TBC Chair Appointed to TPWD Committee

AUSTIN -- Texas Bicycle Coalition Board Chair Jeanne Patterson was recently named a member of the newly-formed Texas Parks and Wildlife Department State Parks and Wildlife Committee. Her appointment was announced in early October by Katharine Armstrong Idsal, chairman of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission.

"I was thrilled to be chosen for this great honor," Patterson commented, "I can't wait to see the projects that will be put before us."

"I hope I can serve as a responsible representative for the state's bicycling community," Patterson said.

According to Idsal, the State Parks Advisory Committee was created to consider and develop recommendations on state park issues, as well as to act as a sounding board on state park related initiatives and actions.Idsal said she formed the committee to focus on the variety of challenges facing the state's park system.

"I feel that input from interest and knowledgeable citizens can be very valuable in assisting the commission as it prepares to meet these challenges," Idsal wrote in the letter informing Patterson of her appointment.

The committee will meet quarterly, and its members are non-salaried.

A longtime cycling advocate, Patterson has served as TBC's board chair since June of 1997. She is also a Texas state representative to the International Mountain Bicycle Association (IMBA), is PayDirt administrator for and a founding member of Texas Mountain Bike Racing Association (TMBRA), is a race official for the National Off Road Bicycle Association (NORBA) and until recently was the newsletter editor, publicity director and treasurer for the Dallas Off Road Bicycle Association (DORBA).

She is currently the comptroller for Phillips Brothers Management Company, Inc. of Dallas. TBC congratulates Patterson on her appointment.