{"id":311619993,"date":"2014-11-16T17:06:33","date_gmt":"2014-11-16T17:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=311619993"},"modified":"2014-11-16T17:06:33","modified_gmt":"2014-11-16T17:06:33","slug":"interim-executive-director-greg-hinchliffe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=311619993","title":{"rendered":"Interim Executive Director Greg Hinchliffe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Via BikeMore<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" id=\"templateBody\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;background-color: #F5F5F5;border-top: 0;border-bottom: 0;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding-right: 10px;padding-left: 10px;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"600\" class=\"templateContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" id=\"bodyBackground\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;background-color: #FFFFFF;border-top: 0;border-bottom: 0;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"bodyContainer\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextBlock\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" valign=\"top\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"600\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; text-align: left;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 9px 18px;font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 125%;text-align: left;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #202020;\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Bikemore is naming Greg Hinchliffe the Interim Executive Director of Bikemore. Greg is a Baltimore City resident, recently retired Captain at American Airlines, and has been a lifetime advocate for bicycle infrastructure improvement in Baltimore City.<\/p>\n<p>He is a member of the Maryland Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee, is the State Chair of the East Coast Greenway Alliance, a member of the Gwynns Falls Trail Council, the former Chair of the Mayor\u2019s Bicycle Advisory Committee, and he helped organize Tour du Port for the past 12 years.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnTextBlock\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" valign=\"top\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"600\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; text-align: left;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 9px 18px;color: #781496;font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 125%;text-align: left;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>                            <em>&#8220;Having worked with Greg for many years on bike issues both large and small, I&#8217;m encouraged with the direction Bikemore is taking. Greg not only has a solid vision for what a truly bikeable Baltimore can be, but knows how to make it a reality. I look forward to working with him in his new role at Bikemore.&#8221;<\/em>&nbsp; &#8211; Nate Evans, Bike Maryland\n                        <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnTextBlock\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" valign=\"top\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"600\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; text-align: left;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 9px 18px;font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 125%;text-align: left;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #202020;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>                            Greg will continue Bikemore\u2019s daily advocacy work while we launch a national search for a new permanent Executive Director.<\/p>\n<p>If you know of anyone passionate about bicycles with a demonstrated track record of advocacy and fundraising success, please let us know. Bikemore will publish a formal announcement and job description for that position soon.<br \/>\n&nbsp;\n                        <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnTextBlock\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" valign=\"top\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"600\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; text-align: left;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 9px 18px;color: #783296;font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 18px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 100%;text-align: left;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>                            Thank You to Chris Merriam\n                        <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" id=\"templateFooter\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;background-color: #F5F5F5;border-top: 0;border-bottom: 0;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding-right: 10px;padding-left: 10px;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"600\" class=\"templateContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" id=\"footerBackground\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;background-color: #FFFFFF;border-top: 0;border-bottom: 0;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"footerContainer\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextBlock\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" valign=\"top\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"600\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; text-align: left;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 9px 18px;color: #000000;font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 125%;text-align: left;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>                            From initially sparking the idea of a Baltimore-focused bicycle advocacy organization at evening meetings with a small group of dedicated volunteers, Chris Merriam grew Bikemore into a professional advocacy organization that&#8211;while still in its infancy&#8211;has moved the needle significantly on projects in Baltimore City, and recently expanded into Baltimore County with progress on the I-70 trail connections and the opening of Towson bicycle facilities.<\/p>\n<p>While Chris is stepping down as Executive Director, we look forward to his continued involvement in the organizational mission, vision, and strategy as a founding member.<br \/>\n&nbsp;\n                        <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnImageBlock\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnImageBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 0px;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnImageBlockInner\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnImageContentContainer\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; 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