Mark Jeffreys

Mark is a current and two-time elected City of Cincinnati Council Member. He serves as Chair of the Housing & Growth Committee and Vice Chair of the Climate, City Service and Infrastructure Committee. Mark earned an MBA at Georgetown University and came to Cincinnati in 2001 when he joined Procter & Gamble in Marketing. In 2018, Mark successfully launched his first start-up, Mobile Agent Now. After selling the company in 2020, Mark became the Founder & CEO of 4Sight. For over a decade, Mark has been active in the community, having served as a Trustee on the Cincinnati Parks Foundation Board and on the Clifton Town Meeting. Mark lives in Clifton with his wife Pamela and four children. He is also an avid cyclist and bicycle advocate who uses his bike as a mode of transportation throughout the city.

Pete Metz

Pete serves as Vice President of Civic Strategy & Policy at the Cincinnati Regional Chamber, where he leads the organization’s external strategy at the intersection of business, civic, and public leadership. He oversees the Chamber’s Government Affairs & Advocacy team, the Center for Research & Data, and the Chamber Foundation. For nearly a decade, Metz has helped spearhead the business community’s leadership on transportation, successfully advocating for local, state, and federal policies that have delivered hundreds of millions of dollars for projects such as the Brent Spence Bridge, Western Hills Viaduct, record transit funding, and the CROWN trail network.

Wade Johnston, AICP

An avid commuter cyclist and outdoor enthusiast, Wade is working to change people's everyday interaction with the built environment and the outdoors in Greater Cincinnati. Under Wade's leadership, Tri-State Trails has grown from a grassroots coalition to the leading advocacy organization for active transportation issues in the Tri-State region. Wade earned his Bachelor of Urban Planning from the University of Cincinnati with a focus on multi-modal transportation, Geographic Information Science, and public relations. Wade is an active member of the American Planning Association and the American Institute of Certified Planners. He serves on the boards of the Ohio to Erie Trail and Red Bike.

Melissa Taylor

Mel is the Administrator for Columbia Township in Hamilton County, Ohio. Located along I-71 next to the City of Cincinnati and neighboring Madeira, Mariemont, Terrace Park, Fairfax, and Silverton, Columbia Township is home to Fifty West Brewing Co. on the Little Miami National and Scenic River, CBT-Cincinnati Belting Technology, Cintas, ProScan, and – coming soon - the new regional campus of Meals on Wheels. Ms. Taylor’s expertise is in building high-performance government and economic development strategies. She previously worked for KMK Consulting (division of KMK Law), former Ohio Governor John Kasich, the United States Department of Defense, and the Ohio communities of West Chester and Mason. Mel is a graduate of Auburn University.