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 [email protected].

See the Active Trans Board of Directors below. 

 

Active Transportation Alliance Staff

Executive Staff

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Ron Burke
Executive Director
[email protected]
312-216-0482

 

 

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Melody Geraci
Deputy Executive Director
[email protected]
312-216-0478

Events

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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
[email protected]
312-216-0487

 

 

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Maureen Stern
Senior Events Manager 
[email protected]
312-216-0461

 

 

 

Membership & Development

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Julie Strand
Development Director
[email protected]
312-216-0460

 

 

 

 

Marketing & Communications

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Kyle Whitehead 
Managing Director of Public Affairs (main media contact)
[email protected]
312-216-0473

 

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Anne Evans
Graphic Designer
[email protected]
312-216-0483 

 

 

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Ted Villaire
Director of Communications
[email protected]
312-216-0484

 

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Maya Norris
Writer/editor
[email protected]
312-967-1018

 

 

Planning & Consulting Services

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Heather Schady
Senior Transportation Planner
[email protected]
312-216-0467

 

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Angel Montalvo
Bicycling Ambassadors Program Coordinator 
Consultant to the Chicago Dept. of Transportation
[email protected]

 

 

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Lauren Crabtree
Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Program Manager 
Consultant to the Chicago Dept. of Transportation
[email protected]

 

 

 

 

Advocacy & Policy

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Jim Merrell
Managing Director of Advocacy
[email protected]
312-216-0470

 

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Steve Simmons
Trail Advocacy Manager
[email protected]
312-216-0472

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Maggie Melin 
Advocacy Manager
[email protected]
312-216-0475

 

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Matt Gomez 
Trail Advocacy Manager
[email protected]
312-216-0474 

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Julia Gerasimenko
Advocacy Manager
[email protected]
312-216-0489 

 

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W. Robert Schultz, III
Campaign Organizer
[email protected]
312-216-0471

 

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Barb Cornew
Campaign Organizer
[email protected]
312-216-0469
 

 

 

 

Administration

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Sonya Cook
Finance Director
[email protected]
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 [email protected].

 

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