Authors & Presenters



posted Apr 7, 2023

Quinn Brett

Quinn Brett lives in Estes Park, Colorado. She works for the National Park Service in a 3-division role: Wilderness, Accessibility, and Conservation and Outdoor recreation. A former climbing ranger in Rocky Mountain National Park, in 2017 she suffere...


posted Apr 7, 2023

Mary Ellen Koontz

Mary Ellen oversees RTC's TrailNation Collaborative, a multidisciplinary peer-learning network to establish and accelerate regional trail and active transportation networks. To do so, she works across a matrixed team to build processes and strategies...


posted Apr 7, 2023

April Wolfe

After obtaining her Bachelor of Health Science and Recreation Therapy degree in Ontario, Canada, April Wolfe headed West to take a position as the Therapeutic Recreation Specialist for the City of Reno, Parks, Recreation and Community Services Depart...


posted Mar 8, 2023

James Fuccione

James Fuccione is Director of the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative (MHAC), which is a statewide, cross-sector network supporting and promoting inclusive age- and dementia friendly communities. Funded by Point32Health Foundation, MHAC works t...


posted Mar 8, 2023

Carol Kachadoorian

Carol has a breadth of knowledge of and expertise in transportation planning and operations, working at both the city and regional levels, including school- and community-based active transportation plans and older adult mobility. She understands the...


posted Mar 8, 2023

Allison Burson

Based in Boston, Allison Burson brings more than 15 years experience making public spaces more accessible, equitable and enjoyable for people to the East Coast Greenway Alliance’s newly created role of national greenway director. In this position, A...


posted Feb 16, 2023

Charles T. Brown

Charles T. Brown is the founder and CEO of Equitable Cities, a minority- and veteran-owned urban planning, public policy, and research firm focused on the intersection of transportation, health and equity. He is also a senior advisor to the New Urban...


posted Feb 16, 2023

Jamie Siebrase

Jamie Siebrase is a longtime Colorado journalist and the author of Hiking with Kids Colorado: 52 Great Hikes for Families and Mythbusting the Great Outdoors: What’s True and What’s Not? Her first children's book, Tonight!: A Bedtime Book, comes out i...


posted Feb 15, 2023

Jodie Gullickson

Jodie Gullickson was born on vacation and never recovered from that experience. A hopeless adventurer, she believes in retiring early and often to follow her dreams. She rode her bicycle across the United States three times and traveled human-powered...


posted Feb 7, 2023

Stephen Charters

Stephen is a client consultant with Eco-Counter, having made the jump into the mobility sector after multiple years as a project manager for social housing development in Montreal, Canada. He helps municipalities, parks, and trail organizations desig...