Hired by the UAS Egan Library in 1999 as an Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science, Elise has worked in school, public, special, and academic libraries for the past 30 years. She received tenure and promotion to Associate Professor, in 2006, and became the Regional Library Director for UAS in 2012. In 2016 she also began overseeing the Juneau campus Learning, Testing, and Writing Centers and the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT). Her position title changed to UAS Library Dean in 2018. Outside of librarianship, Elise is a painter and a photographer who exhibits regularly in Juneau. She also loves to spend time with her family and furry friend Henri (cat).