Jamie is currently enrolled in the Masters in Regional Planning Program at the University at Albany. Her studies and professional work are focused on exploring the links between active transportation and health. For the last nine years she has worked at a public health agency to create and implement Complete Streets programs in small towns and rural communities in northern New York. As a graduate student she is interested in how bicycle, pedestrian and public transit needs can be better integrated into the planning process to create more equitable, health promoting transportation systems. Through her graduate research she will evaluate how small cities and rural areas may be impacted by proposed performance measures and attempt to identify alternative measurements that could lessen negative impacts. She intends to identify a set of measures that can meet the triple goal of moving freight efficiently, improving the health of rural residents, and protecting the community identity and economic viability of rural downtowns. In addition to her professional work and studies Jamie serves as chair of the Parks and Trails Advisory Board in her hometown of Saranac Lake. Through this role she coordinates community bike rides, traffic calming initiatives, and implementation of the local bike and pedestrian plan.