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Anna Isaacson |
Anna joined the MassRIDES team in July of 2010 as a school outreach coordinator serving schools in Central and Western Massachusetts. Prior to joining MassRIDES, she interned with the Sustainable Transportation Group at the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, and prior to that she worked as an elementary school teacher in Taiwan. She holds a degree in history from Oberlin College. Anna enjoys her commute; she bikes, walks, and runs to work. |
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Ben Hammer |
Ben joined the MassRIDES team in 2007 and serves as a school outreach coordinator for partner schools in Metro-Boston, Central and Western Massachusetts. Prior to joining MassRIDES Ben worked at the New England Aquarium mentoring and educating inner-city youth. He has a degree in geography from Clark University and enjoys bitterly complaining about the New England weather. |
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Brad Winnett |
Brad joined the MassRIDES team in August 2009 as a worksite outreach coordinator serving partners in Metro-West and Northeastern, Massachusetts. Prior to joining MassRIDES, Brad worked for a few years doing consulting for an education travel company in Cambridge, MA. He has a degree in International Business from Merrimack College and enjoys playing hockey, coaching lacrosse, and traveling. |
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Catherine King |
Catherine joined the MassRIDES team in 2007 as a worksite outreach coordinator serving partners on Cape Cod and the Islands. Currently, Catherine is serving Safe Routes to School partners in Southern Massachusetts. Catherine is active in the Cape community, serving as a commissioner on the Cape Cod and Islands Commission on the Status of Women. Catherine is a former elected official, having served on the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School Committee. She has a degree in Music Education from Berklee College of Music and is a graduate and former board member of the Cape Cod Community Leadership Institute. Catherine enjoys rowing, music, all sports, (especially the Celtics) and spending time with her husband and three sons. |
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Daniel Allalemdjian |
Dan serves as a Worksite Outreach Coordinator working with MassRIDES' partners in central and western Massachusetts. He hails from Australia and joined MassRIDES in 2010. Dan has a degree in environmental science and planning. He's enthusiastic about improving transport efficiency to reduce environmental impacts and improve our well-being. Dan recently worked in public involvement for civil infrastructure projects in Australia. He enjoys funny people, traveling to unusual places, and good food. |
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Donna Smallwood |
Donna serves as the MassRIDES program operations manager, working on Safe Routes to School, vanpool operations, and special projects. Prior to joining MassRIDES, Donna worked for the Commonwealth’s previous travel options program, CARAVAN for Commuters. She has degrees in communications and urban planning and enjoys bicycling, hiking, and spending time with friends and family. |
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Gary St. Fleur |
Gary joined the MassRIDES team in 2008 as a worksite outreach coordinator serving partners in Greater Boston and Southeastern, Massachusetts. These days, Gary serves as the maestro of MassRIDES team (just kidding); however he brings tons of laughs to the office. Prior to joining MassRIDES Gary interned for American Honda Motor Co Inc. marketing/advertising department. He has a degree in Marketing from Clark Atlanta University and he takes pleasure in playing sports, and spending time with family and friends. |
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Jennifer Solomon |
Jen joined the MassRIDES team in 2004 as a worksite outreach coordinator serving partners in Southeastern, Massachusetts. Nowadays, Jen serves as the MassRIDES marketing manager, working on program communications, public relations, and worksite outreach. Prior to joining MassRIDES she worked for Staples as an assistant account executive. She has a degree in Communications from Boston University (go terriers!) and enjoys cooking, hiking, and spending time with friends and family. |
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Kay Carson |
Kay is the Project Director for MassRIDES, responsible for management and oversight of Massachusetts’ Statewide Travel Options Program. Prior to joining MassRIDES, Kay worked in travel demand management, marketing, and public relations. She has degrees in journalism and business management, is an accredited member of the Public Relations Society of America, and currently serves as Editor of TDM Review, the professional journal of the Association for Commuter Transportation. She enjoys reading, travel, gardening, and her daily walkable commute. |
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Leeroy Wagner |
Leeroy began his position as a bilingual (English/Spanish) Customer Service Representative at MassRIDES in 2004. In this role, he assists callers and web visitors by providing them with commuter information, assisting with trip planning, and responding to general inquiries. Leeroy received his A.S. degree in Computer Technology from Bunker Hill Community College in 2008 and will soon begin pursuing a B.S. degree at Eastern Nazarene College in the spring. In his spare time, he enjoys watching World Cup Qualifying Soccer, running 5K’s and going to the movies. |
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Leon Papadopoulos |
Leon joined the MassRIDES team in 2004 as the vanpool coordinator helping to maintain the existing vanpool fleet while coordinating efforts to start new ones. Currently, Leon serves as the MassRIDES operations coordinator, working on office systems and he is the team leader of the customer service team and operations assistant. Prior to joining MassRIDES Leon worked for Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. as an office manager and project billing specialist. He studied economics at Northeastern University and enjoys biking, surfing, skiing, and spending time with friends and family. |
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