Authors & Presenters



posted Mar 18, 2020

Marc Hildesheim

Marc Hildesheim is a lifelong OHV enthusiasts who lives in Eastern Washington with his wife, three kids, and two Australian Shepherds. Marc began working in trails in 2003 as a seasonal Trail Ranger for Idaho Parks and Recreation and later as a Trail...


posted Dec 5, 2022

Marcus Neff

Marcus Neff is a Project Manager at Outdooractive, meaning that he is the person literally building the websites and apps that serve to display a region’s trails in an interactive manner and connect them to a tourism network. Marcus is a data nerd an...


posted Dec 5, 2017

Margie Tatro

Ms. Tatro combines executive leadership and management, communications expertise, and engineering skills along with a passion for trails and the outdoors. She has 17 years of experience in designing and building trails and other outdoor recreation re...


posted Feb 6, 2018

Marianne Fowler

Marianne Wesley Fowler is the Sr. Strategist for Policy Advocacy for Rails to Trails Conservancy (RTC). Based in Washington, D.C., she has led RTC through five reauthorizations of the federal transportation bill. Ms. Fowler has nurtured the growth of...


posted Feb 5, 2018

Marie Walker

Marie Walker joined The Corps Network in 2014 as Chief Operating Officer. She previously served as the Director of Programs and Development for the Citizens Conservation Corps of West Virginia (CCCWV). During her 15 years with CCCWV, Marie was involv...


posted Jun 28, 2023

Marissa Byers

Marissa is passionate about connecting people with the natural environment to improve mental health and well-being and inspire climate action. She graduated from Butler University with an Environmental Studies degree in 2018. Her current collaborativ...


posted Dec 15, 2021

Marit Anderson

Marit Anderson is an outdoor enthusiast: hiker, backpacker, skier, cyclist, and kayaker. She has thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail, and section hiked others. Marit is a retired school teacher and massage therapist, volunteers w...


posted Feb 13, 2018

Mark Ackelson

Mark's career has been focused on protecting and restoring important natural, wildlife, recreational and cultural resource lands. He worked with the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation from 1980 to 1994. The Foundation has been involved in protecting ov...


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 Feb 9, 2018

Mark Fenton

Mark Fenton is a nationally recognized public health, planning, and transportation consultant, adjunct associate professor at Tufts University, former host of “America’s Walking” on PBS television, and author of The Complete Guide to Walking for Heal...