Instructor Training Participants
Each course is taught by two instructors who have complementary skills and expertise.
To request a course, contact the National Center for Safe Routes to School or one of the instructors listed below.
| Name, Position, Organization | City and State | Phone Number | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karen Akins City Design & Social Science |
Stowe, VT | (802) 793-1481 | Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Phillip Allen Georgia SRTS Resource Center |
Atlanta, GA | (678) 808-8810 | Available to teach in Georgia as part of job. |
| Alia Anderson Alliance for Community Choice in Transportation |
Charlottesville, VA | (434) 295-6554 | Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Bruce Appleyard Appleyard Associates |
Portland, OR | (530) 232-5735 cell: (503) 810-7249 |
Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Sharon Bagatell Metro Atlanta Safe Routes to School Project, Atlanta Bicycle Campaign |
Atlanta, GA | (404) 881-1112 | Can teach in Georgia as part of job and can travel to nearby states as a consultant. |
| Doug Ballew Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Dept. |
Austin, TX | (512) 972-5120 | Can teach as part of job. |
| Paul Barricklow P.E., PTOE Lee Engineering, LLC |
Albuquerque, NM | (505) 338-0988 | Available to teach nationally as a consultant. |
| Pam Barth National Center for Safe Routes to School |
Chapel Hill, NC | (919) 962-8717 | |
| Aaron Bartlett, AICP Mid-America Regional Council |
Kansas City, MO | (816) 474-4240 | Can teach in Missouri and Kansas as a consultant. |
| Justin Booth Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo |
Buffalo, NY | (716) 851-4052 | Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Dale Brigham University of Missouri Extension |
Columbia, MO | (573) 884-0266 | Can teach in Missouri as part of job. |
| Diana Benedict State SRTS Coordinator, TN Dept of Transportation |
Nashville, TN | (615) 253-2421 | Can teach in Tennessee as part of job. |
| John Bolecek | Richmond, VA | (804) 690-7439 | Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Austin Brown National Center for Safe Routes to School |
(919) 843-6794 | ||
| Theresa (Terry) Canales, PE North Carolina Dept of Transportation |
Raleigh, NC | (919) 807-0774 | Can teach in North Carolina as part of job. |
| Gail Carlson, MPA Riverside County Department of Public Health |
Riverside, California | (951) 358-7173 | Available to teach in Riverside County as part of job. |
| Alison Carpenter | Durham, NC | (919) 866-4422 cell: (919) 475-8256 |
Can teach anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Lorenzo Casanova, P.E. Federal Highway Administration |
Richmond, VA | (804) 775-3362 | Can teach in Virginia as part of job. |
| Michia Casebier M.G. Tech-Writing, L.L.C. |
Cottonwood, AZ | (928) 369-8241 | Can teach anywhere in US as a consultant. |
| Kevin Chang Ph.D., P.E.
King County DOT |
Seattle, WA | (206) 263-6131 | Can teach locally in Washington as part of job anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| John Ciccarelli Transight LLC / Bicycle Solutions |
San Francisco, CA | (415) 912-6999 | Available nationwide, as a consultant. |
| Susan Conklu City of Scottsdale |
Scottsdale, AZ | 480-312-2308 | Available to teach locally as part of job. |
| Linda Crider Univ of Florida Department of Urban and Regional Planning |
Gainesville, FL | (352) 392-8192 | Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Barbara J. Culp Bicycle Alliance of Washington |
Seattle, WA | (206) 224-9252 cell: (206) 384-9629 |
Can teach in Washington State as a consultant. |
| Dwight Cunningham State SRTS Coordinator, NYS Dept of Transportation |
Albany, NY | (518) 457-7664 | Can teach in New York as part of job. |
| Victoria Custodio Safe Routes to School Project Coordinator California Active Communities California Department of Public Health University of California at San Francisco |
Sacramento, CA | (916) 552-9833 | Available to teach in CA as part of job. |
