WHO we are
Board of Directors
Nico Fauchier-Magnan, President
Nico works as an energy efficiency engineer with UC Davis. He has been biking since his teenage years in the streets of Paris, and later in San Francisco, where he was also actively engaged with the SF Bicycle Coalition. His vehicle of choice is his Nihola cargo tricycle, which he rides all over Davis, often carrying his delighted 2-year old son in it.
Anthony Palmere, Secretary
Anthony recently retired after a 40-year career in public transportation, including working in Boston, Sacramento, Chicago, and New York before most recently serving as Unitrans General Manager here in Davis. Since moving to Davis in 1993, the Palmere family has relied on cycling as their primary means of transportation. During that time, Anthony has served on city and regional committees related to transportation, including the original Davis Bicycle Advisory Committee. He is a lifelong alternative transportation advocate and teacher.
Sanne Stark Fettinger, Treasurer
Sanne grew up in Denmark, where biking to school is the most natural thing to do. She grew up on bikes and horses. She has worked in Switzerland, where biking to work was the thing to do, and lived on the east coast for 12 years. She is happy to be in Davis since 2004 and biking every day! Sanne started the Scan and Notify program in the Davis school district at Birch Lane Elementary, working with its creator Tim Starback. She continues to enjoy promoting active transportation for all age groups. Happy biking.
Advisory Board
Darell Dickey
Darell transports himself and his gear by bike for all of his local work, fun, social, errand, shopping dining and beer needs. He has been on the city’s Bicycle Advisory Commission, on the board of the Davis Bike Club and is a police volunteer working to improve protections and convenience for people on bikes. He has created and assisted in several bicycle theft-prevention programs and is focussed on improving the infrastructure around town to invite more non-motorized transportation.
His study of “livable” cities and infrastructure from around the world has shown him that calm and comfortable people-optimized streets result in a better place to live.
Susan Handy
Dr. Susan Handy is a Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy and the Director of the National Center for Sustainable Transportation at the University of California, Davis. Her current research focuses on bicycling as a mode of transportation and on strategies for reducing automobile dependence. She has lived in Davis with her family for 16 years and is happy to be able to commute by bicycle every day. Her interest in bicycling dates back to her childhood in another California platinum-level bicycle-friendly community that doesn’t compare to Davis.
Diane Swann
Diane moved to Davis in 1974 and adopted cycling as her primary mode of transportation. She has commuted regularly to her work in Davis, Woodland and Sacramento. She and her husband, John, own an electric bicycle business and co-founded the Bak2Sac program. She wants to improve bicycle infrastructure, but at the same time create a cycling culture such that people ride regardless of infrastructure inadequacies. She and John were awarded the 2017 California Bicycle Coalition’s Bicycle Dreamer Award for advancing the dream that all Californians be able to ride bicycles safely and conveniently wherever they wish to go.