Allison Underwood

Allison was born and raised in Raleigh, NC. Her love of the outdoors started when her dad took her on a sailboat at age two. After graduating from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1994 with a BS in pharmacy she moved to Tallahassee in 1995. She loved the birding, kayaking and fishing at St. Mark’s refuge.

Allison became a volunteer in the visitor center on weekends while still working and more of a regular after retiring in 2013 until the COVID pause. She also helped out with student field trips to St. Vincent Island introducing the students to shorebirds. Allison still works part time when it does not interfere with traveling or her new love of pickle ball. She looks forward to spending more time on the refuge improving her birding skills and fishing for the illusive redfish.