President Cathy Van Maren has lived in La Crosse for decades and has been a bicycle commuter and public transportation fan since childhood. Now retired, she’s working to expand and improve public transportation options locally, regionally, and state-wide. Having visited the Netherlands several times, she understands how a well funded, well planned, integrated, affordable public transportation system can improve the quality of life for everyone.
Vice President Mark Quam chairs the the Chippewa Valley Transit Alliance, the Eau Claire-Chippewa Valley area’s multi-modal public transportation advocacy group. A passenger rail enthusiast, he serves as Secretary of the West Central WI Rail Coalition, VP for All Aboard WI and as the WI Council Rep. to the national Rail Passengers Association (RPA). He belongs to the National Railway Historical Society, and is helping rebuild the Morrisonville Railroad Depot near his childhood town of De Forest, WI into a railroad museum.
Secretary/Treasurer Susan De Vos is the president of the Madison Area Bus Advocates (http://www.busadvocates.org), transit advocates who envision an expanded and improved urban and regional bus system in the greater Madison area. She is a Senior Scientist III in Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Deb Ryan is a former Transportation Commissioner and City Council member of the city of Wausau. She would like to see regional and people-oriented public transit systems throughout urban and rural Wisconsin. Public transit touches on many issues including the role of government in providing essential services.
Chelsea Dallin is College Career Readiness Teacher at the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Janesville. She obtained a Master’s in Counseling Psychology from UW-Platteville in 2014. She wants there to be more bus service, both locally and for intercity travel throughout Wisconsin.
Frank Ingram advocates for better intercity rail and bus service throughout Wisconsin. That includes the return of passenger rail service to Green Bay. He has been involved in the democratic governance of public transportation since the age of 10.
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