Our Staff

Tiffany Hall

Executive Director

Tiffany was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. After graduating from Bartlett High School, she explored the country for 12 years before returning to Alaska. She came to Recover Alaska in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in Classics from Pomona College, a master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Oregon, and 10 years of nonprofit experience mixed with social justice advocacy, poetry, and dancing. .
Tiffany has been recognized as one of Alaska’s 2016 Top 40 Under 40, University of Oregon’s 2019 Distinguished Recent Alumna, and Grantmakers in Health 2021 recipient of the Andy Hyman Award for Advocacy. She currently serves as vice chair of the board of the U.S. Alcohol Policy Alliance.

Tiffany loves to spend time with her family and friends—especially her magical daughter Margaret—and is grateful to live and play on the land of the Dena’ina people. Her personal story of recovery can be seen in Recover Alaska’s Day 001 video series.

Contact Tiffany at 907-249-6644 or at [email protected].

Tiffany Hall

Sara Platt

Program Manager

Sara grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and received a bachelor’s degree in Communications from the University of Missouri. Having a passion for meeting new people from different cultures, Sara has lived in three different states and six different countries. She has done everything from teaching English in Ecuador and South Korea to working as a behavioral health clinician at a rehabilitation center for youth in Kenya.

Sara holds a master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and has spent the last 12 years in the behavioral health world, including advocating for those who have experienced domestic violence and sexual assault, working as an integrated health specialist, providing individual and group therapy, and overseeing admissions and early interventions for a community behavioral health clinic that provides both outpatient and residential services for substance use disorders.

Sara arrived in Alaska four years ago and feels grateful for the opportunity to call Alaska her forever home. She has a passion for connecting individuals, families, and providers to each other, to themselves, and to shared goals in order to improve well-being for all Alaskans.

Contact Sara at 907-249-6647 or at [email protected].

Sara Platt
Blaze Bell

Blaze Bell

Administrative Coordinator

Blaze Bell is a Victim Rights Advocate, Singer, and Podcast Host. She is the board chair for Victims for Justice, Vice-Chair for the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Victim Consultant for the Alaska Criminal Justice Commission, and Peer Support for Standing Together Against Rape. Blaze was in the 2022 Top 40 Under 40 class and the 2019 recipient of the First Lady Volunteer of Alaska award.

Contact Blaze at 907-249-6643 Or [email protected].

Elizabeth Ogungbenle, PhD, MPH

Research Analyst

Elizabeth is originally from Nigeria; she received a bachelor’s degree in Microbiology and a master’s degree in Public Health (MPH). Elizabeth moved to the United States in 2018 for her PhD program in Public Policy (Health Management). She has a great passion for preventive medicine with the goal of achieving health for all.

Contact Elizabeth at [email protected]

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Membership

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Board of Directors

Jeff Jessee
April Kyle
Lance Johnson
Elizabeth Ripley
Heather Phelps
Tina Woods