Jessyn Farrell, Executive Director
jessyn@transportationchoices.org
Jessyn joined the staff of Transportation Choices as Executive Director in June, 2005. Under her leadership, Transportation Choices has become Washington State’s strongest advocate for expanding transportation choices like biking, walking, bussing, taking trains, and carpooling. In her former job as a staff attorney for the Washington Public Interest Research Group (WashPIRG), she developed and directed their first-ever transportation program. She's a graduate of Boston College Law School, and has spoken and written on a variety of environmental issues including transboundary pollution and international trade. In school she did a legal internship with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. She's a member of the Washington State Bar Association and has been a member of numerous boards and task forces, including the Transportation Policy Board, Sound Transit Citizen Oversight Panel, and the Washington Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity.

Bill LaBorde, State Policy Director
bill@transportationchoices.org
Bill returns to Transportation Choices Coalition after several years away, helping amass big wins for the environmental community on energy and climate issues. Most recently, Bill was the State Director at Environment Washington where he helped pass landmark climate legislation mandating greenhouse gas reductions in state law. Bill is a recipient of the NW Energy Coalition's Headwaters Award for his leadership in passing I-937, the Clean Energy Initiative, in 2006. He has been active in various civic affairs, including service as a Tacoma Planning Commissioner and Tacoma Public Utilities boardmember. Having recently relocated to Seattle from Tacoma, Bill, his wife Pam, and kids Theo and Simone, like to go on family bike rides and sit out on their front porch watching ST test trains go by.

Rob Johnson, Regional Policy Director
rob@transportationchoices.org
Rob joined Transportation Choices in 2004 after a two year stint as a transportation planning consultant in Washington DC. A Bellevue native, he is excited to be working on many of the pressing policy issues that Transportation Choices and its members are advancing. In a previous life, he worked as a grassroots organizer for several political campaigns in Oregon and as a public sector planner in Los Angeles. A graduate of Willamette University in Salem Oregon, Rob also holds a Masters Degree in Urban Planning from UCLA.

Shefali Ranganathan, Director of Education and Outreach
shefali@transportationchoices.org
Shefali joined the Transportation Choices Coalition team in June 2007. A self-described transportation geek, she wasa transportation policy analyst at the Washington DC-based Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) where she worked on transportation, smart growth and climate change issues, advocating for more transit, cleaner cars and fuels. Prior to EESI, Shefali worked on community education and outreach at the Casey Trees Endowment Fund, a non-profit community organization in Washington DC. Shefali holds a Masters degree in Environmental Science from American University, as well as a Masters degree in Environmental Studies from her native India.