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The Alliance Board
Alliance for Biking & Walking Board Photo 3-9-10 L to R: John Gideon, Dan Grunig, Noah Budnick, Laura Hallam, Jeffrey Miller, Stephanie Potts, Randy Neufeld, Scott Bricker, Colin Peppard, Loren Mooney, Barb Culp, Rob Sadowsky, and Mark Wyatt.
Noah Budnick, Chair
Noah is the Senior Policy Advisor at Transportation Alternatives (TA) in New York City, where he focuses his passion on local initiatives for better bicycle and pedestrian facilities in one of the world’s most vibrant cities. He works with staff to craft political, organizing, and media strategies to win livable streets. He was recently honored with a Revson Foundation Fellowship at Columbia University (2008-2009) and, he was also awarded the David Gurin Award for Improving Biking and Walking in New York City in 2009. Also a board member of the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative and City Reliquary Museum and Civic Organization, Noah has been a remarkable leader for the Alliance.
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Barbara is the Executive Director of the Bicycle Alliance of Washington, a job she returned to after a 3-year hiatus to work as a consultant and to launch an award-winning bicycle program at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Barbara focuses on statewide policy and legislation in Washington State, which was named the #1 state for bicycling for two years by the League of American Bicycling. A passionate bicycle advocate, bicycling tourist, and daily bike commuter, she excels at building partnerships and alliances all across Washington. The Bicycle Alliance of Washington under her direction is pioneering a new outreach effort called Hub and Spoke.
Executive Director
Bicycle Alliance of Washington
PO Box 2904
Seattle, WA 98111
(206)224-9252
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John has been an advocacy leader for the past two decades with a couple of local organizations, and in 2008, John co-founded Bike, Walk Ohio! He is working to build it into an effective statewide advocacy organization with the top priority to win an Ohio Complete Streets bill. As President of the Central Ohio Bicycle Advocacy Coalition, now known as “Consider Biking”, he helped lead the organization to several strategic wins including getting a regional Complete Streets policy adopted, partnering with the Columbus Mayor's Green Team to create and run a valet bicycle parking program (“Pedal Instead"), and getting both a Safe Routes to School and a comprehensive bike plan adopted locally. Consider Biking’s work with Columbus also helped get the city recognized in 2009 by the League of American Bicyclists as a Bronze level Bicycle Friendly Community – Ohio's first. John received his J.D. from the Ohio State University in 1978 and has practiced labor/employment law and criminal appellate law.
Cofounder
Bike/Walk Ohio
91 Chaucer Court
Worthington, OH 43085-3905
http://www.bikewalkohio.org
614-885-8364
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Dan heads Colorado’s statewide bicycle advocacy organization promoting bicycling for transportation, health, and recreation. Bicycle Colorado and its 7,000 members led the successful legislative efforts to create the Colorado Safe Routes to School program, pass the Bicycle Safety Act and begin the Colorado Share the Road Education Fund. Dan is also a member of the Denver Regional Council of Governments’ Transportation Advisory Committee and the Denver Metro Living Streets Initiative. He holds a master’s degree in non-profit business from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is a nationally certified cycling instructor.
Executive Director
Bicycle Colorado
1525 Market Street, Suite 100
Denver, CO 80202-1661
http://www.BicycleColorado.org
303-417-1544
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Randy is the director of the SRAM Cycling Fund, which supports innovative efforts to promote cycling in Europe and the U.S. Randy is also a strategic management consultant for the National Complete Streets Coalition. For over 20 years, he served as a leader for the Active Transportation Alliance (formally known as Chicagoland Bicycle Federation), starting as executive director in 1987-2004 and then Chief Strategy Officer 2004 - 2009. He continues to be active as a board member. Not only has he been a leader in pedestrian and bicycle advocacy, both locally and nationally, he has direct experience in planning, mapping, safety education, marketing, design, funding, policy, and public involvement. He is also president of America Bikes: the national coalition of organizations working to grow bicycling through federal transportation policy and funding, of which the Alliance is a proud member. He was the founding chair of the Alliance.
SRAM Cycling Fund Director
SRAM
Chicago, IL
http://sram.com
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Scott is the Executive Director of Bike Pittsburgh. An everyday bike commuter, who has cycled across the country, he is a vocal advocate for cyclists' rights. He is an alumnus of Carnegie Mellon University, where he earned a B.S. in Public Policy and Management in 1999. After graduation, Scott lived in San Francisco for two years, where he worked for a dot-com and a software company before returning in 2001 to co-found Bike Pittsburgh. Scott also sits on the board of Pennsylvania Walks & Bikes.
Executive Director
Bike Pittsburgh
3410 Penn Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15201
http://www.bike-pgh.org
412-325-4334
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Laura joined Florida Bicycle Association as the first full-time executive director in 2001 bringing over 14 years of experience in non-profit management. Having worked for the Florida Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and the Sunshine State Games Foundation, promoting healthy, active lifestyles was her passion. This passion was easily transferred to bicycle safety education and advocacy. Laura is especially proud of FBA's programs and publications to educate law enforcement and the general public on the rules of the road. Their annual ProBike/ProWalk Florida Conference and inaugural Florida Bike Summit in 2009 are ways they bring people together to promote change. Laura's passion and enthusiasm can be seen on and off the bike as she motivates people to get involved at the local and state level to make their communities a better place to live, bike and play.
