Tami Eller is a lifelong Alaskan who currently works as the Associate Director of Community Programs at AK Child & Family. She received her Master’s in Counseling Psychology from Alaska Pacific University. Her passion is to work with individuals and families impacted by FASD. In 2019, Tami traveled to Australia with the Rotary International Vocational Exchange Team and presented at the District Conference and also to our club in June 2019. Tami also received a Rotary scholarship for college.
Allen Lewis is a former member of the United States Air Force who has resided in the State of Alaska for 35 years. He began his career with AK Child & Family in Residential 
Services as a Psychiatric Treatment Counselor in 2015. A year later, he briefly transferred to Case Manager before finding his niche in 2016 as the agency’s Recruitment Specialist in the Licensing Department. Since 2002, Allen and his wife have opened their home to young people as foster parents offering a safe and nurturing home to those in need. In 2007, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis received additional training to upgrade their home and expand their talents to provide therapeutic foster care services for children who have experienced traumatic events in their lives. They continued as Therapeutic Foster Parents until the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, however, they continued providing foster care services for a young man who has been a member of their home for nearly seven years.
Services as a Psychiatric Treatment Counselor in 2015. A year later, he briefly transferred to Case Manager before finding his niche in 2016 as the agency’s Recruitment Specialist in the Licensing Department. Since 2002, Allen and his wife have opened their home to young people as foster parents offering a safe and nurturing home to those in need. In 2007, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis received additional training to upgrade their home and expand their talents to provide therapeutic foster care services for children who have experienced traumatic events in their lives. They continued as Therapeutic Foster Parents until the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, however, they continued providing foster care services for a young man who has been a member of their home for nearly seven years.