State Organisations

Registrations for Ride to Work 2010 Ambassadors are now open

 

Ambassadors in ACT organisations include:

• Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Water - Simon Corbell
   
• ACT Department of the Environment, Climate Change, Energy and Water Chief Executive - David Papps
   

 Ambassadors in New South Wales organisations include:

• Andrew Lind, Partner from Gadens Lawyers in Sydney will be jumping on his bike on Ride to Work Day 13 October 2010
   
• Google Account Strategist Luisa Fearnside will be supporting new riders and encouraging them to participate on the day
   
• Reserve Bank of Australia - Assistant Governor Guy Debelle
   
• Lakefront Village - Village Supervisor Geraldine Mustchin

 

Ambassadors in Queensland organisations include:

• Manager of Bicycle Queensland Ben Wilson has again signed up as Ride to Work Day Ambassador
   
• Bentleys  Manager Tim Bridges
   
• Department of Transport and Main Roads is a strong supporter of riding to work, their Director, Office of Sustainable Transport Adam Rogers will be encouraging staff to actively participate on the day
   
• CITEC - Mark Watson
   
• RNA Showgrounds - Sales Executive Jessi Priest
   
• Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Executive Director, WHSQ Dr Simon Blackwood
   
• Julie Skow, Nurse Unit Manager
   
• QUT, Dean of Faculty Professor Simon Kaplan
  
  
  
   

Ambassadors in Victorian organisations include:

• RACV has long been a supporter of the Ride to Work Program. Chief Engineer Traffic and Transport and committed rider Peter Daly will again be an Ambassador for the event in 2010
   
• VicRaods is a state partner for the RIde to Work Day event for the second year running. Chief Executive Garry Liddle will again be encouraging fellow Victorians to jump on the bike on Wednesday 13 October.
   
• Nurse Unit Manager Laurel Eddy of Benalla and District Memorial Hospital is supporting the event by signing up as Ambassador for Ride to Work Day 2010.
   
• Grant Bates, owner of Craigburn Physiotherapy Centre shows his support for those who choose to commute to work on their bike.
   
• Wendy Mason from Murchison Primary School in supporting the event encouraging staff and students to ride to school
   
• The town of Warrnambool has been long time supports of Ride to Work Day. Teacher Clive Coomber of Warrnambool College is showing his support by signing up as an Ambassador for the event.
   
• Senior Architectural Designer Steve Smith from S2F is supporting the event by registering as an Ambassador.
   
• Cooldrive Distribution's Warehouse Manager Damian Breed will be joined by Winemaker Stephen Phillips from Long Gully Estate
  
  
• Building Management General Comissioner Jeremy Marsden will be encouraging commuting to work
   
• BASF Australia Ltd - Business Manager - Care Chemicals David Smith
   
• Public Record Office Victoria - HROD Consultant Liz Gooden
   
• Calvary Health Care Bethlehem - Jane Fischer
   
• NAB - Performance Measurement Analyst: Claire Kelsall
   
• Department of Primary Industries - Personal Assistant/Project Officer, Allison O'Brien
   
• Davies Craig Managing Director Richard Davies
   
• Ericsson Practice Manager - Peter Ghys
   
• Monash University, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Prof. Adam Shoemaker
   
•  Westernport Water Geoff Russell - Communications & Media Manager
   
• EPA Victoria - John.Merritt CEO
   
• NEHS - Manager Tony Clark

Ambassadors in South Australian Organisations include:

• Environment Protection Authority Chief Executive Helen Flucher
   
• Australian Taxation Office, Small & Medium Enterprises Richard Collis will be supporting commuting to work and is also a member of the FatBoys riding club in Adelaide
   
• The University of Adelaide - Vice President, Services & Resources Paul Duldig
   
• Department of Primary Industries and Resources - Chief Executive Geoff Knight
   
• SAFECOM - Chief Officer SA Country Fire Service. Euan Ferguson
   
• Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure - Maria Szczerba
  
  
   

Ambassadors in Northern Territory organisations include:

• Teacher Marg Collis at Woree State High School is supporting the event.
   
• Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (DARWIN),  NT Land Rights Manager, Dan Herbistan
  
  
  

 Ambassadors in the WA include:

• City of Swan TravelSmart officer Ruth Balding
   
• City of Belmont TravelSmart officer Nichola Brydon
   
• Enigma Business Products - Evan Wilkinson
   

 

Ambassadors promoting Ride to Work in their organisations

Gary Lidle - VicRoads
Chief Executive

Joining the Country Roads Board (VicRoads’ predessor) in 1971 as a graduate civil engineer, Gary Liddle was appointed VicRoads Chief Executive in March 2007.

Gary is a Board member and Chair of Austroads, the Australasian organisation of road authorities. He is also the Chairman of the Australian Chapter of the Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australasia (REAAA) and a member of the REAAA Governing Council. Gary is a board member of the ARRB Group and of the Linking Melbourne Authority.

When he is not working alongside our partners to solve the challenges of our transport network, you’ll find Gary cycling Victoria’s roads. He regularly supports VicRoads corporate team as they ride in the Great Victorian Bike Ride, and has been a State Ambassador for National Ride to Work Day for three years.
In 2006 he completed the 210km leg of Around the Bay in about eight hours.
 

Adam Rogers, Director Office of Sustainable Transport - Department of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland

Adam joined Transport and Main Roads in 2004 and was appointed Director of the newly created Office of Sustainable Transport in mid-2009.

The Office of Sustainable Transport is charged with taking a futuristic look at transport options that could deliver a more sustainable transport system for Queensland.

Initial areas of focus include climate change, building resilience to oil vulnerability and related issues. The Office is also rolling out the world’s biggest TravelSmart travel behaviour change initiative to 324,000 households in south east Queensland.

TravelSmart Communities projects work directly with households to increase the use of sustainable modes of transport across the whole community. TravelSmart also works with local governments, schools and workplaces.

Adam is a keen cyclist who first started cycling when he was very young but then, like many of us, fell out of the habit after high school. Since getting back on the bike Adam has competed in 6, 8 and 24 hour mountain biking endurance events and cycles 25 km each way to get to work 3 days per week. Adam reveals "The improvements in my health and fitness in the last three years have been really dramatic".

 

Ambassadors are senior managers who have made the commitment to:   

• Make Ride to Work Day a date on the company calendar and promote it well in advance through the intranet and staff newsletter
   
• Organise a celebratory breakfast or encourage attendance at one of the CBD breakfasts to be held around Australia
  
  Other initiatives:

• Set a target for participation at all worksites
   
• Award prizes for the site with the highest percentage of participants
   
• Invite other work contacts and influential friends to promote the event in their own organisation
   
• Promote the event through professional associations  

Online Ride to Work Day Ambassador registration takes around two minutes - we need to know the location of your worksites around Australia and an estimate of the total number of employees in your organisation.