Executive Director
Florida Bicycle Association
P.O. Box 718
Waldo, FL 32694-0718
http://www.floridabicycle.org
(352) 468-3430
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As the Executive Director of the Capital Bike and Walk Society, John works tirelessly to build on Victoria’s many victories for bicycle access. His political savvy and unpredictable ingenuity set him apart from other bicycle advocates in his area as the one to turn to for vision and setting the highest goals for bicycling in Victoria. He brings these qualities to our board, keeping us at the ready for brilliant tactics or sidesplitting laughter.
Executive Director
Capital Bike and Walk Society
22 Philippa Place
Victoria, BC V8S 1S6
http://capitalbikeandwalk.org
250-592-4753
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Loren Mooney is the Editor in Chief of Bicycling magazine, the world’s largest cycling magazine, and Bicycling.com. Prior to joining Bicycling, Mooney held various senior editorial positions at Reader’s Digest and Outdoor Explorer, also working at Sports Illustrated and Time. She lives in New York City, where she has been an avid bike commuter for more than 4 years, and serves on the board of the New York City Department of Transportation’s non-profit Safe Streets Fund. Mooney hopes to help advocates reach more cyclists through sharing her vast media experience with Alliance leaders. She also wants to inspire cycling enthusiasts to take part in local efforts to improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians.
Editor in Chief
Bicycling Magazine
733 3rd Avenue, 9th Floor
New York, Choose your State: NY-1001
http://bicycling.com
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Colin is the Deputy Director of Federal Transportation Policy with the Natural Resources Defense Council where he works on reducing energy use and environmental impacts in the US transportation sector. His work includes encouraging federal transportation programs and policies that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by investing in cleaner transportation options, linking to efficient land use, and developing transportation management and infrastructure investment initiatives that can increase sustainability while improving mobility and stimulating local economies. He has also helped to stop major budget cuts to federal smart growth programs, public transit, and Amtrak. A graduate of the University of Virginia, Colin began his career with the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group in Boston, where he coordinated both the Massachusetts and New England Climate Coalitions, helping to pass several pieces of clean energy policy and legislation.
Deputy Director, Federal Transportation Policy
Natural Resources Defense Council
1200 New York Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20005
http://nrdc.org
202-289-2378
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Stephanie is a Policy Analyst at Smart Growth America and serves as the Federal Policy Coordinator for the National Complete Streets Coalition. Stephanie completed her B.A. in Environmental Studies and Anthropology with a minor in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania and went on to complete her graduate degree at Penn in Environmental Policy. Stephanie has been with Smart Growth America since 2005 and has worked with the National Complete Streets Coalition since 2006. She currently works on several initiatives relating to climate change, transportation and environmental policy for SGA, and works with SGA's national, state and regional coalition members to advance smart growth issues in federal legislation.
Federal Policy Coordinator
National Complete Streets Coalition
Washington, DC
http://completestreets.org
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Rob Sadowsky became the executive director of the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation in June 2004. Previously, Rob served as director of corporate and foundation Giving at the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs and as the director of the Community Ventures Program, an innovative program linking private investors in affordable housing and economic development projects. Prior to working for JCUA, Rob was the founding executive director of the Chicago Mutual Housing Network, a nonprofit agency developing affordable housing cooperatives. He conducts training and strategic planning workshops for emerging organizations and is a board member of the Training for Trainers Cooperative. He also serves as a member of the Executive Committee for the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children.
Executive Director
Active Transportation Alliance
9 W. Hubbard Street, 402
Chicago, IL 60610-6545
http://www.activetrans.org
(312) 427-3325
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Mark Wyatt founded the Iowa Bicycle Coalition in 2004 after attending our Chicago Winning Campaigns Training. The organization built upon the victory of beating back a proposed bike ban in Iowa. Following the Alliance's models, he and his board took the organization to a sustainable and effective level in just two years. In early 2006, he was hired as IBC’s first Executive Director. The Iowa Bicycle Coalition has a thriving Safe Routes to School program, a model two-day bicycle advocacy conference, and successful membership program. It has successfully fended off further attempts to ban bicycles and pushed the positive benefits to Iowa’s health and economy.
Executive Director
Iowa Bicycle Coalition
P.O. Box 5562
Coralville, IA 52241
http://www.iowabicyclecoalition.org
515-309-2867
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Jeff is co-founder and President of the Board of LivableStreets Alliance, a Boston-based transportation and urban planning non-profit.
He is currently employed by the City of Cambridge as a transportation planner. Jeff has over 15 years experience in consulting, research, training & education, public policy, and community advocacy at the intersection of environment, business, and community engagement.
Internationally, he has worked on sustainable development projects in Africa, Central Asia, and the Middle East. Jeff has a masters degree in Civil / Environmental Engineering and Policy from Carnegie Mellon University, and holds a Professional Engineering License from the State of Maine.
LivableStreets Alliance is part of the new wave of advocacy that includes all modes (biking, walking, transit) and integrates transportation into other issues, such as quality of life, public health, economic vitality, and climate change. As a result, we inspire a wider range of constituents to support progressive transportation reform. Inspiration for the organization's name came from Donald Appleyard's 1981 book "Livable Streets" which confronted the negative social impacts of street traffic on the fabric of urban neighborhoods.
President
LivableStreets Alliance
70 Pacific Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
http://livablestreets.info
(617)939-3824
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