| Mike Cynecki City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department |
Phoenix, AZ | (602) 262-7217 | Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Chris Daigle Eagle Wheel |
Broussard, LA | (337) 837-8034 | Can teach in Louisiana as a consultant. |
| Michael B Dannemiller The RBA Group |
Morristown, NJ | (973) 898-0300 | Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Chris Davis | San Francisco, CA | (415) 385-5057 | Can teach anywhere in US as a consultant. |
| Rebecca Davison State SRTS Coordinator, WV Dept of Transportation |
Charleston, WV | (304) 558-9600 | Can teach in West Virginia as part of job. |
| Jean DeStories City of Mesa Transportation |
Mesa, AZ | (480) 644-3398 | Can teach in Arizona as part of job. |
| Brian Fellows State Safe Routes to School Coordinator Arizona Department of Transportation |
Phoenix, AZ | (602) 712-8010 | Can teach in Arizona as part of job. |
| Mark Fenton Instructor Trainer and Course Development Team Member |
Scituate, MA | (781) 545-5004 | Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Brandon Forrey City of Peoria |
Peoria, AZ | (623) 773-7201 | Can teach in Peoria as part of job and throughout Arizona as consultant. |
| Jessica Frost, AICP State Safe Routes to School Coordinator New Mexico Department of Transportation |
Santa Fe, NM | (505) 476-2155 | Can teach in New Mexico as part of job. |
| Brigitte Fuller Wilson & Company, Inc. Engineers & Architects |
Albuquerque, NM | 505-400-6967 | Available to teach nationally as a consultant |
| Michael Galbraith, AICP | Lexington, KY | (859) 276-0119 | Can teach in Kentucky as a consultant. |
| Chris Gensic City of Charlottesville |
Charlottesville, VA | (434) 970-3656 | Can teach in Charlottesville as part of job and in rest of Virginia as a consultant. |
| Melody Geraci Chicagoland Bicycle Federation |
Chicago, IL | (312) 427-3325 ext. 240 | Can teach in Illinois as part of job and as a consultant. |
| Joseph Glinski, Jr. Safety Programs Engineer, Federal Highway Administration |
Columbus, OH | (614) 280-6844 | Can teach in Ohio as part of job. |
| Gary Graham Bucher, Willis & Ratliff Corporation |
Dallas, TX | (214) 373-7873 | I can teach anywhere in the US as a consultant |
| Karen Hartke WalkBoston |
Boston, MA | (617) 935-9094 | Can teach in Massachusetts as part of job and as a consultant. |
| Alicia Hatcher Georgia SRTS Resource Center |
Northwest Georgia | (404) 593-9569 | Available to teach in Georgia as part of job. |
| Kristin Haukom, MPH Safe Routes to School Project Coordinator California Active Communities California Department of Public Health University of California at San Francisco |
Sacramento and San Diego, CA | (916) 208-1885 | Available to teach in CA as part of job. |
| Justine Hearn Safe Routes to School Project Coordinator California Active Communities California Department of Public Health University of California at San Francisco |
Sacramento, CA | (916) 552-9822 | Available to teach in CA as part of job. |
| Jakob C. Helmboldt, AICP VHB/Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. |
Richmond, VA | (804) 343-7100 x6011 | Available to teach in Virginia as part of job. |
| Carolyn Helmke Active Transportation Alliance (formerly known as Chicagoland Bicycle Federation) |
Chicago, IL | (312) 427-3325 x 227 | Available in state, region and nationally. Teaching as part of my job |
| Pamela Hockett-Lewis The University of Oklahoma |
Norman, Oklahoma | (405) 325-2848 | I can train anywhere in the US as part of my job. |
| Brett Hondorp Alta Planning & Design |
Berkeley, CA | (510) 540-5008 | Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Patti Horsley, MPH Safe Routes to School Project Coordinator California Active Communities California Department of Public Health University of California at San Francisco |
Sacramento, CA | (916) 208-1955 | Available to teach in CA as part of job. |
| Megan Hoyt Seattle Department of Transportation |
Seattle, WA | (206) 909-9606 | Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Beth Isler Resource Systems Group/VTrans |
