Board of Directors
J.Patrick Riceci, Boise, 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 reached at: jpriceci@gmail.com
Niki Richards, Driggs, Vice President
Niki lives in Driggs with her son and is a native of Woodstock, Virginia. Her love of bicycles started long ago and her ‘go big or go home’ mentality started young too – with a femur break at age 8 that she earned racing her bike down the barn hill on the family farm.
Niki owns Elevated Environmental Consulting and do local nonprofit work in Teton Valley. She has a MPA from ISU and completed her undergraduate work there also. Niki is a bike enthusiast, a proponent of active transportation, leave no trace ethics, and outdoor activities of all kinds. She enjoys working with local decision makers and comes to IWBA with the intent of affecting statewide decision makers through a broader spectrum of bike/ped advocacy.
In her free time, Niki enjoys cooking for, playing with and snuggling her little boy. She is an extreme snowboarder and mountain biker and can usually be found on a resort lift in any season, or trying to not be found on a hidden gem of a trail somewhere in Idaho.
Niki can be contacted at: richanji@gmail.com
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
Molly O’Reilly, Sandpoint, Secretary
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
Michael David, Ketchum, Immediate Past President
Michael David is the Council President for Ketchum City Council. Michael enjoys the opportunity to promote the benefits of riding bikes and walking in our community through our Safe Routes to School and Walk/Bike to Work and School events.
Michael has served on the Ketchum City Council since 2012, and finds there is no better way to talk with the constituents and local business people than walking or biking around town. He also takes full advantage of the robust public transportation system in the Wood River Valley that moves people up and down the valley, helping those who are transit-dependent and enabling others to leave the car at home.
Michael has lived in Blaine County for 26 years, after being born and raised in Southern California. He has a BA from UCLA and a JD from Loyola Marymount Law School. David has served on the boards of the Blaine County Housing Authority, the Ketchum Community Development Corporation, the Ketchum Innovation Center, Mountain Rides and National Alliance on Mental Illness, Wood River Valley Chapter (NAMI-WRV). He is also a member of the Ketchum Traffic Authority. Michael has three children, Gray, 22, Darby, 20, and Tillie, 17, and a walking buddy, an 11ish-year old multi-breed shelter dog named Sunny. You can find him walking or biking the streets of Ketchum, Hailey and Bellevue daily.
Michael David can be contacted at: mdavid@ketchumidaho.org
Mark Pemble, Boise
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.
Nora Locken, Moscow
Nora is a founding board member of the Idaho Walk Bike Alliance. She lives in Moscow with her husband and two children. Nora was motivated to become involved in biking and walking advocacy at the statewide level by a desire to better connect local advocacy work and decision-makers in Boise. She continues to be excited about the possibility of more sidewalk, pathway and bike lane connectivity. Providing safe walking and biking options is a great economic equalizer and a fun way to get around town!
In her free time, Nora enjoys being outdoors – hiking, camping, biking and cross-country skiing. She is a dedicated gardener and raises a flock of chickens in the backyard. Nora also volunteers with First Book and her beloved community radio station, Radio Free Moscow.
Nora can be contacted at: nora.locken@gmail.com
Bruce Olenick, Pocatello
Bruce is an avid mountain biker and trail map builder. In fact, he has ridden and mapped trails from Arizona to Wisconsin and not always rubber-side down.
Bruce is also a huge advocate for all types of outdoor recreation and accessibility… in all its forms. Whether working with local governments for the establishment of a new trail head to access public lands to fighting for wheelchair accessibility in parks and open spaces, Bruce wants the people of Idaho to take advantage of the incredible outdoor resource each city has to promote healthy modes of transportation and lifestyles.
