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A bicycle commuter who rides four miles to work, five days a week, avoids 2,000 miles of driving and about 2,000 pounds of CO2 emissions each year.

Staff & Board of Directors

The staff of the Active Transportation Alliance work for better transportation throughout Chicagoland. We'd love to hear from you! Our main phone number is 312-427-3325 and our general email is info@activetrans.org.

See the Active Trans Board of Directors below. 

 

Active Transportation Alliance Staff

Executive Staff

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Ron Burke
Executive Director
ron@activetrans.org
312-216-0482

 

 

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Melody Geraci
Deputy Executive Director
melody@activetrans.org
312-216-0478

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Clare McDermott
Managing Director of Marketing and Special Events
clare@activetrans.org
312-216-0466

 

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Cherrell Jackson 
Manager, Special Projects
cherrell@activetrans.org
312-216-0487

 

 

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Maureen Stern
Senior Events Manager 
maureen@activetrans.org
312-216-0461

 

 

 

Membership & Development

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Julie Strand
Development Director
julie@activetrans.org
312-216-0460

 

 

 

 

Marketing & Communications

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Kyle Whitehead 
Managing Director of Public Affairs (main media contact)
kyle@activetrans.org
312-216-0473

 

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Anne Evans
Graphic Designer
anne@activetrans.org
312-216-0483 

 

 

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Ted Villaire
Director of Communications
ted@activetrans.org
312-216-0484

 

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Maya Norris
Writer/editor
maya@activetrans.org
312-967-1018

 

 

Planning & Consulting Services

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Heather Schady
Senior Transportation Planner
heather@activetrans.org
312-216-0467

 

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Angel Montalvo
Bicycling Ambassadors Program Coordinator 
Consultant to the Chicago Dept. of Transportation
angel.montalvo@activetrans.org

 

 

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Lauren Crabtree
Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Program Manager 
Consultant to the Chicago Dept. of Transportation
lauren.crabtree@activetrans.org

 

 

 

 

Advocacy & Policy

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Jim Merrell
Managing Director of Advocacy
jim@activetrans.org
312-216-0470

 

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Steve Simmons
Trail Advocacy Manager
steve@activetrans.org
312-216-0472

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Maggie Melin 
Advocacy Manager
maggie@activetrans.org
312-216-0475

 

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Matt Gomez 
Trail Advocacy Manager
matt@activetrans.org
312-216-0474 

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Julia Gerasimenko
Advocacy Manager
julia@activetrans.org
312-216-0489 

 

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W. Robert Schultz, III
Campaign Organizer
robert@activetrans.org
312-216-0471

 

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Barb Cornew
Campaign Organizer
barb@activetrans.org
312-216-0469
 

 

 

 

Administration

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Sonya Cook
Finance Director
sonya@activetrans.org
312-216-0462

 

 

 

 Active Transportation Alliance Board of Directors  

President
Bob Hoel

Treasurer
Peggy Reins

Past President/Advisor
Jim Kreps

Vice-President
Kevin Stanciel

Secretary
Jeff Judge

 

 

 Active Transportation Alliance Advisory Board 

 

Charles Adler, Kickstarter (co-founder)
Gerald Bekkerman, Bekkerman Law Offices
Benjamin Blander, Radix Trading
Carolyn Grisko, Grisko LLC
Peter Higgins, Lipkin Higgins
Brian Hungerford, Gensler Chicago
Ben Ihnchak, Fuzzy Math
Brendan Kevenides, Freeman Kevenides Law Firm
John Lankford, Illinois Institute of Technology
Michael Levin, Consumer Intelligence Research Partners
Robert Michaels, Robinson Curley and Clayton
Christina Ochs, The Corporation for Interest Rate Management
Greg Osborne, Epstein
Kati Rooney
Christ Stacey, Law Office of Christ S. Stacey
Christian VandeVelde
Allan Weinberger, Google
Jennifer Wilson, DRW

 

If you are interested in learning more about Active Trans’ Advisory Board, please contact info@activetrans.org.

 

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