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2006 National Trails Symposium Planning Team
Co-Chair: Joe Taylor, Quad Cities CVB President/CEO • www.visitquadcities.com Co-Chair: Pam Gluck, American Trails Executive Director • www.americantrails.org
AUCTIONS Chair: Pam Ellis, Quad Cities CVB and MS Valley Welcome Center • www.visitquadcities.com Tom Neenan, Iowa Trails Council Executive Director • www.iowatrailscouncil.org Julie Henke, Quad Cities Lodging Association • www.marriot.com AUDIO VISUAL Co-Chair: John Favro, USDA Forest Service Northern Region Trails Coordinator • www.fs.fed.us Co-Chair: Susan Favro, Healthy As A Horse Network • www.HealthyAsAHorse.net Loren Easter
AWARDS Chair: Tom Neenan, Iowa Trails Council Executive Director • www.iowatrailscouncil.org
COMMUNICATION Co-Chair: Candace Mitchell, American Trails Administrative Assistant • www.americantrails.org Co-Chair: Charlotte Morrison, Quad Cities CVB VP Marketing & Communications • www.visitquadcities.com David Thomson, NPS - RTCA • www.nps.gov/rtca Julie Henke, Quad Cities Lodging Association • www.marriot.com Kathy Wine, RiverAction Inc. • www.riveraction.org Jessica Waytenik, Quad Cities CVB Marketing/Public Relations Asst. • www.visitquadcities.com Kathy Bowermaster, Iowa Tourism Office Publications Manager • www.iowalifechanging.com Mylon Filkins, Backcountry Horsemen of America • www.backcountryhorse.com Kandee Haertel, Equestrian Land Conservation Resource Executive Director • www.elcr.org Peter Komendowski, Strategic Enlightenment-ME & V • www.MEandV.com
ENTERTAINMENT/PARTY Chair: Margo McInnis, Quad Cities CVB Destination Sales Manager • www.visitquadcities.com EXHIBIT HALL Chair: Pat Frese, Event Management Unlimited Kate King Jennifer McKee, RiverCenter Sales • www.riverctr.com FACILITIES Chair: Steve Ruden, RiverCenter/Adler Theatre Event Coordinator • www.riverctr.com
MOBILE WORKSHOPS/TRAIL BOSSES Co-Chair: Amy Madigan, Illinois DNR/Greenways & Trails Outreach Coordinator • www.dnr.state.il.us Co-Chair: Mark Edwards, Iowa DNR - Conservation & Recreation, Trails Coordinator • www.dnr.state.ia.us Doug DeLille, Bi-State Regional Commission Senior Planner • www.bistateonline.org Dan Kleen, Iowa OHV Association & NOHVCC President • www.iowaohv.com Marilyn Andress, RI Soil & Water Conservation/IL Saddle Club/QC Chapter IL Native Plant Society Steve Grimes, Bettendorf Parks & Recreation • www.bettendorf.org Elizabeth Haynes, Natural Resources Ecology Educator, U of IL Ext. • www.uiuc.edu Chuck Oestreich, Northern IL ADT Representative • www.discoverytrail.org/states/illinois JoAnne Gernant, Friends of Hennepin Canal/Illinois Trail Riders • fhcanal.home.mchsi.com • www.illinoistrailriders.com Craig Weber, HCTC Bill Nelson, Rock Island Parks and Recreation Department Director • www.rigov.org/citydepartments/parks/parks Dan McNeil, RiverAction/FORC • www.riveraction.org Aaron Griesenbeck, FORC (Friends of Off Road Cycling) • www.qcforc.org/ Jaime Weckel, Two Rivers ATV Club Milt Hand, City of Moline Parks Department, Parks & Recreation Director Dan Sherman, Davenport Parks and Recreation
POSTERS Chair: Diane Banta, National Park Service • www.nps.gov George Bellovics, Illinois DNR • www.dnr.state.il.us Mark Edwards, Iowa DNR - Conservation & Recreation, Trails Coordinator • www.dnr.state.ia.us
PROGRAM Co-Chair: Rory Robinson, NPS - RTCA Outdoor Recreation Planner • www.nps.gov/rtca Co-Chair: Pam Gluck, American Trails Executive Director • www.americantrails.org Tier One Joe Taylor, Quad Cities CVB President/CEO • www.visitquadcities.com Mary Hanson, NPS - RTCA Outdoor Recreation Planner • www.nps.gov/rtca Doug DeLille, Bi-State Regional Commission Senior Planner • www.bistateonline.org Terry Eastin, Mississippi River Trail Executive Director • www.mississippirivertrail.org George Bellovics, Illinois DNR • www.dnr.state.ia.us Jim Wood, FL DEP, Office of Greenways & Trails • www.dep.state.fl.us John R. Collins, Jr., Texas Trails Network, U of NTX Associate Professor • www.unt.edu Steve Bowman, Iowa Department of Transportation, Federal & State Recreational Trail Manager • www.dot.state.ia.us Kandee Haertel, Equestrian Land Conservation Resource Executive Director • www.elcr.org Ed Barsotti, League of Illinois Bicyclists Executive Director • www.bikelib.org Tier Two Roger Bell, Bellfree Contractors, Inc., Owner/Builder • www.naturetec.com Bob Searns, Urban Edges, Greenway Development Consultant • www.sspf.org/partners/Searns Stuart Macdonald, American Trails Magazine and Website Editor • www.americantrails.org Dan Kleen, Iowa OHV Association & NOHVCC President • www.iowaohv.com Mike Passo, Elakah Expeditions, LLC Owner • www.elakah.com Roger Lohr, XCSkiResorts.com Owner • www.XCSkiResorts.com Tim Wegner, IMBA Minnesota Representative • www.imba.com Christopher Douwes, FHWA Recreational