, papers etc. Very adept in conducting online research of most types. Mr. Williams currently serves on the board of the Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center and is very active in his community.
Brenda Tyler
Brenda has been a resident of Anchorage Alaska since 1981. She has been employed with the federal government under the US Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service. Her work involved Human Resource (Human Resource Assistant), Equal Employment Oppor-tunity (EEO Counselor), and Contracting Services (Concessions Specialist). Brenda has been a longstand-ing member of the American Legion serving as Secretary and later, Executive Committee Member. She was a working member of Business and Professional Women’s organization (North to the Future and Forget-me-Nots) and recent member of the Alaska Women’s Educational & Charity Clubs. She attended Bishop State Junior College (pre-nursing) in Mobile Alabama and also University of Alaska/ACC (Business). She enjoys spending time with family in outdoor and other activities such as fishing, camping, and bowling. Brenda regularly assists with political campaigning (door-to-door canvassing, phone banking, fundraising, hosting). She is also a member of Cella’s Angels who conducts fundraising activities throughout the year to directly benefit the American Cancer Society.