Bruce has worked for the Department of Environmental Quality for the past 14 years and is currently responsible for air quality, water quality, engineering oversight for drinking and waste water systems, remediation, management of solid and hazardous waste, and emergency response in a 7 county region of eastern Idaho. Prior to this, Bruce worked for 14 years at the Idaho National Laboratory for the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory (Naval Reactors Facility) where he managed environmental programs and environmental cleanup activities for the Nuclear Navy. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he received B.S. degrees in Biology and Chemistry from Quincy University in Illinois. He relocated to Pocatello, Idaho to attend Idaho State University where he graduated with a M.S. degree in Zoology. Bruce and his wife, Kelley, have 3 grown children and have lived in Pocatello for the last 30+ years.
Bruce has also served as the chair of the Long Term Recovery Organization to help those affected by the Charlotte Wildfire in Pocatello. Bruce sits on the Board of Directors for the American Red Cross of Greater Idaho and is on the Advisory Board for the Certified Public Managers Program for the State of Idaho. Bruce is active and involved in various community projects including Pocatello’s City Creek Management Area, the Greenway Foundation, United Way, US Forest Service volunteer, and, in his spare time, rides, backpacks, woodworks, photographs, brews, and fixes old clocks. Sláinte!
Bruce can be contacted at: olenbruce@live.com
Mary Beth Nutting, Boise
Mary Beth Nutting has been involved in the outdoor industry since 1988 when she began working at a bicycle shop in Burlington, Vermont after completing a self-contained three-month solo bicycle tour in the United States. She will be celebrating her thirty-year anniversary as an R.E.I. (Recreational Equipment Incorporated) employee in 2023. In addition to working at R.E.I., Mary Beth works at Boise Public Library. The combination of these two jobs allows her to share two of her life’s passions with others – spending time outdoors and reading.
She has spent a large part of her adult life advocating for others in their pursuit of spending time outdoors. Whether that time outside is spent bicycling, walking or running in an urban setting or hiking and camping in the woods – she wants all people to feel safe and welcome. Mary Beth has been a volunteer with the Girl Scout organization for thirty years and has previously served on the Board of Directors for the Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council. She is currently serving on the Regional Advisory Council for Valley Regional Transit and the Bicycle Advisory Committee for the Ada County Highway District.
Mary Beth was raised in Iowa where she discovered her love of bicycling after completing her first RAGBRAI (Registers Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa). She met her husband, Todd, at a bicycle tour leadership course through the Adventure Cycling Association (formerly Bikecentennial). After a whirlwind romance, wedding and multiple cross country moves, Mary Beth and Todd settled in Boise twenty-seven years ago with their two remarkable daughters, Genevieve and Rebecca. Mary Beth encourages and empowers others to be involved in their communities and likes to remind people that it doesn’t take a huge lift to make a difference, but that it is a succession of small acts that contribute to
making a positive change in the world.
Mary Beth can be reached at: yayasis@live.com
Cece Osborn, Hailey
Cece Osborn enjoys walking, biking, and riding the bus every day! Growing up, Cece split her time between urban Los Angeles and a cattle ranch in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
After completing the Montana and Idaho section of the Continental Divide Trail in 2019, Cece arrived on foot in the Wood River Valley. Shortly after, she accepted the Safe Routes to School Coordinator position with the local transportation agency Mountain Rides. After a few years of managing the Wood River Valley Safe Routes program and spear-heading special projects for their transit operations, she accepted a City Planner position with Hailey.
Cece is grateful to be involved in planning efforts to create healthier, happier communities. She is enthralled with how environments affect people’s lived experience and sense of community, and motivated by the effectiveness of safe and smart multi-modal transportation networks.
Cece can be reached at: cece@idahowalkbike.org
Staff
David Groff, Executive Director
David was born in Idaho and has spent his career traveling throughout the West connecting with communities of all sizes to help develop better transportation networks.
His family has been car-free for over 7 years across four different states, which has provided him a unique opportunity to learn how multi-modality plays a key role in reducing our reliance on cars. Though he is an avid cyclist, David envisions a world of equitable transportation options to help Idahoans enjoy the natural splendor of their home.
David comes to the IWBA with a diverse history of work in transportation, both professional and volunteer, engaging communities, schools, and politicians to learn the benefits of active transportation.
He can be reached at david@idahowalkbike.org or 208-352-3820.