Mission

Making Edmonton a friendlier place to walk, roll and cycle.

Vision

Edmonton is a multi-modal city where active transportation is a safe, accessible, year-round option for all.

Goals

1. Promote safe, accessible, enjoyable active transportation for all
2. Advocate for active-transportation infrastructure, policy and leading practices
3. Bust active-transportation myths
4. Foster community and relationships with allies
5. Grow a diverse, engaged and inclusive membership

History

Read about our organization’s history.

Our Board

Learn more about what it’s like to be on our board.

Shannon Lohner – Chair

Shannon Lohner is a student affairs professional, currently working at the University of Alberta. They graduated with a BSc in Psychology, with additional certificates in Sustainability and International Learning. Much of their work revolves around community development and seeing the first-hand benefits of creating intentional communities, which has inspired Shannon to pursue further studies in Urban Planning in the future. In their personal time you can find her exploring Edmonton’s patios, tackling a new knitting project, taking new craft classes, and tending to her community garden plot.

Kim Mickelson – Vice Chair

Kim Mickelson is a proud Edmontonian and an avid recreational cyclist and MSc student in Urban and Regional Planning whose past work has focused on supporting vulnerable persons and youth in the community. She has worked and volunteered with a number of Edmonton non-profits supporting vulnerable populations in the community and is also an enthusiastic volunteer mentor with BGCBigs. She loves Edmonton deeply and enjoys showing off all the amazing things the city has to offer.

Chris Chan – Treasurer

Chris Chan is an advocate and former executive director of Bike Edmonton. With nearly 20 years of volunteering and working for Bike Edmonton in various roles, from volunteer web designer to mechanic to bookkeeper and board member, before later becoming staff, Chris has been involved in every aspect of non-profit operations and management. He is dedicated to helping make Edmonton a more accessible and inclusive city. Chris has a degree in Computer Engineering. He can be found biking with his canoe or biking with his skis when he’s not biking with groceries.

Veronica Wambura – Secretary

Veronica Wambura is an MSc student in Transportation Engineering at the University of Alberta. Her current research at the University is focused on public transit equity and decision-making in emergency evacuations. Her experiences growing up in Sub-Saharan Africa led her to become passionate about creating transportation systems that are not only sustainable but also equitable for underserved populations. Since moving to Edmonton, Veronica has enjoyed exploring the city’s bike trails and learning new cooking and baking recipes.

Jason Ruochen Wang – Director-at-Large

Jason Ruochen Wang is an engineer-in-training with a masters from TU Delft in The Netherlands, where he fell in love with cross-country biking (in the geospatial sense). Jason works on climate policy with the Government of Alberta, and on climate and energy transition research outside of his day job. Having grown up in both a dense, pedestrian Chinese town and in Edmonton suburbs, he is passionate about how public spaces create communities. Jason can sometimes be spotted on Edmonton’s streets enthusiastically pointing out microscopic infrastructural changes to friends.

Stephen Raitz – Director-at-Large

Stephen Raitz is a Registered Professional Planner who has worked as an urban and regional planner within the Edmonton region. In this work, he has worked on transportation and community engagement projects. He is currently a Law Student at the U of A. He has been a part of the Paths’ For People Board since 2018, always equipped with a lot of enthusiasm for ensuring that everyone can walk, roll, or cycle around our city safely. Stephen is also an improviser with Rapid Fire Theatre.

Madeleine Stout – Director-at-large

Madeleine Stout is an aluma of the University of Alberta School of Urban and Regional Planning and recently completed her MA in Human Geography. Throughout her studies, Madeleine has explored questions around winter, housing, and health, particularly in Canadian prairie cities. Madeleine currently works with Taproot Edmonton on their People’s Agenda project, a public conversation seeking to identify the municipal election issues that are most important to Edmonton residents. She loves exploring Edmonton’s grocery stores, bakeries, and parks by bicycle.

Ross Zimmermann – Director-at-large

Ross Zimmermann is an urban planner and avid active transportation traveller originally from Regina, Saskatchewan. Whether it’s cycling, walking, or taking Edmonton’s transit systems, Ross believes strongly in the importance of sustainable transportation and the importance modal options have in combating climate change. When not promoting active transportation at his job or to his friends, you can find Ross on stage doing improv theatre, volunteering with the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2), or at Duchess Bake Shop grabbing macarons.

Cheryl Villetard – Director-at-large

Cheryl Villetard is an Edmonton enthusiast that’s passionate about multi-modal transportation, accessibility and environmental sustainability. She has a bachelor of commerce degree from the University of Alberta focused in human resources and marketing, and currently works at MacEwan University as a human resources professional. She strongly believes in the power of community, empathy and collaboration, and is excited about what we can collectively accomplish for the city’s future. In her free time, she loves keeping up with Edmonton’s vibrant food scene, enjoying festivals and events around the city, and cuddling with her dog.

Terry Skidnuk – Director-at-Large

Terry Skidnuk has spent the past 20 years of his career in public health and wellness sharing his passion to get people moving and connecting. He’s a workplace wellness advisor with Alberta Blue Cross and a certified personal trainer and fitness instructor. Over time, he’s come to realize that how we design and program our cities, neighbourhoods and workplaces has a significant impact on the health and well-being of people in how they live, work, play and move around. Terry is a proud, lifelong Edmontonian, who has always lived north of the river but loves exploring all the amazing parts of this city.

Jeanie Casault – Director-at-Large

Jeanie Casault has a BA in Anthropology from the University of Alberta and a graduate degree in Public Administration from the University of Victoria. She currently works in policy for the Government of Alberta. She can often be found doing bike tours of her favourite ice cream spots, hiking, skiing, singing in choir, and volunteering at/attending as many summer festivals as possible.