Burlington, VT | (802) 383-0118 | Can teach in Vermont as part of job. |
| Tiffani Jackson Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet |
Frankfort, KY | (502) 564-2060 ext.3033 | Can teach in Kentucky as part of job. |
| Sara Janes State SRTS Coordinator, Wyoming Department of Transportation |
Cheyenne, WY | (307) 777-3938 | Can teach in Wyoming as part of job. |
| Wendi Kallins Marin County Bicycle Coalition |
Forest Knolls, CA | (415) 488-4101 | Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Jon Kaplan, P.E. VT Agency of Transportation |
Montpelier, VT | (802) 828-0059 | Can teach in Vermont as part of job. |
| Kit Keller, JD Wisconsin Walks |
Cedarburg, WI | (262) 375-6180 | Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Karen King FHWA |
Phoenix, AZ | (602) 382-8965 | Can teach in Arizona as part of job. |
| Lisa Koch, AICP Public Transit Manager, Kansas DOT |
Topeka, KS | (785) 296-4907 | Can teach anywhere as a consultant. |
| Lee Kokinakis Governor's Council for Physical Fitness, Health & Sports |
Lansing, MI | (517) 347-7891 | See Michigan SRTS Program |
| Margaret A. Kubilins, PE Kubilins Transportation Group, Inc. |
Yorktown, VA. | (757) 594-1419 | Available nationally as part of my job |
| Peter Lagerwey Instructor Trainer and Course Development Team Member Seattle Department of Transportation |
Seattle, WA | (206) 200-9535 | Can teach in Washington as part of job or as a consultant and can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Diane Lambert | Alexandria, VA | (703) 254-4423 | Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Kelly LaRosa Transportation Specialist, Federal Highway Administration |
Phoenix, AZ | (602) 382-8991 | Can teach in Arizona as part of job. |
| Bob Laurie Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities |
Juneau, AK | (907) 465-6989 | Can teach in Alaska as part of job. |
| Cookie Leffler State SRTS Coordinator, MS Dept of Transportation |
Jackson, MS | (601) 359-1454 | Can teach in Mississippi as part of job. |
| David Levinger Feet First |
Seattle, WA | (206) 652-2310 (206) 390-8118 |
Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Donna Lewandowski Pima County Department of Transportation |
Tucson, AZ | (520) 243-1977 | Can teach in Pima County as part of job and can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Christopher Lucas AICP The RBA Group |
New York, NY | (646) 300-7143 | Available to teach nationally as part of job |
| Chris Lukasina, AICP, GISP Capital Area MPO |
Raleigh, NC | (919) 996-4402 | Available to teach locally as part of job, and nationally as a consultant. |
| Bruce Mackey Retired, Nevada Office of Traffic Safety |
Hanford, CA | (559) 362-6048 | Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Lauren Marchetti Instructor Trainer and Course Development Team Member National Center for Safe Routes to School |
Chapel Hill, NC | (919) 962-7412 | |
| Ken Maruyama Town of Gilbert |
Gilbert, AZ | (480) 503-6756 | Available to teach in Arizona as part of job. |
| Abby Mattera Georgia SRTS Resource Center |
Metro Atlanta, GA | (404) 441-5728 | Available to teach in Georgia as part of job. |
| Tom Maxwell Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham |
Birmingham, AL | (205) 264-8445 | Can teach in Alabama as part of job and can travel anywhere in US as a consultant. |
| Mary McCarthy Connecticut Transportation Institute, Technology Transfer Center |
Storrs, CT | (860) 486-1384 | Can teach in Connecticut as a consultant and as part of job. |
| Tracy McMillan, Ph.D, MPH PPH Partners |
Flagstaff, AZ | (928) 380-0778 | Can teach in the West/Southwest as a consultant. |
| Stacey Meekins, AICP T.Y. Lin, International |
Chicago, IL | (312) 777-2965 | Available nationally as a consultant. |
| Mary Meletiou The Institute for Transportation Research and Education at North Carolina State Univ |
Raleigh, NC | (919) 515-8771 | Can teach in North Carolina as part of job and can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Michael M. Moule Livable Streets, Inc. |
