REX BURKHOLDER
Knowledgeable, Effective And One Of Us
| Rex Burkholder spent 10 years working to change transportation policies and priorities in the Portland region and throughout Oregon. He founded two of the most effective grassroots groups in that state, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance and the Coalition for a Livable Future. He served six years on Metro’s technical advisory committee on transportation. His successes range from making bicycle lanes part of every road project to uniting labor, environmental and community development groups. By winning a seat on the governing board of Metro, Portland’s regional planning agency and MPO, he was able to accelerate that region’s progress in re-directing transportation spending, getting regional street design standards adopted and increasing regional cooperation, including across state lines. |
| Burkholder brings his ongoing experience of being “in the trenches” as well as his professional background and training to the urgent battle against sprawl and for sustainable urban development. A graduate of Tufts' Noted Masters Program in Urban and Environmental Policy, Burkholder is an articulate and experienced trainer as well as practitioner. |
| May, 2004 | Keynote Speech | |
| Birmingham, Alabama | Region 2020 Livability Summit | |
| February, 2004 | The Car and the City | |
| Corvallis, Oregon | Northwest Transportation Conference | |
| January, 2004 | Smart Growth for Elected Officials | |
| Portland, Oregon | Partners for Smart Growth Conference |
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| January, 2004 | Regional Governance and Transportation Decision Making | |
| Olympia, Washington | Washington State House Committee on Transportation | |
| December, 2003 | Sustainable Site Design and Transportation | |
| Tigard, Oregon | Green Building Services | |
| December, 2003 | Value Pricing Experience in Oregon | |
| Redmond, Washington | Cascadia Project of the Discovery Institute | |
| November 2003 | Regional Governance Models | |
| Redmond, Washington | Cascadia Project of the Discovery Institute |
- League of American Bicyclists (1996 Regional Directors Award)
- 1000 Friends of Oregon (1998 Most Effective Citizen Award)
- Sustainable Northwest (1998 Founder of a New Northwest)
- Bicycle Transportation Alliance (1999 Alice B. Toeclips Award)
- Fannie Mae Fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government (2004)