Councillor Brent Barrett enjoys riding a bike and walking for everyday transport needs. Elected to PNCC in 2016, Brent holds the Active & Public Transport portfolio.

First elected in 2013 as Palmerston North's youngest ever city councillor, Aleisha is currently serving her second term. Aleisha is Chairperson of the Community Development Committee, Deputy Chair of Planning & Strategy, spokesperson for Youth & Students, support spokesperson for Digital & Technology and Rural & Villages. Aleisha is passionate about getting communities active and engaged. She has lead in the implementation of 'Bikes in Schools' across Palmerston North with 6 schools completed, 4 further confirmed and funding allocated in the 10 year plan for another 8 schools.

Lucy Saunders is a Consultant in Public Health specialising in transport, public realm and planning. She developed the Healthy Streets Approach™ and the 10 Healthy Streets Indicators™ in 2011. The Healthy Streets Approach is a framework for putting human health and quality of life at the centre of decision making around transport and public realm planning and management. In 2015 she was awarded Transport Planner of the Year by the Transport Planning Society and her work won awards from the international UITP and UK Chartered Institute for Highways and Transportation. Lucy currently leads on the integration of transport and public health in London supporting Transport for London, boroughs and advocacy organisations. Lucy works across both the Greater London Authority and Transport for London embedding the Healthy Streets Approach, as set out in Healthy Streets for London, in policy and practice. In 2014 TfL became the first transport authority in the world to publish a Health Action Plan which Lucy wrote and lead its 3-year implementation. Lucy has worked as a Public Health Specialist across a wide range of organisations from local to international level including NHS, government, academic, private and voluntary sector. She advises the World Health Organisation and the UK Government Departments for Transport and Health, Public Health England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). She gained Fellowship of the UK Faculty of Public Health in 2012 on completion of the UK specialist medical training programme in Public Health. She has masters degrees in geography and public health.

Councillor Brent Barrett enjoys riding a bike and walking for everyday transport needs. Elected to PNCC in 2016, Brent holds the Active & Public Transport portfolio.

Andy Smith , born in Palmerston North, was a software writer since the mid 1970’s and has worked in the Finance, Telemarketing and Data Warehousing industries around the world. He has a bachelors degree in Computer Science and International Finance and he now spends his time in the Not For Profit (NFP) sector as a volunteer having gained a Graduate Diploma in NFP Management. He is Convenor of this conference, a Trustee of the SkyPath project, President of Living Streets Aotearoa, Walk Auckland , treasurer of the Auckland Folk Festival and a Morris Dancer.

Simon Kingham is a Professor of Geography at the University of Canterbury where he is also Director of the GeoHealth laboratory and deputy-Director of the Geospatial Research Institute. Since the beginning of the year he has also taken on the role of Chief Science Advisor to the Ministry of Transport. The role is to “provide advice to the Ministry on areas that would benefit from scientific input” and “champions the Ministry’s use of evidence throughout the policy process and its development of wider sector strategies”.

Claire Pascoe is the Lead Advisor Multi-Modal at the New Zealand Transport Agency. Her role is focussed on balancing the transport system and the levels of service across different modes, particularly in urban environments, so people have genuine choices about how they get around. In her previous positions in the National Cycling team, she played a lead role in the development and delivery of the Urban Cycleways Programme and a suite of culture change activities designed to change the conversation on transport.

Lucy Saunders is a Consultant in Public Health specialising in transport, public realm and planning. She developed the Healthy Streets Approach™ and the 10 Healthy Streets Indicators™ in 2011. The Healthy Streets Approach is a framework for putting human health and quality of life at the centre of decision making around transport and public realm planning and management. In 2015 she was awarded Transport Planner of the Year by the Transport Planning Society and her work won awards from the international UITP and UK Chartered Institute for Highways and Transportation. Lucy currently leads on the integration of transport and public health in London supporting Transport for London, boroughs and advocacy organisations. Lucy works across both the Greater London Authority and Transport for London embedding the Healthy Streets Approach, as set out in Healthy Streets for London, in policy and practice. In 2014 TfL became the first transport authority in the world to publish a Health Action Plan which Lucy wrote and lead its 3-year implementation. Lucy has worked as a Public Health Specialist across a wide range of organisations from local to international level including NHS, government, academic, private and voluntary sector. She advises the World Health Organisation and the UK Government Departments for Transport and Health, Public Health England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). She gained Fellowship of the UK Faculty of Public Health in 2012 on completion of the UK specialist medical training programme in Public Health. She has masters degrees in geography and public health.

Caroline is a Public Health Medicine specialist and epidemiologist at the University of Otago Wellington. She teaches environmental health and her research is focused on transport policies that can improve health and reduce carbon emissions.

Andy Smith , born in Palmerston North, was a software writer since the mid 1970’s and has worked in the Finance, Telemarketing and Data Warehousing industries around the world. He has a bachelors degree in Computer Science and International Finance and he now spends his time in the Not For Profit (NFP) sector as a volunteer having gained a Graduate Diploma in NFP Management. He is Convenor of this conference, a Trustee of the SkyPath project, President of Living Streets Aotearoa, Walk Auckland , treasurer of the Auckland Folk Festival and a Morris Dancer.