Authors & Presenters



posted Jun 4, 2019

Mark DeCracker

Mark DeCracker is the president of Trail Works Inc. and is committed to making the village of Macedon and other Wayne County communities a better place to live. DeCracker has a B.S. in Outdoor Recreation from Arizona State University....


posted Jun 4, 2019

Ryan Branciforte

Ryan Branciforte is the co-founder and CEO of OuterSpatial, a platform that empowers organizations to connect people to the outdoors. During his 20+ year career working in the public, nonprofit and private sector, Ryan has always had a deep passion f...


posted Jun 4, 2019

Eli Griffen

Eli Griffen is Manager of Trail Development Resources at Rails to Trails Conservancy (RTC), where his primary responsibilities include managing and serving a growing network of trail professionals, overseeing regranting programs, and delivering techn...


posted Jun 4, 2019

Jared Fijalkowski

Jared Fijalkowski is a Community Planner with the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center. His work focuses bicycle and pedestrian planning; statewide, metropolitan, and tribal transportation planning; and instructional design. He holds a MS in ...


posted Jun 4, 2019

Jeremy Apgar

Jeremy Apgar has been the cartographer for the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference for more than 10 years, creating award-winning maps to assist with all aspects of building, maintaining, and educating people about trails and the protected lands the...


posted Jun 4, 2019

Sara Patterson

Sara Patterson, PhD, EIT, LEED AP; Michael Baker International. Sara Patterson has a PhD in Civil Engineering from University of Delaware and a Bachelor of Architecture from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Her dissertation work focused on the desig...


posted Jun 4, 2019

Daniel Ashworth

Daniel Ashworth is a Design Associate and Office Manager in Alta Planning + Design’s Memphis office. He holds degrees in landscape architecture from Mississippi State University (B.L.A.) and the University of Pennsylvania (M.L.A.). He is a certified ...


posted Jun 4, 2019

Andre Denman

Andre T. Denman is the Principal Park Planner and Greenways Manager at Indy Parks/Department of Public Works where he oversees all planning, design, and construction of greenways. Andre was the City’s project manager on the Indy Greenways Full Circle...


posted Jun 4, 2019

Travis Glazier

Travis Glazier was appointed by the County Executive to serve as Director of the Office of Environment for Onondaga County in March of 2015. In this role, Glazier is responsible for County policy matters related to environmental protection, rehabilit...


posted Jun 4, 2019

Ron L. Taylor

Ron L. Taylor, FASLA, RLA is a registered landscape architect and Principal at Taylor Siefker Williams Design Group in Indianapolis and the founder of the Greenways Partnership. He has managed the development of many significant urban greenway projec...