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Undriving Team


Undriving runs primarily on creativity, resourcefulness and volunteer energy.  We are building a team to grow this movement and take Undriving.org to the next level. If you are interested in contributing your energies, contact us.

JULIA FIELD – Founder/Program Director
Julia’s diverse professional background includes art, graphic design, creative direction, editing, publishing, interactive media, non-profit management, grantwriting, coaching, and facilitation. All of these come into play with Undriving.™ Her trusty 1987 Civic was good for another 100K miles when it was totalled in 2004 – offering Julia the opportunity to discover the joys of living without a car, much to her surprise. (Read her story here.) A few years later she found her true calling, coining the term Undriving and inventing the Undriver License to spark curiosity in others.
Current Pledge: Loan out my bike trailer (so someone else can see how handy it is!)
Walk Score: 92

MIKE SCHACHTER – Director, Undriving 2.0
Mike is kind of a “catalyst” for small companies, start-ups, and non-profits like Undriving.  A former Vice President at Nintendo of America with over 20 years of broad business experience in the USA and around the world, Mike sparks the imagination, creativity, and resourcefulness within our organization, and helps us identify new opportunities, properly allocate resources, and build strategic plans to spread the Undriving message.  Through his travels across the USA and internationally, Mike has seen first hand the deleterious effect of the car culture, so he understands the importance of the Undriving message going global!
Current pledge: Spread the Undriving message across the U.S. – and beyond!
Walk Score: 83
LUKE LAMON - Project Coordinator
Luke joined Undriving in Spring 2010 as an intern, and quickly made himself indispensible.  In June he completed his BA in Community and Environmental Planning at UW, and has now joined Undriving to head up our email communications, coordinate events and volunteers, and contribute to the development of the next version of the Undriver Licensing Station.  An avid bicyclist and transit rider, Luke is excited to be helping people discover transportation alternatives.  He intends to pursue a career in transportation planning.
Current pledge: Get new bike fenders so I can ride comfortably in the rain, and help my wife find a safe bike-commuting route to school.
Walk Score: 74

ANNA PAN - Digital Media Intern
Anna is an international student from China, enrolled in the University of Washington’s Master of Communications in Digital Media (MCDM) program. Before coming to Seattle in 2009, she worked for five years at Hainan Publishing House (Beijing Branch) as a Media Relations executive. Anna is fascinated with digital media and storytelling strategies, and is excited to apply these skills to Undriving. This summer she will develop video stories of Undrivers, enhance our digital branding, and help us build community via social media.
Current Pledge: Show my license to friends and encourage them to Undrive!
Walk Score: 86

CINDY BUTLER – Board of Directors
Most recently, Cindy served as founding executive director of The Village Net, a microloan program for women in Ghana and Kenya. As director of the Washington Business Center at Community Capital Development, she helped hundreds of individuals start and grow small businesses. An avid volunteer, she is the founding treasurer of the WA State Microenterprise Association, and is former board chair of DC Central Kitchen, a national model for food recycling and job retraining. Though completely car-dependent while living in Washington, DC, Cindy moved to Seattle and lived car-free for 5 years.
Current Pledge: Make more of an effort to plan car trips to include, or on behalf of, my neighbors.
Walk Score: 92

NICOLE FALLAT – Board of Directors
Nicole has been helping companies choose the right words for more than 10 years. She has helped share stories about sustainability through her work at REI, Starbucks and the Environmental Priorities Coalition, where she is communications director. Nicole first came across Undriving when the founder gave a presentation at the Bainbridge Graduate Institute. After living in New York City and moving back to her hometown, Nicole became an Undriver because she never really figured out which rules of the road Seattleites follow, if any.
Current Undriving Pledge: Extend dog walks to include errands nearby.
Walk Score: 82

JENNY HEINS – Board of Directors
Jenny Heins currently serves as President of Sustainable Ballard, where Undriving was conceived. A Seattle leader in sustainability, Jenny serves as part of the leadership team of SCALLOPS (Sustainable Communities ALL Over Puget Sound) and as Regional Director for the Seattle Green Festival.  Jenny’s favorite form of Undriving is “Skip the Trip.” Working from home and growing her own food have saved countless miles.
Current Pledge: Use the bus for every trip downtown.
Walk Score: 72

PAULA JENSON – Licensing Station Lead
Some threads running through Paula’s rich and diverse life spanning six decades include deep family connections, cross-cultural experiences, and contributing to her community. She brings a spirit of adventure to everything she does – teaching English as a second language, world travel, growing food, and licensing Undrivers – since the very beginning. While Undriving Paula relishes her time for reading on the bus, and the fresh views of gardens and houses she passes on foot and bike.
Current Pledge: to spread the word by mouth and example wherever whenever
Walk Score: 78

CYNTHIA LEVINE - Board of Directors
Originally from a small fishing village in Alaska, Cynthia had an early education in the awesome power of nature. As a resourceful jane-of-many-trades, she has since put her energy and versatility to work in several diverse industries. From Fortune 100 to non-profits, she’s worked domestically and internationally as a production coordinator, project manager, and business owner.  Currently working on a commuting start-up in her favorite city of Seattle, Cynthia regularly undrives by walking, busing, biking and generally using the car as little as possible.
Current Pledge: Keep Undriving throughout pregnancy, even in 3rd trimester!
Walk Score: 80

DAVID LEVINGER, PhD, PE – Strategic Advisor
David brings over 20 years experience in transportation policy, research, education, and program management to the Undriving™ advisory board. He has a background in both engineering and organizations, so his approach attends to both the technical and the social sides of a problem. From 2003-2007, he worked as Executive Director of Feet First. In 2007, he established The Mobility Education Foundation, with a national mission to improve transportation education for 21st century generations. He works as a consultant and serves in an advisory capacity for a variety of local, state, and national transportation, health, and sustainability initiatives.
Current Pledge: Meet by Skype as much as possible. (Why? Because of this:
Walk Score: 38)

JACK TOMKINSON – Executive Director, Urban Sparks (fiscal sponsor)
As director of Urban Sparks, Jack helps community groups launch and successfully accomplish projects for the public good.  Urban Sparks is Undriving’s 501(c)3 fiscal sponsor and is presently leading the creation of Service House, affordable housing for nonprofit workers.  He thinks Undriving could sweep the world with an online licensing system that other organizations can tap into, and invites others to join in to make that happen.  A home office, email and phone help Jack avoid travel.  When required, it’s bicycle, walk, or motorcycle – or when hauling stuff or people, maybe a car.  He loves biking in the quiet of night.
Current Pledge: Get a skateboard to extend my walking distance.
Walk Score: 82