For the past five years, Amy Rynell has served as the executive director of the Active Transportation Alliance, a non-profit organization whose vision is a thriving Illinois abundant with walking, bicycling, and public transit options to create healthy, sustainable, and equitable communities. Amy serves in a number of leadership roles to help advance the mission. She is co-chair of the Clean & Equitable Transportation Campaign of the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition, working to increase mobility options that reduce greenhouse gases from transportation, including investing in sustainable transportation to provide residents more affordable, clean options to get around and generate the critical GHG emissions reductions our communities need. The coalition led the winning effort to transform and invest in public transit in Illinois. Amy is appointed to the Transportation Committee of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning that helps guide transportation funding and project prioritization, and served as a co-chair of the Plan of Action for Regional Transit Steering Committee commissioned by the Illinois legislature to bring forth recommendations on the transit system we want, how to fund it, and how to implement it. Amy was recently named a notable leader in sustainability by Crains Chicago Business, holds a Master of Arts in social service administration from the University of Chicago, and Bachelor of Arts from University of Notre Dame. She loves getting around by foot, bicycle, bus, and transit. Outside of work, Amy is a University of Illinois trained master gardener and parent to a middle school climate advocate.