Meet the Team
Walk SF’s work is powered by our passionate staff, Board of Directors, Advisory Council, volunteers, and members.
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Staff & Interns
Ben Barrett, Senior Operations Manager
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Ben oversees the day-to-day operations of Walk SF’s finance, accounting, and CRM systems. Previously, he served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guatemala, where he taught financial accounting to small business owners. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University.
Contact Ben via email or call at 415.431.9255, ext 9.
Aly Geller, Vision Zero Engagement Manager
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Aly guides and supports Walk SF’s SF Bay Area Families for Safe Streets group and Safe Routes to School team. She has a Masters in Public Health from UCLA and is a traffic safety enthusiast. She has partnered with schools, community groups, and law enforcement to provide distracted driving awareness programs, workshops and leadership training, and has collaborated with MADD and We Save Lives founder, Candace Lightner.
Prior to joining Walk SF, she led community engagement for a K-12 school. Aly moved to SF from LA in order to get out of the car, know her community, and walk! She loves to explore SF’s stairways and picnic in the park with her family.
Contact Aly via email or call at 415.431.9255, ext 4.
Brian Haagsman, Vision Zero Organizer
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Brian focuses on pushing the City to make the comprehensive, urgent changes needed on our streets to actually achieve Vision Zero, a goal to end all severe and fatal traffic crashes by 2024. As a member of the policy team, he identifies and pushes for bold action in a variety of ways while working with community-based partners, safe streets advocates, and our members. Brian joined Walk SF in 2016 in an outreach role, working on Walk SF’s annual events, volunteer, and membership programs.
Contact Brian via email or call at 415.431.9255, ext 5.
Vernon Haney, Family & Schools Coordinator
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As a member of the San Francisco Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Partnership, Vernon will be focused on encouraging families and students to walk, bike, take transit, and carpool to San Francisco schools in the SoMa and Bayview neighborhoods.
Before joining Walk SF in June 2018, Vernon was an Environmental Education Associate at Department of the Environment, where he educated elementary, middle, and high school students about water conservation, pollution prevention, and zero waste. A native of Louisiana, Vernon has been an engaged member of the San Francisco community for the past 10 years and is happy to continue to be able to serve San Francisco communities and residents with his work at Walk SF.
Contact Vernon via email or call at 415.431.9255, ext 6.
Sam Kwan, Family & Schools Coordinator
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Sam works to encourage families and students to walk, bike, take transit, and carpool to San Francisco schools as part of Walk SF’s role in the San Francisco Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Partnership. Sam studied Environmental Studies at San Francisco State University where she focused on sustainability and social justice in hopes to give a voice to those who often go unheard. Before joining Walk SF, Sam helped to preserve affordable housing at the San Francisco Community Land Trust and at SF Environment’s School Education Program, empowering K-12 students and their families to become environmental advocates every day.
Sam has lived in San Francisco for over 8 years and has lived in 6 different neighborhoods. She enjoys every pocket of San Francisco and can be found meandering throughout the city engaging in local events.
Contact Sam via email or call at 415.431.9255, ext 7.
Marta Lindsey, Communications Director
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Marta oversees Walk San Francisco’s communications, help to shape the organization’s policy work, and involved in key campaigns like the car-free JFK campaign. Prior to joining Walk SF, Marta served as the communications director at TransForm, as well as the interim communications director at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. As a communications consultant, Marta worked with a range of nonprofits focused on transportation, land use, social justice, and sustainability.
Marta has lived in San Francisco for 15 years. She considers the fact that she can walk almost everywhere she needs to go a key piece of her daily happiness. She’s obsessed with Golden Gate Park and is on car-free JFK Drive almost every day.
Jodie Medeiros, Executive Director
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Jodie is responsible for leading Walk San Francisco’s strategic work. She has a long and successful history leading communications, fundraising, and advocacy at urban livability, active transportation, and poverty alleviation nonprofits.
Prior to joining Walk SF, Jodie was Deputy Director at the SF Housing Action Coalition, where her work was critical in passing Home SF, a policy to incentivize building more affordable and family-friendly housing in San Francisco. During her eight-year tenure as Development Director at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, she helped grow the organization from four to seventeen staff and collaborated on the Great Streets Project, which led to Sunday Streets and the now-thriving parklet program. Jodie earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from Clark University.
Contact Jodie via email or call 415.431.9255, ext 2.
Cambria Minott, Development & Events Manager
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Cambria manages annual fundraising events, fundraising campaigns, and membership programs for Walk SF.
Cambria grew up in Santa Cruz and lived in London for seven years before returning to San Francisco. Prior to working at Walk SF, Cambria worked as a communications consultant, ran her own marketing and events businesses, and worked as a marketing and events manager for several SF-based startups.
Cambria loves exploring the hills and parks of San Francisco and seeking out live music, art, and film events. In her free time, she organizes a non-profit event series supporting local musicians and artists.
Cambria holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Scripps College and a Master of Science in Communication from the London School of Economics.
Janelle Phung, Family & School Coordinator
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As part of Walk SF’s work with the San Francisco Safe Routes to School Partnership, Janelle works with schools and families especially in the Chinatown and Richmond neighborhood.
Janelle previously worked for the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and SF Department of the Environment. Janelle speaks multiple languages including Cantonese, Mandarin, Fu Kien, Chao Zhou, and Vietnamese.
Board of Directors
Zoee Astrachan
Interim President of Walk SF’s Board of Directors
INTERSTICE Architects
Founding Principal and CEO; Landscape Architect
Jina Bartholomew
Google LLC
Commercial Counsel
Lian Chikako Chang
Carta
Data Storyteller
Megan Gee
Treasurer of Walk SF’s Board of Directors
Arup
Senior Planner
Jessica Lum
Vice President of Walk SF’s Board of Directors
San Francisco Travel Association
Director of Public Policy and Executive Office Programs
Nicholas Murray
Twilio
Global Director of Employment Law
Karen Rhodes
University of California
Communications & Fundraising Executive (retired)
Sergio Ruiz
Caltrans District 4
Complete Streets Coordinator
Traci Siegel
GMMB
Senior Vice President & Managing Director
Amy Wilson Morris
Land and Water Connections Consulting
Principal
Advisory Council
Sophie Maxwell Former San Francisco District 10 Supervisor, 2000-2011
Margie O’Driscoll Former Executive Director, American Institute of Architects, San Francisco
Bonnie Nelson Founding Principal, Nelson\Nygaard Consulting