Beverly D. Dunham (born 1932) [1] is an American pioneer journalist and publisher in Alaska. She founded the Seward Phoenix Log [2] in 1966 and served as the editor and publisher, running both the financial side and editorial side of the paper, rare for a woman at the time. [1] In 2014, she was named to the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame.
She is also a community activist and municipal servant in Seward, Alaska. She served on the Seward School Board and Seward City Council, and as mayor for a time.
Dunham was featured in [3] the Ken Burns documentary The National Parks: America's Best Idea, expressing her initial opposition to the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge near Seward. She feared the establishment of the monument would adversely affect the economy of the town.