Trails and Enhancements Program Manager • www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/rectrails Jaime Schwartz, USDA Forest Service • www.fs.fed.us Patti Klein, Bureau of Land Management National Stewardship/Outdoor Ethics Coordinator • www.blm.gov Steve Elkinton, NPS National Trails System Program Leader • www.nps.gov Cherri Esperson, NPS - RTCA National Recreation Trails Coordinator • www.nps.gov/rtca Leon Hodges, US Army Corps of Engineers Chief Park Ranger • www.usace.army.mil Nathan Caldwell, US Fish & Wildlife Service Trails Coordinator • www.fws.gov Mark Edwards, Iowa DNR - Conservation & Recreation, Trails Coordinator • www.dnr.state.ia.us Tim Mitchel, FHWA - Minnesota Division Planning/Environmental Specialist • www.fhwa.dot.gov/mndiv Randy Harden, NOHVIS Group President • www.nohvis.com Gary Robb, National Center for Accessibility Executive Director • www.ncaonline.org Ray Irvin, Indy Parks Greenways Executive Director • www.indygreenways.org Helen Mahan, NPS - RTCA • www.nps.gov/rtca Kay Lloyd, Snowmobile Representative Patrick Marsh, Village of Coal Valley Village Administrator • http://villageofcoalvalley.home.mchsi.com/ Dean Mayne, Quad Cities Bicycle Club Representative • www.qcbc.org Rhonda Border-Boose, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Midwest Office Director • www.railtrails.org/ Dr. Bruce Perry Bev Moore, Illinois Trails Conservancy • www.illtrails.com Jonathan Stephens, USDA Forest Service Congressionally Designated Areas & Trails, Program Manager • www.fs.fed.us Brigit Brown, Wisconsin DNR WI State Trails Coordinator • www.dnr.state.wi.us Celina Montorfano, American Hiking Society • www.americanhiking.org Pam Dillon, American Canoe Association Executive Director • www.acanet.org Lisa Hein, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation • www.inhf.org
QUAD CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Chair: Cathie Rochau, Quad City International Airport Marketing Representative • www.qcairport.com Elaine Robertson, Quad Cities CVB Visitors Center Manager • www.visitquadcities.com Jeffrey Hardacre, US Department of Homeland Security Director for Screening • www.dhs.gov
REGISTRATION TRAILHEAD, OFFICE & INFORMATION Chair: Deanna Jensen, Quad Cities CVB Convention Sales Manager • www.visitquadcities.com Wendy Frolich, US Army Corps of Engineers • www.usace.army.mil
SPONSORS/EXHIBITORS Co-Chair: Joe Taylor, Quad Cities CVB President/CEO • www.visitquadcities.com Co-Chair: Pam Gluck, American Trails Executive Director • www.americantrails.org Co-Chair: Candace Mitchell, American Trails Administrative Assistant • www.americantrails.org Kandee Haertel, Equestrian Land Conservation Resource Executive Director • www.elcr.org Terry Hanson, City of Redding, CA, Community Services Manager • www.ci.redding.ca.us Kate King Terry Whaley, Ozark Greenways Executive Director • www.ozarkgreenways.org Doug House, City of Moline General Manager Municipal Services, Prospect Park Revitalization Project • www.moline.il.us Bob Walker, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Trails Coordinator • fwp.mt.gov
TRAIL TOOLS Chair: Mark Edwards, Iowa DNR - Conservation & Recreation, Trails Coordinator • www.dnr.state.ia.us Cheryl Salley, John Deere & Company Director, Corporate Sponsorships • www.johndeere.com Dan Kleen, Iowa OHV Association & NOHVCC President • www.iowaohv.com Terry Durby, Iowa State Snowmobile Assn. President
TRANSPORTATION Chair: Lynn Hunt, Quad Cities CVB VP, Tourism Sales • www.visitquadcities.com
VOLUNTEER COORDINATION Chair: Kate King Sara West, Iowa DNR - AmeriCorps • www.iowadnr.com/volunteer/americorps Leon LaVigne, USDA Forest Service, Region 9 • www.fs.fed.us LuAnn Haydon, John Deere Pavilion • www.johndeere.com Elizabeth Haynes, Natural Resources Ecology Educator, U of IL Ext. • www.uiuc.edu Mark Edwards, Iowa DNR - Conservation & Recreation Trails Coordinator • www.dnr.state.ia.us
WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT Chair: Stuart Macdonald, American Trails Website Manager ADDITIONAL PLANNING TEAM MEMBERS Jaime Weckel, Two Rivers ATV Club • www.tworiversatv.com Mark Wyatt, Iowa Bicycle Coalition • www.iowabicyclecoalition.org Greg Albansoder, City of Davenport Community and Economic Dev. Dept. Project Manager • www.ci.davenport.ia.us John Brady Linda DePaul, Iowa DNR • www.dnr.state.ia.us Milt Hand, City of Moline Parks Department • www.moline.il.us/departments/parks Denise McGowan, Henry County Tourism Bureau Executive Director • www.visithenrycounty.com Dan Sherman, Davenport Parks and Recreation Dept. Director • www.ci.davenport.ia.us AMERICAN TRAILS STAFF Pam Gluck, Executive Director Candace Mitchell, Administrative Assistant Mike Bullington, Project Coordinator Alison Munro, Office Assistant |
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