Authors & Presenters



posted Nov 19, 2018

Russell Clark

Russell is based out of a Field Office at Mammoth Cave National Park and is providing technical planning assistance to local communities to create greenway and blueway trails throughout Kentucky. Prior to working for the National Park Service, Russel...


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 Apr 16, 2019

Ryan Chao

Ryan Chao is the president of Rails to Trails Conservancy, responsible for overseeing the organization’s national leadership in trail development, policy advocacy and movement building. He brings to his role a long history in community and economic d...


posted Feb 15, 2022

Ryan O’Shaughnessy

Ryan O’Shaughnessy (he/him) moved to Juneau and began working for Trail Mix in 2015. Ryan enjoys hiking and kayaking in and around Juneau. Blackerby Ridge Trail, with its steep climbs and breathtaking views, is one of his favorite trails. He began wo...


posted Aug 11, 2021

Ryan Ojero

Ryan Ojerio has been involved in trails advocacy, planning, construction, and maintenance for the last 13 years while working for Washington Trails Association (WTA). Although a hiking focused non-profit, WTA has a history of successful collaboration...


posted Oct 11, 2022

Sally Sharrow

Sally Sharrow is a Project Planner at Toole Design’ Columbus, Ohio office, where she has partnered with numerous communities on bicycle and pedestrian planning from the corridor all the way to the state level. She has worked with both Ohio and Minnes...


posted Mar 19, 2024

Sam (Marlo) Bragg

Sam is the seventh generation of a large, vibrant Deaf family in Maine's Great Woods. After obtaining a Master's degree in Outdoor Leadership from Saybrook University and National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), Sam joined CorpsTHAT's team with the...


posted Feb 1, 2018

Sam Demas

After over 40 years working in college and university libraries, Sam Demas' reinspirement project is studying huts. He travels the world learning how other nations shelter long distance human powered travellers. He writes about what he learns and put...


posted Aug 23, 2021

Sam Herzberg

Sam Herzberg has been a Senior Planner with the San Mateo County Parks Department for 22 years, and worked for the San Mateo County Planning Department 9 ½ years before that. He is experienced in park, urban, natural resource, marina, sustainability,...


posted Feb 16, 2018

Samuel Schnorbus

Samuel Schnorbus is a Technician at Beneficial Designs and has performed many trail and sidewalk assessments across the United States. He has led assessment teams, trained assessors, and co-taught trail assessment training workshops at conferences, w...