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Give EarlyThank you for joining us for our 2021 Moving People Forward Speaker Series! Please use this page to access and revisit Zoom recordings, Storyteller Videos and presentation slides from each of our six Moving People Forward Sessions. We will update this page the day after each session, so check back regularly!
Keynote speaker: Dr. Destiny Thomas, Founder and CEO, Thrivance Group
Moderator: Mike Washington, Director of Denver Metro Area Outreach, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Office of U.S. Senator Michael Bennet
Storyteller: Amar Azucena Cid
We are able to bring Dr. Thomas to our conference with help from Saint Joseph Hospital.
Moderator: Jill Locantore, Executive Director, Denver Streets Partnership
Speakers: Senator Julie Gonzales, Colorado District 34
Director Shontel M. Lewis, Regional Transportation District (RTD) District B
Marisa Jones, Policy & Partnerships Director, National Safe Routes Partnership
Jack Todd, Director of Communications & Policy, Bicycle Colorado
Storyteller: Denise Boler
Moderator: Robin Kniech, Denver City Council At-Large
Speakers: Alex Baca, Housing Program Organizer, Greater Greater Washington,
Lisa Bender, City Council President, Minneapolis
Renee Martinez-Stone, Initiative Director, West Denver Renaissance Collaborative
Storyteller: Maricendi Jaimes
Moderator: Jessica Vargas, Program Manager, Denver Streets Partnership
Speakers: Jodie Medeiros, Executive Director, Walk San Francisco
Mike Jacobsen, Planner, Livable Streets Division, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Jonathan Fertig, AIA, Senior Architect, Davis Partnership Architects, co-founder, Denver Bicycle Lobby
David Pulsipher, Planning Supervisor, Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure
Storyteller: Rosemary McDonnell-Horita
Moderator: Mo McCanna, Education and Safety Director, Bicycle Colorado
Speakers: Manuel Corona, Transportation Planner, Oakland Department of Transportation,
Jeff Knowles, Alta Planning + Design, Inc., Oakland, CA,
Marquita Price, Director of Urban and Regional Planning, The East Oakland Collective,
Nick Heimann, Active Modes Specialist, City of Fort Collins
Storyteller: Julia Burciaga
Moderator: Pete Piccolo, Executive Director, Bicycle Colorado
Speakers: Jolie Nesmith, Executive Director, PikeRide
James Currie, Operations Director, WE-cycle
Stephen Rijo, Senior City Planner, Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure
Ron Burke, Head of Micromobility Policy, Lyft