Bike Execs Storm Capital Hill To Support REC Act

PeopleForBikes hosted 17 female executives during a Washington D.C. lobbying blitz aimed at building support for more bike-friendly policies. The delegation met with members of Congress, senior staff and the Department of the Interior to help advance pro-bike business and industry goals.

Delegates focused on building support for the Outdoor Recreation’s Economic Contributions (REC) Act, which directs the federal government to quantify the outdoor recreation sector in its jobs and economic impacts report. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell recently initiated a pilot program to gauge outdoor recreation’s impact on gross domestic product, but the Outdoor REC Act authorizes federal agencies to calculate the number every year.

According to a post on the PeopleForBikes blog, participating industry executives, many of whom are pictured above, included:

Casey Adams, Director of Finance, Quality Bicycle Products; Olivia Bleitz, USA Program Manager, Specialized Bicycle Components; Rachelle Boobar, Events and Content Editor, PinkBike; Amanda Covington, Senior VP of Communications and Government Relations, Vista Outdoor; Jenn Dice, VP Business Network, PeopleForBikes; Katy Hartnett, Director of Government Relations, PeopleForBikes; Ellen Johnson, Senior Product Manager, Advanced Sports International; Kelli Koschmann, Director of Human Relations, SRAM; Jen Lemmer, Sr. Digital Design Manager, Accell; Lois Mabon, Global Expansion Leader, W.L. Gore & Associates, Gore Bike Wear Division; Anne Mader, Owner, The Bike Lane; Ana Meuwissen, Director Federal Government Affairs, Robert Bosch, LLC; Katie Needham, Director of Omni Channel Marketing, Pacific Cycle; Hannah Parish, Director of Marketing, Cannondale; Amanda Schulze, Women’s Business Manager, Trek Bicycle; Becky Smith, D.C. General Manager, REI; Shannon Sterns, VP of Marketing, Camelbak.

Those interested in attending a 2017 Washington, D.C. fly-in should email PeopleForBikes Business Network Events Manager Kristy Kibler at mailto:kristy@peopleforbikes.org.

Image courtesy of PeopleForBikes.