Reneé graduated from Bartlett High School in Anchorage, Alaska, and received her B.A. degree in Business/Government from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. As a daughter of an Air Force Staff Judge Advocate, she grew up traveling all over the United States, as well as Central & South America. Renee’ has been a member of the Alaska World Affairs Council since 2003, and was elected to the AWAC Board of Directors in 2007. She is an active member of the Anchorage Downtown Rotary Club (since 2001) and is an incoming Board Member for their 2008-09 year. Reneé’s interest in world affairs and the desire to help others, took her to India in 2007 with a team of Rotary volunteers on a humanitarian mission to help immunize children against polio as part of the Global Polio Eradication effort spearheaded by WHO, CDC, UNICEF, and Rotary International. Reneé is currently a Senior Administrative/Budget Officer with the Municipality of Anchorage.