Tampa, FL | (813) 254-7708 | Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Kristin Mueller, MPH WalkSanDiego |
San Diego, CA | (619) 544-WALK x9255 | Available nationally as a part of my job. |
| Sarah Knight Georgia SRTS Resource Center |
Atlanta, GA | 678-808-8956 | Available to teach in Georgia as part of job. |
| Bob Murphy, President RPM Transportation Consultants, LLC |
Brentwood, TN | (615) 370-8410 | I can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Sue Newberry Community Partners, LLC |
Sunnyvale, CA | (408) 737-2521 | Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Sarah O'Brien The Institute for Transportation Research and Education at North Carolina State Univ |
Raleigh, NC | (919) 515-8703 | Can teach in North Carolina as part of job and can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Sharon Okoye State SRTS Coordinator, Connecticut Department of Transportation |
Newington, CT | (860) 594-2367 | Can teach in Connecticut as part of job. |
| Angela Olson South Dakota Department of Transportation Project Development |
Pierre, South Dakota | (605) 773-2402 | Will teach as part of my job in state and can teach as a consultant nationally of South Dakota |
| Eric Ophardt New York State Dept of Transportation |
Albany, NY | (518) 457-7664 | Can teach in New York as part of job. |
| David Parisi Instructor Trainer and Course Development Team Member Parisi Associates |
Mill Valley, CA | (415) 388-8978 | Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Sandie Parker Georgia SRTS Resource Center |
Central Georgia | (404) 849-3563 | Available to teach in Georgia as part of job. |
| Joe Pelaia State Safe Routes to School Coordinator Maryland Highway Safety Office State Highway Administration |
Hanover, MD | (410) 787-7620 | Can teach in Maryland as part of job. |
| Steve Petrehn Walking School Bus Regional Coordinator Bridging The Gap |
Kansas City, MO | (816) 561-1087 x111 | cell (913) 707-7719 |
| Pat Pieratte State SRTS Coordinator, Florida Department of Transportation Tallahassee |
Tallahassee, FL | (850) 245-1529 | Can teach in Florida as part of job. |
| Suzan Anderson Pinsof Suzan A. Pinsof & Associates |
Evanston, IL | (847) 864-2485 | Available to teach nationally as a consultant. |
| Andy Pittman Georgia SRTS Resource Center |
Northeast Georgia | (404) 849-2532 | Available to teach in Georgia as part of job. |
| Joshua Poppel NY Bicycling Coalition |
Albany, NY | (518) 436-0889 | Can teach in New York as a consultant. |
| Anita Price Tennessee Dept of Transportation |
Nashville, TN | (615) 741-2576 | Can teach in Tennessee as part of job. |
| Nancy Pullen Instructor Trainer and Course Development Team Member National Center for Safe Routes to School |
Chapel Hill, NC | (919) 962-7412 | |
| Juan Antonio Ramirez MCP WalkSanDiego |
San Diego, CA | (619) 544-9255 | Available to teach in nationally as part of job. |
| Owen Read Active Transportation Alliance |
Chicago, Illinois | (312) 427-3325 x236 | I am available to teach the course in my state, regionally, and nationally; as part of my job and as a consultant. |
| Deb Ridgway City of Kansas City |
Kansas City, MO | (816) 513-2592 | Can teach in Missouri as a consultant. |
| Laura Ringo Partners for Active Living |
Spartanburg, SC | (864) 598-9638 | Can teach in Spartanburg, SC as part of job and anywhere in US as a consultant. |
| Michael Ronkin Designing Streets for Pedestrians |
Corvallis, OR | (541) 914-1401 | Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Becka Roolf Going Green |
Montpelier, VT | (802) 279-4037 | Can teach in VT as a consultant. |
| Jeffery Rosenhall Active Communities Specialist/LCI #2312 California Department of Public Health/ University of California San Francisco |
Sacramento, CA | (916) 552-9885 | Available to teach in CA as part of job and nationally as a consultant. |
| Dick Schaffer National Park Foundation for Saguaro National Park |
Tucson, AZ | (520) 326-4397 | Can teach in Arizona as part of job and can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| William J. Schultheiss, P.E. Civil Engineer, Toole Design Group |
