Meet the Idaho Walk Bike Alliance Team

Breland Draper | Executive Director | Boise, ID

Hello! As the new Executive Director of the Idaho Walk Bike Alliance, Breland is looking forward to elevating IWBA’s work to promote healthy, safe and reliable, active transportation for all Idahoans. As a lifelong Idahoan he has lived in rural areas and now currently live in Boise.

Breland has seen the need for IWBA’s leadership from city meetings to the state Capitol. As the father of an active 10 year old son, Charlie, he understand the need to make active transportation safe and fun for everyone. Breland is look forward to traveling across the state to promote our mission and to meet as many IWBA supporters as he can!

Jordan Moffis | Communication Coordinator | Boise, ID

jordanmoffis@idahowalkbike.org

Jordan, a native Idahoan from the small town of Emmett, has always been deeply connected to the landscapes and communities of her home state. Her journey began in the rural heartlands of Idaho, where she developed a profound appreciation for outdoor spaces and community connectivity. After graduating from the University of Idaho with a degree in Broadcasting and Digital Media, Jordan found a way to merge her communication skills with her passion for sustainable transportation.

As an avid bicyclist, Jordan understands firsthand the challenges and opportunities of active transportation. Her personal experiences navigating Idaho’s roads and trails have given her unique insights into the critical need for safer, more accessible infrastructure for cyclists, walkers, and rollers. This passion led her to the Idaho Walk Bike Alliance, where she now works to amplify the organization’s mission of creating more bike-friendly and pedestrian-safe communities.

Molly O’Reilly | Board President | Sandpoint, ID

molly@idahowalkbike.org
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.

Chris Staley | Idaho Falls, ID

chrisstaley52@gmail.com
“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.

Mark Pemble | Secretary | Caldwell, ID

markpemble@gmail.com

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.

J. Patrick Riceci | Immediate Past Board President | Boise, ID

jpriceci@gmail.com

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.

Melissa Davis | Treasurer | Idaho Falls, ID

davidninja@gmail.com

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.

Nancy Nelson | Moscow, ID

nancy.nelson.moscow@gmail.com

Nancy Nelson is a retired elementary school teacher who enjoyed a 10-mile bike commute while teaching second-grade in nearby Pullman. A past member of the Latah Trail Foundation Board, she also served on the City of Moscow Transportation Commission, including as its chair during years in which Moscow expanded accessibility of its sidewalk system. This effort included identifying areas of town without sidewalks and adding snow clearing by city staff along important pedestrian connections.
A graduate of the University of Idaho in journalism, Nancy has lived in Massachusetts and California where experiences in neighborhoods without sidewalks, road shoulders or bike lanes formed her appreciation of infrastructure that supports active transportation. She observed that sidewalks provide some of our first outdoor recreation experiences as toddlers and last opportunities for fresh air and exercise as seniors.
Nancy is a native of small-town Wilbur in eastern Washington and attended the University of Idaho, studying journalism. She worked on papers in Moscow, Springfield, Mass., and Fremont, Calif., before returning to the Palouse 25 years ago where hiking and biking are a daily part of her life.