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.

Cheryl Villetard – Vice Chair

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.

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.

Courtney Nguyen – Secretary

Courtney Nguyen is an urban and regional planner working in Alberta and parts of western Canada. Graduating from the University of Alberta, she holds a Bachelor of Arts in Urban and Regional Planning, with a double minor in Anthropology and Art and Design. She is passionate about leveraging her skills to create positive change in Edmonton communities, in particular advocating for accessible year round spaces and corridors. She loves wandering and exploring the city, immersing herself in the diverse neighborhoods, discovering hidden gems, and observing the unique ways people interact with and through urban spaces.

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.

Tania Sarkar – Director-at-Large

Tania Sarkar is a lawyer by profession and has practiced in the areas of criminal and human rights law for over two decades.  She also has an MA in Justice Studies, a program focused on social justice from an interdisciplinary perspective. Over the years, she has been involved in various community initiatives relating to equity, diversity, and access to justice.  In her spare time, Tania is an amateur visual artist and enjoys making (and sampling) ice cream, growing succulents, and riding her bike slowly.

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.

Kelly O’Neil – Director-at-large

Kelly O’Neil is passionate about sustainable and accessible transportation. Her Google Maps is full of fun lists like missing curb cuts, future LRT stops, and accessible public washrooms. Combining her BASc in Engineering Chemistry from Queen’s University and MBA from Harvard Business School, Kelly has worked in sustainable finance at multiple banks. Growing up in Edmonton gave her a love of biking and walking the River Valley and she is delighted to be living in the city again.

Brandon Kwong – Director-at-large

Brandon Kwong’s perfect day starts with one commute through the river valley, two “good mornings” along the trail, and at least three good cups of coffee. He’s lived in walkable neighbourhoods around the world but calls Edmonton home, and has been actively transporting here year-round since 2017. He’s an operations nerd, working with local startups and volunteering in the Edmonton tech community. N = 6.

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.