Our Board
Carlos Diaz — Chair
After graduating from Anchorage Felony DUI Court in 2018, Carlos is extremely active within the local recovery field and is working tirelessly to become more involved in both the state and national level. Carlos lives in Anchorage and works as a painter for ASRC and AK Summit Drywall and Paint. He hopes to transition into more full-time recovery work in the near future.
Laurie Hume — Treasurer
Laurie graduated from the Family Care Court in September of 2010. Today, Laurie’s aim is to share her experience with others and lend support to those who find themselves in a state of dreadful hopelessness and despair. She openly shares her story with lawmakers, organizations, and the public to increase awareness of the power and inspiration within Alaska's recovery community. Laurie graduated APU with honors in 2013 with an accounting degree and now works as a controller in Anchorage; she lives with her husband and daughter.
Steve Corven — Vice Chair
Steve is an Army veteran who worked as a tank gunner while serving time, a shareholder of Calista Native Corporation who worked as a commercial fisherman, and a retired engineer of 27 years with the Alaska Railroad. Since graduating the Anchorage Felony DUI Court in 2019, Steve has stayed busy with AKTCA, providing peer support as a group facilitator weekly and coordinating monthly family game nights in Anchorage.
Lance Hanes — Secretary
A 2014 graduate of the Anchorage Felony DUI Court and an AKTCA board member since 2013, Lance credits his sobriety to the community he has found with his fellow alumni. Lance is a trained Moral Reconation Therapy facilitator, a trained peer mentor through the McShin Foundation, and a Chemical Dependency Counselor I. He is employed in the recovery services field to assist others to find their way to freedom from addiction.
Our Directors
Ron Wilson
After graduating from the Anchorage Felony Drug Court in 2010, Ron served as the Chair of AKTCA for five years. He continues to be an active director through his role as a liaison between the court and AKTCA, a facilitator of weekly peer support groups, an advocate supporting legislation affecting recovery and addiction, a speaker on the Victims Impact Panel (an outreach/awareness program for first time DUI offenders), and most recently, a member of Alaska Legislature’s Therapeutic Courts Task Force. Ron is an ordained pastor, a father of four, a 25 year IBEW electrician member, and an owner and manager of transitional housing for re-entry.
Andrew Metcalf
Brenda Trupp
Michael Mooradian
An active member of AKTCA since its very inception, Michael has engaged in community outreach, facilitated peer support groups, and pursued work in the substance abuse counseling field as a Chemical Dependency Counselor II. Since graduating from the Anchorage Drug Court in 2003, he has given presentations on addiction at Anchorage area schools, the Annual School on Addictions Spring Training, and local treatment abuse centers. As a speaker, Michael challenges the status quo when it interferes with bringing sobriety to an addicted individual or to a community wanting to halt the epidemic of under-age drinking and drug abuse. In 2007, Michael highlighted sobriety in the community by organizing a sober table at the Anchorage Mayor's Diversity Dinner.
Sylvia Nepomuceno
Sasha first joined the board while still a participant in the CINA Court. Since graduating in 2019, she has continued to stay active in AKTCA. Sasha is a mother of nine who holds onto the motto, “Be still in your recovery, take the journey, share your story.”
Leigh Copeland
Leigh credits her graduation from the Anchorage Felony DUI Court in 2014 with providing her the structure and treatment she needed to continue on the path to long term sobriety. Although Leigh recently moved back to her home state of Alabama, she remains involved in AKTCA by facilitating remote peer support groups for women via Zoom. Leigh is retired after working thirty-five years in the mental health field as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.