Personnel
William Urschel
Executive Director / Captain
Alaska Endeavour’s founder, Bill is a licensed US Coast Guard 100-ton Master with over 1,500 days at sea. He has run the Endeavour since 2007 on expeditions from Southern California to the Arctic. A lifelong explorer, Bill has ridden a horse 1,200 miles across the southwestern desert, paddled a dugout canoe solo down Peru’s Ucayali River, and worked as a freelance journalist in Nicaragua and El Salvador during their revolutions. Bill has started and sold a handful of software companies and has served on the boards of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. He is a National Fellow of the Explorers Club and holds a history degree from Princeton University.
Corky Parker
Expedition Manager / Crew
Corky coordinates expeditions and serves as crew underway. A life-long outdoorswoman, she was executive director for the Alaska Wilderness Guides Association and for 25 years owned La Finca Caribe, hosting environmental and educational groups on Vieques Island in Puerto Rico. She has a degree in environmental studies from Bennington College and served on the school’s board of trustees.
John Hermus
Naturalist / Crew
John came to Alaska in 2019, working as a biologist for the US Fish and Wildlife Service. He will finish his Masters at the University Alaska this spring, where he has been working at the Alaska River Ecology Lab. His thesis is, “The effects of water temperature and heat stress on the growth of juvenal salmon.” John is a certified in small boat handling, Wilderness First Aid, and CPR. He is avid hunter, rock climber, and backpacker.
Staci Richard
Director
Staci was the science and STEM department chair at Laguna Blanca School in Santa Barbara, California, for 29 years and ran the research and mentorship program she created there -- a two-year science elective that pairs students with mentors in the community -- for eight years. She is currently the Emergency Response Manager U.S. Direct Relief. Staci holds a BA in Biology and Geology from Albion College and a Master's degree in Math and Science Education from the University of California, Berkeley.
Kevin Flick
Director
Kevin has helped steer product development for 20 years -- at Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Volvo, and others -- to meet the needs of actual humans and the planet we live on. Additionally, he is a friendly and insatiable adventurer, both on land and on the sea. He holds a BA in Biology from Boston University and a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Washington.
Lindsey Goodman
Director
Lindsey is a Managing Partner at Homtomi Companies. He was a trustee of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History for 12 years and was president of the board for three years during the early phase of the museum's Sea Center rebuild. He holds a Master of Architecture from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Alaska Endeavour
Post Office Box 912
Petersburg, Alaska 99833
a 501(c)(3) organization