Authors & Presenters



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 Jun 8, 2020

Steve Messer

Steve has been riding bicycles in the mountains around Los Angeles for 35 years. After more than 20 years riding trails, he saw trail conditions gradually deteriorating through lack of maintenance, and diminishing agency budgets. He began doing volun...


posted Jun 8, 2020

Greg Brumitt

Principal and Active Strategies founder Greg Brumitt has extensive experience in creating and implementing large scale organizational and community strategies that use trails and outdoor recreation as tools for community revitalization. Greg founded ...


posted Jun 1, 2020

Sue Crowe

Sue Crowe joined American Trails in September 2016 as the RTP Database Coordinator after retiring from a career in local government. Sue spent 15 years in fiscal operations and management, with 12 of those years as staff accountant to the Shasta Coun...


posted May 29, 2020

Deven Young

Deven is an experienced project manager and designer, adept at overseeing and facilitating implementation for mobility corridors, trails, parks, and open space projects. He has delivered some of the largest and most complex active transportation proj...


posted May 29, 2020

Mike Sellinger

Mike Sellinger is a Planning Associate at Alta Planning + Design. His expertise is in applying analytical methods to planning for walking and biking. Mike has worked on a wide range of active transportation projects across North America from trail ma...


posted May 29, 2020

Lauren Cencic

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posted May 29, 2020

Emily Duchon

Emily is experienced in helping communities design and implement innovative active transportation solutions, taking projects from master plans through concept design and construction drawings and administration. Her project experience includes bicycl...


posted May 27, 2020

Laurie A. Smith

Laurie has over 24 years experience with the City of Modesto, with 18 years in Economic Development. Laurie has a Bachelor’s Degree from Long Beach State in Political Science and has been the Parks, Recreation and Neighborhoods Director for approxima...


posted May 27, 2020

Scotty A. Douglass

After serving onboard an aircraft carrier in the United States Navy in the late 1980’s, Scotty began his 24 year career in 1991, serving and leading Joint Powers Authority agencies. Scotty has a Bachelor’s Degree from Saint Mary’s College in Business...