Board of Directors
Molly O’Reilly, Sandpoint, President
Molly is a founding member and president of the Idaho Walk Bike Alliance. She founded and chaired the City of Sandpoint Pedestrian Advisory Committee and served on Idaho’s Safe Routes to School Committee. Molly is past vice president of America Walks and served on their board for nine years.
In addition, Molly was a founding member of Sensible Transportation Options for People in Portland, Oregon, whose mission was to stop a proposed freeway and advocate for light rail, bikes, smart growth and pedestrians. She served as a Citizen Member for the Portland Metro Region Transportation Policy Alternatives Committee, and she was Executive Director of Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland, Oregon.
Molly has an extensive background in sales, market research and management. She has a B.A. from Reed College and an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University.
Molly sailed the South Pacific with her husband for four years in the 1990’s, walking many towns and cities from Ecuador to Adelaide between times at sea.
Molly can be contacted at: molly@idahowalkbike.org
Chris Staley, Idaho Falls, Treasurer
“Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.” So said H. G. Wells. While Chris may not totally share H.G.’s optimism, he is passionate about cycling – any kind! If it has two (or three) wheels and two pedals it’s all good. His bucket list is made up of roads and trails he’s yet to ride. Chris wants to inspire and enable others to re-discover the freedom and joy of cycling, and maybe in the process, save a little of the planet.
Chris was fortunate enough to attend college in one of the premier bicycle-friendly campuses and towns – University of California, Davis. At the time, he didn’t appreciate how far ahead of its time Davis was. The campus was large and closed to cars, so bicycling was a necessity – the campus was laced with multi-use paths and even had roundabouts! It was during those years he got his first decent road bike and became a serious road cyclist. Since then, cycling – all kinds – has been his favorite sport and hobby.
Chris realizes how much work needs to be done to improve active transportation; hence his involvement in pedestrian/bike advocacy. In 2007, he was part of a small group who formed a non-profit called Idaho Falls Community Pathways. Today Idaho Falls is making significant progress in addressing infrastructure needs. Though this group certainly can’t take full credit for their city’s awakening, they most certainly had some impact in nudging the city forward.
Chris can be contacted at: chrisstaley52@gmail.com
Mark Pemble, Caldwell, Secretary
Mark Pemble is a native Idahoan and has explored almost every city in Idaho on his skateboard and bicycle. Mark serves as the president of the Friends of the Caldwell Library, Co-President of the Caldwell Young Professionals ,Secretary of the Caldwell Train Depot and is on the board of MING studios. Mark has guided regional bicycle and pedestrian path planning for nearly 15 years. Mark also holds the record as the first person to bike the entire Boise River Greenbelt system from start to finish in one day.
Mark can be contacted at: markpemble@gmail.com
J. Patrick Riceci, Boise, Immediate Past President
Nurtured by the descendants of Romulus and Remus, Patrick is a native of Carmel, California and has lived in Idaho since 1954. He joined the IWBA board in June 2014. He is a recovering attorney, having recently retired from the Boise City Attorney’s Office, where he focused on real estate and other transactional work. He graduated from the Monterey Institute of Foreign (International) Studies (B.A. Politics and Diplomacy, Italian), the University of Idaho College of Law (J.D.) and Saint Louis University College of Law (LL.M. Health Law).
He has previously served as Deputy Attorney General in the Office of the Tennessee Attorney General (Antitrust Division), the elected Boise County Prosecuting Attorney and legal counsel to the late Governor John V. Evans. He practiced law in Boise for several years before moving to Tennessee in 1992. He returned to Idaho from Tennessee in 2001.
From 1968-1971 Pat served in the Army (ours) and spent two years in Italy protecting the United States from the Communist hoards in what was then Yugoslavia.
As an undergraduate, he attended the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Aside from his study of Portuguese, the highlight of his time in Portugal consisted of drinking copious amount of vinho verde branco and fighting a bull Portuguese style. (Really!)
Patrick has been a recreational cyclist for nearly 40 years and is one of the founding members of Treasure Valley Cycling Alliance. Despite his strong interest in the “bike” mission of IWBA, he retains an ever-increasing interest making Idaho’s streets safer and more pedestrian-friendly than they are today.
Patrick can be contacted at: jpriceci@gmail.com
Melissa Davis, Idaho Falls
Melissa’s greatest joy is exploring the world on foot. Whether in busy city streets or on a quiet mountain path, she has spent much of her life getting to know the twists and turns of the environments around her. This love of diverse places has given her first-hand knowledge of what makes a space truly pedestrian friendly.
She spent her childhood in rural Utah, received a bachelor’s degree from Utah State University, and has lived in various towns and cities throughout the Intermountain West. She has witnessed firsthand the impacts of rapid growth on the character and development of communities. Accordingly, she is deeply committed to improving the health of her community, serving as the local communications director at Red Cross of Idaho and as a child advocate with CASA in Bonneville County.
Melissa is the owner and operator of a wealth management firm based in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She hopes to use this knowledge to help IWBA achieve their mission to bring active transportation to people across all walks of life in Idaho.
Melissa can be contacted at: davidninja@gmail.com
Nancy can be contacted at: nancy.nelson.moscow@gmail.com