Board & Advisors
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- Eric Draper President
- Courtney Reynolds Vice President
- Caitlin Cerame Secretary
- Mark Schiefer Treasurer
- Conroy Jacobs
- Eli Stiers, Esq.
- Advisory Council
Eric Draper
President
Eric Draper is a passionate road and off-road. He recently completed service as Director of the Florida Park Service which, under his leadership, became the first four-time winner of the National Recreation and Parks Association’s Gold Medal for Excellence. Prior to Florida State Parks, Eric was the Executive Director of Audubon Florida, the state’s most influential conservation organization.
During his 30-year conservation career, Draper was a leading advocate for water and land conservation and Everglades restoration. He was known for being able to work with business and agency leaders. He was credited with helping secure billions in new conservation and restoration spending and influencing many major Florida environmental policy decisions.
Draper is from Tampa and studied Philosophy at the University of South Florida. He lives in Tallahassee and serves on the Capital City Cyclists board and the Tallahassee-Leon County Joint Bicycle Working Group.
Courtney Reynolds
Vice President
Courtney Reynolds has almost 20 years of experience in transportation, beginning her career as a Paratransit Dispatcher for Votran in Daytona Beach. After serving as a Marketing Project Manager at LYNX (Orlando’s public transit agency), Courtney joined a private firm to develop the Florida Department of Transportation’s District 5 Regional Commuter Assistance Program (CAP). In that role, she helped launch the reThink Your Commute program, serving employers and commuters across nine counties in Central Florida. She also worked with FDOT District 1 to relaunch their CAP, now known as Commute Connector. Courtney has helped multiple public transportation agencies develop long range plans and marketing strategies. Courtney now serves as a Project Manager for one.network, a firm providing Software as a Service (Saas) for traffic management. Courtney enjoys teaching bike safety as a CyclingSavvy Instructor through the American Bicycling Education Association. She lives in Seminole County with her husband and two sons.
Caitlin Cerame
Secretary
Caitlin Cerame is a Transportation Planner for the City of Pensacola, focusing on multi-modal efforts. She previously worked at the Emerald Coast Regional Council, providing land use and transportation technical assistance.. She managed the bicycle and pedestrian programs for three Transportation Planning Organizations in Northwest Florida. As a planner she is interested in the intersection of land use and transportation to promote healthy and accessible multi-modal outcomes for communities. Caitlin has experience in bicycle safety and outreach with her previous position as Safe Routes to School Educational Coordinator and has completed the Traffic Safety 101 course and LCI seminar. In her free time, Caitlin enjoys hiking, biking, and attempting to maintain a veggie garden. Caitlin has a B.A. in Political Science and M.A. in Urban and Regional Planning with a concentration in GIS.
Mark Schiefer
Treasurer
Mark Schiefer and his wife Jayne have lived in Venice, Florida since late 2004. Retired, Mark’s working career included roles in marketing and executive management with industrial and consumer product companies prior to moving to Florida. Once in Florida, he owned, operated and sold to two small contracting companies.
Mark is both a cyclist and cycling advocate. Riding 250 miles per week on about every type of Sarasota & Manatee County road, bike lane and trail, he has first-hand experience of the safety issues cyclists face riding on our roads. He is a member of Gulf Coast Velo and Sarasota Manatee Bike Clubs and participates in bicycle racing and 100-mile Gran Fondo events throughout the southeastern U.S. As a cycling advocate, Mark has been a member of the Sarasota/Manatee County MPO BPTAC (recognized by MPO as a Vision Zero Hero) and implemented a Safe Cycling Coalition where leaders from area clubs representing 4,000 cyclists, the MPO and FBA, participated to prioritize and communicate regional cycling safety issues. Mark has worked with the FBA by bringing the Ride Leader/Ride Marshal Certification program to the Sarasota County area and was recognized as the FBA Citizen Advocate of the year in 2018.
Conroy Jacobs
Director
Conroy Jacobs is a Certified Planner with over 10 years’ experience working in the land development and transportation planning industry. Mr. Jacobs is often described as a person who possess great people skills, critical thinker, problem solver, and someone with strong ethical principles.
Conroy is passionate about transportation equity and has experienced success over the years advocating for and managing various land use and transportation projects which provide safe and convenient access for all users and abilities.
Over the weekends, you may find Conroy somewhere in Central or South Florida playing a game of cricket or exploring trails in Brevard County.
Eli Stiers, Esq.
Director
Eli Stiers lives in Miami, Florida with his wife and three children. Eli is the founding partner of Stiers Law, P.A., a boutique personal injury and civil litigation firm located in downtown Miami, and has been regarded as a top personal injury attorney by several publications, including Florida Trend Legal Elite and Florida Super Lawyers.
Outside of work, Eli is a long-time cyclist, runner, and former competitive triathlete who qualified for the World Triathlon Age Group Championships in 2013. Eli’s passion for cycling eventually led him to the advocacy space, where he is recognized as a prominent voice in the South Florida community on issues of pedestrian and bicycle safety.
Having taken up the mantle of “Miami Bike Lawyer,” Eli has tirelessly fought for improvements to pedestrian and bicycle safety in Miami and Florida as a whole. He was instrumental in lobbying for changes to Florida’s hit-and-run laws, which culminated in the passage of the Aaron Cohen Life Protection Act. He serves on several advisory boards assisting local governments, community groups, and non-profits with bicycle and trail projects, and he serves as local counsel for Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, a national non-profit dedicated to helping the 225-mile Miami Loop come to fruition. Eli has been featured in the Miami Herald, Miami New Times, Best of Miami, the Huffington Post, New York Times, and Bicycling magazine for his work and insight on issues of importance for cyclists, both regionally and nationally.