Authors & Presenters



posted Sep 21, 2018

Jack Placchi

Jack Placchi is the Travel Management and Trails Coordinator for the Colorado State Office of the Bureau of Land Management. Jack began his career in 1976 working for the US Forest Service on a number of forest districts in California and Colorado un...


posted Mar 18, 2020

Jack Terrell

Long time trail rider who spends as many weekends as possible riding with three generations of his family enjoying the great outdoors. Forty years of involvement on OHV recreation issues with federal, state and local land managers, regulators and leg...


posted Jul 31, 2020

Jack Voelker

Jack Voelker retired in 2015 after a 40 year career as a recreation professional in both municipal and private non-profit settings, and more than 50 years serving youth in a wide variety of environments. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, ...


posted Sep 1, 2021

Jaime Loucky

Growing up in Bellingham, with the North Cascades practically in his backyard, Jaime developed a lifelong passion for hiking, backpacking and spending time surrounded by trees and mountains. That passion followed him as he traveled to the East Coast ...


posted Oct 5, 2020

Jake Baechle

Jake Baechle has 8 years of trail maintenance experience including both motorized and non-motorized trail construction. He has worked for the U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, and numerous outdoor non-profit organizations. In addition to be...


posted Jun 8, 2020

Jake Bayless

Jake Bayless is a resident of Sonoma County and the enthusiastic co-founder of the Redwood Empire Mountain Bike Alliance (REMBA). He currently serves on the REMBA board and is active in MTB advocacy efforts within REMBA’s zone: Sonoma, Napa and Lake ...


posted Jul 29, 2019

James "Jim" Coffman

Jim Coffman is a registered Arizona and Arkansas landscape architect whose experience mixes 30+ years of environmentally conscious and sustainable, public, and private-sector work with over 13 years of teaching at Arizona State University and the Uni...


posted Dec 22, 2020

James (Jim) Plummer

For 14 years James (Jim) Plummer has been the Planning Director for Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation, which is an economic development agency in Northeast Minnesota. He is responsible for a variety of activities including the Regional Trails g...


posted Apr 9, 2024

James Freeman

James Freeman is a PhD candidate at Virginia Tech and Principal Consultant at Trailhead Consultants, LLC. in Arlington, Virginia. James has 20 years experience conducting research to support federal and non-profit land management organizations in the...


posted Mar 8, 2023

James Fuccione

James Fuccione is Director of the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative (MHAC), which is a statewide, cross-sector network supporting and promoting inclusive age- and dementia friendly communities. Funded by Point32Health Foundation, MHAC works t...