Authors & Presenters



posted Jun 5, 2019

Robin Dropkin

Robin Dropkin is Executive Director of Parks & Trails New York (PTNY), a statewide non-profit organization that works to expand, protect and promote a network of parks, trails and open spaces throughout the state. Among PTNY’s major programs are ...


posted Mar 14, 2018

Rocky Houston

Rocky Houston is the State Trails Coordinator for Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. As a native Oregonian, Rocky’s goal is to get every Oregonian outdoors to share in the experience of our natural environment. He works with several local commun...


posted Feb 28, 2018

Rodger Schmitt

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posted Feb 28, 2018

Roger Bell

Roger Bell, PhD, a Californian and former college administrator, just sold his trail contracting business after some 40 years designing and building trails in 14 states. Past President of the Professional Trailbuilders Association, he has been a Boar...


posted Feb 28, 2018

Roger Moore

Roger Moore is an Associate Professor of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management at North Carolina State University where he teaches and conducts research on outdoor recreation behavior and management. His trail experiences began with a thru-hike o...


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...


posted Jun 5, 2019

Ron Steffey

Ron Steffey, prior to recently forming Steffey Trail Connections, was manager of the Armstrong Trail in western Pennsylvania and was involved in all aspects of rail-trail development including the purchasing, railbanking and transforming of over 70 m...


posted Feb 5, 2018

​Rory Robinson

Rory Robinson is an Outdoor Recreation Planner, National Park Service Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance, Ohio Field Office. During his 36-year career, Rory has worked in five different NPS units primarily in the fields of interpretation and ...


posted Jun 20, 2018

Rose M.Z. Gowen, M.D.

As a commissioner for the Brownsville City Commission since 2009 and a physician of more than 20 years. Dr. Rose Gowen has focused her career on issues related to smart growth, quality of life and the combating of obesity and chronic disease. Throug...


posted Feb 9, 2018

Russ Ehnes

Russ Ehnes is the Executive Director of the National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council (NOHVCC). He has lived in Great Falls, Montana his entire life. He began riding motorcycles with his family when he was five. He has enjoyed trail riding as...