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Friday, September 15 • 12:45pm - 1:45pm
Municipal Officials Plenary and Lunch, Moderated by Joe Martens

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Former New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens, now the Director of the New York Offshore Wind Alliance and a great friend of the bike movement in NYS, will moderate a panel of Municipal Leaders - Mayor Thomas Roach from White Plains, and Common Council Member Leah Golby from Albany - who will share with the audience how they achieved significant progress in their communities relating to bicycle infrastructure and multi-modal transportation.  At the same time, the panelists will also frame how the progress in their respective communities also drives an important urban environmental and green agenda relating to congestion relief, energy conservation and pollution reduction.
Moderators
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Joe Martens

Director, New York Offshore Wind Alliance
Joe Martens is currently the Director of the New York Offshore Wind Alliance. Mr. Martens served as Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation from March 2011 to July 2015. From 1998 through 2010, Commissioner Martens served as President... Read More →

Speakers
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Justin Booth

Founder + Executive Director, GoBike Buffalo
As the founder and Executive Director of GObike I have been fortunate to turn a hobby into a job. I love to bicycle—whether it’s for errands, enjoyment, or long excursions to exercise. Only when you’re on two wheels do you get to see the rich diversity of all the people and... Read More →
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Leah Golby

President, Board of Directors, New York Bicycling Coalition
Leah Golby currently serves on the Albany Common Council where she annually sponsors the city’s “May is Bike Month” Resolution and ushered in the city’s 2013 Complete Streets ordinance. With a degree in theatre and a career in non-profit fundraising, Leah considers herself... Read More →
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Mayor Thomas M. Roach

Mayor, City of White Plains
Tom was born in White Plains, and currently resides in the Westminster Ridge section of the city with his wife, Beth and their two children. Tom received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Albany and his law degree from the University of Buffalo. He was the first person... Read More →

Friday September 15, 2017 12:45pm - 1:45pm EDT
TOURISM & ECONOMICS
  PLENARY

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