Hyattsville, MD | (301) 927-1900 | Available nationally as a consultant. |
| Tobin Scipione Scipione Consulting |
Portland, ME | (207) 632-4882 | Can teach nationally as a consultant. |
| Deborah Scruggs Davidson County, Metro Public Health Department |
Nashville, Tennessee | (615) 340-2238 | Can teach in Tennessee as part of job. |
| Dennis Sellin Lund Consulting, Inc. |
Seattle, WA | (206) 442-4397 | Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Patti Sistrunk Georgia SRTS Resource Center |
Coastal Georgia | 404-849-3141 | Available to teach in Georgia as part of job. |
| Donna Smallwood MassRIDES |
Boston, MA | (888) 4COMMUTE | Can teach in Massachusetts as part of job and can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Ryan Snyder Ryan Snyder Associates |
Los Angeles, CA | (323) 571-2910 | Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Steven Soenksen Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities |
Juneau, AK | (907) 465-4069 | Can teach in Alaska as part of job. |
| Amy Splittgerber Executive Director, Eat Smart, Move More SC |
Columbia, SC | (803) 941-7050 | Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Robert Stokes Kansas State University, Dept. of Civil Engineering |
Manhattan, KS | (785) 532-1595 | Can teach anywhere in the US as part of job. |
| Josh Stubbs MS Dept of Transportation |
Jackson, MS | (601) 359-1454 | Can teach in Mississippi as part of job |
| Tammy Sufi Toole Design Group |
College Park, MD | (301) 927-1900 x.102 | Can teach in Northeast/Mid-Atlantic states as a consultant. |
| Margy Tonnies, M.Ed. PedNet Coalition |
Columbia, Missouri | (573) 356-9405 | Available state, region and nationally. I will be teaching as part of my job and also willing to teach as a consultant |
| Jennifer Toole Instructor Trainer and Course Development Team Member Toole Design Group |
Laurel, MD | (301) 362-1600 x.103 | Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Linda Tracy | Missoula, MT | (406) 880-3880 | Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Preston Tyree Community Mobility Institute |
Austin, TX | (512) 338-4075 | Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Dru van Hengel Transportation Planning, City of Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara, CA | (805) 564-5544 | Can teach in California and throughout the US as part of job. |
| Michael Vecchio, P.E. Transportation Engineering |
San Francisco Bay Area, CA | (925) 407-7183 | Consultant - available nationally |
| Julie Walcoff State SRTS Coordinator, Ohio Department of Transportation |
Columbus, OH | (614) 466-3049 | Can teach in Ohio as part of job. |
| Judi Wallace Wallace Consulting & Training, Inc. |
Winston-Salem, NC | (336) 768-3339 (336) 416-3372 |
Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Audrey Warren Pedestrian and Bicycle Programs Regional Planning Commission |
New Orleans, LA | (504) 638-1930 | Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Jennifer Williams TEC, Inc. |
Lawrence, MA | (978) 794-1792 x148 | Can teach in Massachusetts as part of job. |
| Morgan Wilson State SRTS Coordinator, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet |
Frankfort, KY | (502)564-2060 | Can teach in Kentucky as part of job. |
| Cheryl Wyatt Retired, Univ of Kentucky Extension Bike/Ped Education |
Lexington, KY | (859) 266-6906 cell (859) 806-9274 |
Can teach in Kentucky as a consultant. |
| Mark Wyatt Iowa Bicycle Coalition |
Coralville, IA | (515) 309-2867 | Can teach in Iowa as part of job. |
| Charlie Zegeer Instructor Trainer and Course Development Team Member Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center |
Chapel Hill, NC | (919) 962-7801 | Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Matthew Zoll Pima County Department of Transportation |
Tucson, AZ | (520) 740-6746 | Can travel anywhere in the US as a consultant. |
| Paul Zykofsky Land Use/Transportation Programs, Local Government Commission |
Sacramento, CA | (916) 448-1198 x.317 | Can teach anywhere in US as part of job or as a consultant. |
