Executive Council and staff
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President - Andy Smith
Andy was a software writer since the early 1970’s and has worked in the Finance, Telemarketing and Data Warehousing industries around the world; getting their computer systems to sit up and beg. He now spends his time in the Not For Profit (NFP) sector as a volunteer and has a Graduate Diploma in NFP Management.
Vice President - Mike Mellor
Based in Wellington.
Secretary - Gay Richards
Gay is a librarian managing the Injury Prevention Information Centre based at The Univerisity of Auckland Tamaki Campus She is involved in her local community as chair of a newly incorporated residents' group. Gay uses public transport evey day and promotes the importance of the accessible journey and good walking links to connect communities.
Executive Council Members
Rhys Taylor
Rhys Taylor is a city walker, cyclist and bus user, rather than a tramper. He is a self-employed sustainability researcher and adult-educator based in Christchurch and South Canterbury, supporting Living Streets Canterbury on Walk to Work Day, Car Free Day and other events. Contract work includes coordination of Sustainable Living Education Trust, a local government-led community education programme which, among many actions, promotes alternatives to car dependence.
Meg Christie
Meg works for Community and Public Health (CDHB) as an Active Transport Health Promoter; promoting the health benefits to the individual and the community in general of walking, cycling and using public transport for utility journeys. She comes from a background of occupational therapy where the mobility and social connectiveness of her clients- and being able to safely get to places they needed to be- played a big part in their wellness. Meg enjoys walking, running and cycling, (especially cycle touring) and so has a private as well as professional agenda to reduce vehicular congestion on our network.
Chris Teo-Sherrell
Chris is a City Councillor in Palmerston North City. As councillor Chris promotes healthier, less polluting transport, waste minimisation and enhanced neighbourhood vitality.
Willemijn Vermaat
Willemijn has just started a new role at the Sustainability Trust to work on a Sustainable Households project which will also include getting people into active transport to become healthier and reduce their energy use. She is passionate about the environment and interested in exploring and promoting active modes of transport, shared spaces (the Dutch "Woonerf"), eco-innovation and community resilience.
Peter Kortegast
Peter is a transportation engineer with a wide range of experience both with local government and Transit NZ projects. He is a specialist road safety engineer with a passion for improving the safety of our community. Peter also has a keen interest in sustainable transport solutions, in particular cycleway initiatives.
