Who we are

The Lake and Peninsula Team

At LPSD, we're passionate about kids and our employees are outgoing educators and professionals who live life to the fullest.

Superintendent - Ty Mase
Chief Operating Officer/Personnel - Rick Luthi
Student Services Director (SPED) - Bill Hill
Business Director - Laura Hylton
Maintenance Director - Tim McDermott

Joyce Alto Joyce Alto with her smoke fish bellies Joyce Alto LPSD Team Member Since: 1988 Position: Payroll Hometown: Pilot Point Hobbies: Family, Reading, Movies, Subsistence foods- berries, clams, caribou, geese etc. etc. and salmon made every which way you can.	Richard Bierer Richard Bierer at Alaska Sealife Center in front of Resurrection Bay LPSD Team Member Since: 2010 Position: Secondary Generalist Hometown: New Brighton, PA Hobbies/Activities: Golf, Skiing, Beer Brewing, Fantasy Sports, Video Games, Fishing, Camping	Jeff Bringhurst Shown with a very gullible salmon. Anybody can fly-fish up here! Jeff Bringhurst LPSD Team Member Since: 2010 Hometown: Medford, OR Hobbies/Activities: Love being outside, and then coming back in to curl up with a good book. Enjoy combing the beach here for treasures, or just listening to the surf. Miss the trees, but have learned to love the tundra.
Maryellen Dalberg Maryellen Dalberg LPSD Team Member Since: 2007 Position: Elementary / Head Teacher Hometown: Seward, AK Hobbies/Activities: Reading, Cross-stitching, and Netflix	Susan Edwards Susan Edwards LPSD Team Member Since: 2006 Hometown: Missoula, Montana Position: LPSD Accountant Hobbies/Activities: In the summer you’ll likely find me on the water fishing (or at least annoying the fish), subsistence set netting to fill the freezer for the coming winter, battling the bugs and generally getting out in the sun as much as I can.	Colleen Gabriel Colleen Gabriel ice-skating for the first time on Lake Iliamna LPSD Team Member Since: 2009 Hometown: Conklin, NY Position: North Schools-Special Education Teacher Hobbies/Activities: Reading, visiting, going on Honda rides, berry picking, making soda, wearing pink, watching movies/T.V, shooting my .22, and shopping.
Beth Hill Beth Hill getting ready to walk a rope bridge while zip lining in Hawaii LPSD Team Member Since: 2005 Position: K-2 Teacher Hometown: Bethel, AK Passions: Riding my horse, hiking, picking berries, kayaking, searching for treasures with my kids and husband, gardening and snorkeling.	Bill Hill Bill Hill commercial salmon fishing with (and grossing out) son Eric. Bill Hill LPSD Team Member Since: 2009 Position: Student Services Director Passions: My wife Diane, my kids Gabriella, Eric, Billy and Emma, the rest of my large family, commercial fishing, subsistence hunting and fishing, drinking coffee with family, being involved in bush education, living in southwest Alaska and making a positive difference here.	Bruce Lawrence LPSD Team Member Since: 1981 Position: Shipping and Receiving Clerk Passions/Hobbies: Family, Hunting and Commercial Fishing
Derek Luke Derek Luke Fly-Fishing on the famous Newhalen river! Hometown: Worthington, Pennsylvania Position: Upper Elementary Generalist LPSD Team Member Since: 2010 Interests Include: Friends, Family, Learning, Reading, Fly-Fishing, Campfires, Hiking, Backpacking, Making Music, Philosophy, Religion, New Perspectives, Good Conversations, and Adventures!	Ty Mase Ty Mase with a Meshik River King Salmon Ty Mase LPSD Team Member Since: 2006 Position: Superintendent Passions: My daughter Harley and wife Heather, Family, Education, Fly Fishing, hunting and the outdoors.	Becky McKennett Becky McKennett LPSD Team Member Since: 2000 Position: K-2 Teacher Hometown: Port Alsworth Hobbies/Activities: Teaching kids
Tom McKennett Tom McKennett LPSD Team Member Since: 2000 Position: Head Teacher Hometown: Port Alsworth Hobbies/Activities: Reading, photography, games, church and men's bible study	Cam Metzger LPSD Team Member Since: 2006 Position: Nondalton Elementary Hometown: Juneau, AK Passions: Working for LPSD!	Christian Meneskie Christian Meneskie with a Dungeness crab caught near Perryville, Alaska. Christian Meneskie LPSD Team Member Since: 2009 Position: Secondary Teacher Hobbies: Hiking, running, golf, gourmet cooking, fishing, music, and finding new waysto help kids learn.
Ron Mistler LPSD Team Member Since: 2006 Passions: My mission is making our school district a better place for our children & staff. I enjoy raising Foundation Quarter horses, Fishing, Hunting, Trapping, and outdoor survival skills.	Hal Neumann Position: Registrar of Students Interests/Passions: History, zymology, fishing, woodcarving - the order of which varies seasonally. Susan, family, & friends. Motto: Verba Sapientium Nihil Probat.	Eliza Owens Eliza Owens LPSD Team Member Since: 2009 Position: Teacher Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI Hobbies: Running, hiking, biking, singing and fishing
Luke Owens Luke Owens LPSD Team Member Since: 2009 Position: Teacher Hometown: Port Alsworth, Alaska Hobbies: Playing guitar, singing, running, backpacking, playing and coaching basketball, hunting, and fishing	Tammi Peterson LPSD Team Member Since: 2002 Position: Purchasing Hometown: Born in Bethel AK but raised in Levelock AK Passion/Hobbies: Family, friends, basketball, darts, and traveling.	Kasie Pletcher Kasie Pletcher LPSD Team Member Since: 2010 Position: School Counselor Hometown: Rockwood, Pennsylvania Passions: Learning, adventures, being outside, hiking, camping, taking pictures, meeting new people
Linda Richter LPSD Team Member Since: 1979-1995 & 2002-Present Position: Literacy Coach North Schools Passion/Hobbies: Family and Friends-Fur, Leather and Beading work-Reading.	Troy Roberts Troy Roberts (bottom) with the Armor Up Paintball Team after a four day retreat. Troy Roberts LPSD Team Member Since: 2007 Position: Head Teacher Passions: My faith in Christ, my wife, basketball, board games, martial arts, lame jokes, Netflix, and anything else active and fun.	Sherry Webster Sherry Webster LPSD Team Member Since: 1993 Position: Administrative Secretary to Superintendent and School Board Passions/Hobbies: My husband, my children, spending time with the best grandkids in the world, music, reading, cooking, movies and being a part of my family’s commercial fishing operation.
Kate Wedum Picking up bamboo wands while crossing the Harding Ice field LPSD Team Member Since: 2006 Position: Secondary Language Arts Hometown: Choteau, MT Passion: TEACHING!, being outside, learning from my colleagues, quilting, reading, running, skiing, backpacking, baking, trapping, and hunting cardboard.