Marianne is a writer for Alaska Airlines, with a background in public relations and marketing. She started with the airline in 1986 as an intern out of WSU's School of Communications. She currently works part-time, while managing a household with a globetrotting husband, two teenage boys and a very precocious cat. She is a volunteer running coach for middle-schoolers and has run three marathons. Her loves are running, hiking and being outdoors. Profile photo: Top of Mt. Townsend, Olympic National Forest