Authors & Presenters



posted Feb 7, 2018

Aaron Heliker

Aaron Heliker enlisted in the United States Air Force at 19 years of age, and after his training was completed, he had multiple deployments stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan. His health was compromised by traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumat...


posted Feb 7, 2018

Debbi Fisher

Debbi Fisher is currently the Training Director for Hope for Heroes Equine Therapy Consulting, who helps people all over the world start programs for our Veterans with Equine Therapy. She was previously a certified instructor for the Professional Ass...


posted Feb 7, 2018

Joe Coddington

Joe Coddington proudly served as a US Marine from 1990-1995. As an avid cyclist before and while serving, Joe was a USMC National Cycling Champion and continued cycling at the professional level until 2008. In 2004, he founded a youth cycling nonprof...


posted Feb 7, 2018

Sirena Dufault

Sirena Dufault is the director of the Arizona National Scenic Trail Gateway Community Program. Sirena developed a multi-faceted approach to facilitate a relationship between trail users and the 33 towns along the trail while promoting area tourism to...


posted Feb 6, 2018

Leeann Sinpatanasakul

Leeann Sinpatanasakul is the Advocacy Coordinator at Rails to Trails Conservancy. Her work supports the policy team by engaging and educating grassroots supporters on important trail policy issues at the national and State levels. Prior to joining RT...


posted Feb 6, 2018

Kevin Mills

Kevin Mills is the Senior Vice President of Policy at Rails to Trails Conservancy. Mills' team works to make trail systems accessible to all Americans—and to make bicycling and walking a safe and convenient choice for routine travel—by advocating for...


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 6, 2018

Amy Camp

Amy Camp founded Cycle Forward in 2013 with the plan to help communities better connect to and benefit from their trails. She is a trails and tourism consultant, a placemaker, and a certified coach. She helped to launch the nationally recognized Trai...


posted Feb 6, 2018

William Prince

William Prince is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh where he received his Bachelors of Arts in Humanities in 2009 and a Certificate in Historic Preservation in 2010. He began his career interning with Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundat...


posted Feb 6, 2018

Joe Taylor

Joe Taylor has degrees in History from Black Hawk College, Moline, Illinois and Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois. He was a newspaper reporter and editor for ten years before accepting his first tourism position at the Galesburg Illinois Ch...