Our Staff

Hiring the most competent, professional, and friendly staff is the utmost priority for us here at Alaska Floats and Skis. We believe that “who” is even more important than the “what.” Our staff takes pride in their work, they have fun, and do an amazing job! We are very thankful to have such a great group of people who are passionate about what they do everyday. “You’ll never work a day in your life if you love what you do.” It is our pleasure to work with you and offer the best customer service in the industry!

Melissa Lee

Owner/CEO

Melissa was born in Talkeetna and calls both Alaska and Colorado home. Melissa’s background is in Education. She taught English in South Korea, was a public school teacher for 7 years, and has also worked as an instructor and instructional coach for teachers in southwest Colorado. She currently works with ‘at-risk’ youth in Colorado during the winter as a Behavioral Specialist for a public school. Having her Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership, she is so thrilled for the opportunity to be working with the Alaska Floats and Skis family. As an avid adventurer, Melissa has summited both Denali and Mt. Aconcagua and traveled to 20 countries. She loves spending time with her family including her 13-year-old son, Avitt, and her boyfriend, Jayson. She also enjoys flying airplanes and was raised exploring Alaska from the sky. Life in Alaska is a small slice of heaven and sharing that with others from around the globe is such a privilege!

Jayson

CFI/Fixed Wing + Helicopter/Chief Pilot

Over 25 years of piloting everything from light airplanes, jets, turboprops, sailplanes, single & multiengine BIG tires and floats to many different types of rotorcraft helicopters and a few gyrocopters. Spent 10 years active United States Navy doing everything from aviation survival training to in flight medicine in a Search & Rescue capacity. Have spent the better half of my career providing safe and efficient transportation in airplanes & helicopters right here across the entire state of Alaska. I truly enjoy teaching flying no matter what type of flying machine when I can. Flight instruction has always been a passion and I feel blessed being able to do it with Alaska Floats & Skis.

Scott

CFI/Fixed Wing + Helicopter

Born and raised in northwest Indiana (Bear Down!) but have lived in New York, Alabama, Texas and now Alaska. I graduated from West Point in 2015 and have been an aviation officer and AH-64D Apache pilot throughout my time in the Army. I earned my helicopter and fixed wing ratings while serving in the military and added my commercial ASEL rating at AKFS in 2021. I enjoy exploring Alaska in my Citabria 7GCBC, fishing, hunting, and spending time with my fiancé and our two cats (Kitty and Walt). I’m looking forward to a great summer in Talkeetna where the only thing more uniquely amazing than the group of people at AKFS is the flying.