Board Directors

Libby Maynard is the executive director and co-founder of The Ink People Center for the Arts. As well as being a professional artist, she has over 40 years of nonprofit administrative experience. She received her BA and MA in art from Humboldt State University, and is a consultant in nonprofit management and program development. She created the Ink People’s DreamMaker program, which has fostered over 300 community-initiated projects in the past 28 years, and currently manages over 90 self-directing projects. She has served on the Access Humboldt Board of Directors from 2006-2013 and 2014-present, serving as Board President from 2007-09, and on the Finance Committee 2009-present. She was also the director of Ink People’s Community Access Television from 1996-2006, and Arcata Community Access Television's President from 1990-91, and Treasurer, 1991-93.

Ryan Keller is a library media specialist for the Humboldt County Office of Education. Previously she taught mathematics, English, information literacy and technology at the high school level. She oversees the library program at the Humboldt Educational Resource Center (HERC) and develops professional learning opportunities for teachers and school librarians around the county. She is excited about inquiry-based learning, developing students’ information and media literacies, and nurturing them to be thoughtful, creative and engaged citizens of the world.

Jane Callahan has worked in the nonprofit sector for her entire career. Areas of expertise include nonprofit development and management, community building initiatives, fundraising and strategic planning. She has a background in international media development, public health, evaluation and public policy. She is a graduate of HSU and lives in Eureka, CA.

Cyril Oberlander is the University Library Dean at Humboldt State University since July 2014. Previously, he served as the Director of Milne Library at the State University of New York at Geneseo since 2011, and as the Principal Investigator of the Open SUNY Textbook Project, a multi-institution grant and libraries funded open textbook publishing initiative. Prior to that, he served as the Associate Director of Milne Library at SUNY Geneseo and as an internal consultant to the IDS Project, a 75 library cooperative in New York, since 2008. He also served as the Director of Interlibrary Services at the University of Virginia Library from 2005-2008, the Head of Interlibrary Loan at Portland State University from 1996-2005, as well as various roles in Access Services at Portland State University since 1987.

Dr. Keith Flamer was named President/Superintendent of College of the Redwoods effective April 11, 2017. He holds a Bachelor's Degree from Eastern Washington University, a Master's Degree in Public Administration from Eastern Washington, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University.

Jay Tilghman, Film and Digital Media Mentor for the MARZ Project, a core youth-centric program of the Ink People Center for the Arts. Acting director of the Eureka-Kamisu Sister City Association since 2013.

is a member of the Board of Directors of the League of Women Voters Humboldt County, a humanitarian educator and the spiritual leader of Unity Church of the Redwoods in Eureka, CA. She has a Master’s degree in Consciousness Studies from Holmes Institute School of Consciousness Studies in Santa Rosa, one in Sociology from the University of California, Davis, and several certificates in Cross-Cultural Competence. She is passionate about bridging the barriers between people holding clashing belief systems.

Rob Standish is the Assistant Principal at Eureka High School. Previously, he was a Social Science teacher at South Fork High School in Miranda California. While there, he taught a Media Production class that aired a live weekly radio show for KMUD in Garberville. Rob served in the US Army from 1988-1991 as a Public Affairs Specialist and is a Gulf War veteran.

Gregg Foster is a Humboldt County native and is currently the executive director of the Redwood Region Economic Development Commission (RREDC). Gregg served on the Board of Conveners for Access Humboldt during the development of the cable franchise agreement that led to its creation. RREDC has also been involved in the development of broadband infrastructure in Humboldt County, providing advocacy and leadership since 2000. It was a key leader in the development of Humboldt County’s second fiber optic line, completed in 2011.

Talvi Fried is a producer at one of Humboldt County's oldest radio stations, Power 96.3FM. Her passions for radio extends to Ham Operations (km6tna), and she is well versed in film/media. Her background is in biochemistry and computer sciences. She sits on the board for the Humboldt Homebrewers (a dreammaker project of The Ink People).