Meet Our Team

Tidewater Trails Alliance Board of Directors

  • Chairman: Reed Nester – Retired Williamsburg Planning Director, Chair of Historic Triangle Bicycle Advisory Committee, Certified Instruction for League of American Bicyclists. Past President of Williamsburg Area Bicyclists. Represents Williamsburg, Virginia.
  • Co-Chairman: Katherine “Kitty” Preston – Professor Emerita at College of William & Mary; Past Member and Chair of Historic Triangle Bicycle Advisory Committee, representing James City. Charter member of Williamsburg Area Bicyclists. Represents James City County, Virginia.
  • Treasurer: F. Thomas “Tom” Carmine – Retired CPA with a career in corporate finance. Represents Newport News, Virginia.
  • Secretary: Beverly McLean – Communications & Technology; Marketing Director at Covington Travel; Past Vice President of Peninsula Bicycling Association (PBA). Represents Newport News, Virginia.
  • Brian Agor – Retired CPA, member of Surry Town Council. Represents Surry County, Virginia.
  • Thomas Cosgrove – Legislative liaison for Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding and former member of the Virginia Capital Trail Foundation Board during its formative years. Represents James City County, Virginia.
  • Kendra Greene – Executive Director, Elizabeth River Trail, Norfolk, VA
  • Tom Cramer – Executive Director, Wason Center for Public Policy, Christopher Newport University. Represents Newport News, Virginia.
  • G. Glenn Oder – Executive Director, Fort Monroe Authority. Represents Fort Monroe and Hampton, Virginia.

Tidewater Trails Alliance Advisors to the Board

  • Cat Anthony – Executive Director of Virginia Capital Trail
  • Helen Gabriel – Former Assistant Director, Parks & Recreation, City of Suffolk
  • Kyle Gilmer – Senior Transportation Planner, Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization
  • Kindra Greene – Executive Director of Elizabeth River Trail
  • Steve Lambert – Active Transportation Planner, City of Virginia Beach
  • Carolyn Poissant – Senior Planner, City of Newport News
  • Elliot Caldwell – East Coast Greenway
  • Liz Schleeper – Bike Norfolk
  • Donald Whipple – Chief Planner, City of Hampton