STAFF & BOARD
Larry Leveen
Executive Director
A graduate of The Evergreen State College's Masters in Environmental Studies program, Larry has advocated for livable communities in South Puget Sound for over 25 years. He worked in the bike industry for seventeen years and has served on the boards of organizations focused on outdoor recreation and mobility. Larry served as an advisor to the Olympia City Council for fourteen years on land use, zoning, long-range planning, capital facility budgeting, municipal development standards, and active transportation. He brings policy analysis experience from both his non-profit work as well as employment with the Department of Commerce and the Washington Traffic Safety Commission. He focuses on improving codes, plans, and standards and securing funding for healthy communities. Larry is committed to using a lens of anti-racism and social equity in his work.
Roxanne Miles
President
Roxanne Miles joined Pierce County as the Director of Parks & Recreation in 2017, following a 15-year career with Metro Parks Tacoma. Pierce County Parks manages over 5,200 acres of parkland and maintains the Pierce County Regional Trail Plan. Ms. Miles is a graduate of Pacific Lutheran University and has an MBA in Non-Profit Management from Corban University. She is a life-long Pierce County resident.
Bob Myrick
Secretary
Bob has served as Tacoma Washington Bicycle Club's Director of Community and Government Affairs for about 25 years. He worked on Pierce County's non-motorized plan and the Pierce County Trails Plan, served on Tacoma's Transportation Committee, worked on Tacoma's non-motorized Plan, and served on Puget Sound Regional Council's Non-motorized Committee. When federal funds became available for non-motorized projects, he championed using them for the Foothills Trail, Bridge of Glass, Thea Foss Esplanade projects and other projects.
He identified Cushman Powerline, City Water Ditch, and Tacoma Water Pipeline Road as possible trails and worked with Scott Pierson in coaxing WSDOT to build the trail along Highway 16 to the Narrows Bridge. He also worked with Scott Pierson to produce the first modern bike map for Tacoma/Pierce County. Bob worked with Joe Kanan to get the BPA trail built in Federal Way and helped build a single-track trail to South Prairie in 1997.
Rob Buck
Treasurer
Rob Buck is a life-long Puyallup resident who has been using
the trails and trails systems in Pierce County for nearly 50
years. He is the Director of Environmental Safety and Health
for Long Painting Company in Kent, WA. Rob is an active community member, who has served on numerous boards and committees and coached soccer for 30 years. He currently is active with the Puyallup Valley Bike Club, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance Pierce County Committee, and the Citizen’s Advisory Board for Pierce County Parks. Rob loves riding and working bikes of all types and doing trail work. His goal is a network of maintained trails throughout Pierce County for all groups of users. Rob lives in Puyallup with his wife and two high school-age kids.
Cody Geddes
Cody is the Director of Parks and Recreation for the City of Puyallup. Prior to that, he worked for 12 years with the City of Federal Way.
Recognizing that trails play an essential role in creating a sense of belonging and fostering physical and mental well-being, Geddes is committed to expanding and connecting the existing trail network to a larger system. He understands that trail connections aren't just pathways; they're conduits that bridge communities and provide avenues for exploration, exercise, and connection with nature.
Jennifer Dvorak
A project manager and engineering lead for Parametrix,
Jennifer has managed and designed numerous local transportation projects, with a decade of focus on trails and pedestrian-focused design. Her work includes planning, alternatives analysis, preliminary engineering, permitting, constructability analysis, and quality reviews. She has substantial experience with the WSDOT Local Agency Guidelines (LAG) Manuals, managing project teams, and stakeholder coordination.
Shayla Miles
Shayla is the Executive Director of the Foothills Rails to Trails Coalition. She has a Masters of Public Administration with a focus on nonprofit leadership from Evergreen Tacoma, and a passion for ensuring outdoor recreation is accessible, plentiful and safe. Much like any long-time nonprofit employee, Shayla has worn many hats: fundraiser, education program manager, field trip facilitator, events planner, volunteer manager. Her most recent role was Development Director at Pacific Bonsai Museum. Shayla lives in Tacoma with her husband and young daughter, and can be found most weekends running or hiking the many amazing trails Pierce County has to offer.
Kim Field
Kim Field is the Executive Director of All Things Fun Sports! a small running/walking event promotion nonprofit. Her organization's focus is on inclusivity, sustainability, and trial advocacy. Kim is passionate about outdoor recreation.
Alisa O'Hanlon-Regala
Board Member
I’m honored by the opportunity to serve on the Board of ForeverGreen Trails. I am a 50-plus-year resident of Tacoma and have built my career entirely in public service with an aim to create and nurture collaborations for the common good. I was peripherally involved when the ForeverGreen Council was conceived as I was collaborating on other community projects with individuals crafting ForeverGreen. After 15 years in government relations at the City of Tacoma and now as the Strategic Planning Manager at Metro Parks Tacoma, I am tickled to have the chance to be in the middle of the ForeverGreen action!
I look forward to representing Metro Parks as a partner committed to bringing our best thinking and our system of assets to connect in creating a seamless network and experience for contemporary populations to travel and enjoy the rich lands known from time immemorial by the Coast Salish people.
