Hooray for Cheryl!!! I worked with her at the Alaska Center for the Enviroment in the late '90's, which is what inspired me to become an urban planner. She's definitely a pioneer who's been advocating for more livable communities for a long time. From my perspective, she represents what is best about the United States and Alaska - innovation, equity, democracy, and justice. If we humans manage to create sustainable urban environments that work in harmony with our natural ecosystems, it will be because we work together on awesome new solutions, which involves learning from past mistakes rather than doubling down on them based on misguided ideas of what makes this country great.