Alyson grew up in Minnesota and Wyoming, but now resides in Massachusetts.
Alyson has worked as a consultant to nonprofits and organic farms. Her specialties lie in strategic communications, development and campaigns, and board governance.
Alyson grew up in Wyoming and attended college in Minnesota at a small liberal arts school named Macalester College.
Alyson is especially interested in wildlife conservation, and she lived in Tanzania, East Africa, for 5 months in college to study Swahili, eco-tourism and agricultural impacts on wildlife populations by local communities.