Board and Staff
Executive Director: Melody Moody
Melody Moody joined the leadership of Bike Walk Mississippi as its Executive Director in August, 2010. Melody received her Masters of Arts in International Development with a concentration in Advocacy & Human Rights from Eastern University in Philadelphia, PA. Moody received her Bachelor of Arts at Belhaven University where she also served as the University’s Volunteer and Community Outreach Coordinator. A native of East Tennessee, Melody has called Jackson, Mississippi home for the past 12 years during which time she served for six years as the Director of Development for the Neighborhood Christian Center, an after-school tutoring program serving underprivileged children in the inner city of Jackson, Mississippi. In 2009, Melody co-founded The Jackson Bike Advocates where she assisted the group through her role as President of the Board of Directors. Because of her active involvement in the Jackson community, Moody was also voted one of “Jackson’s Young Influential’s” by the Jackson Free Press in 2005.
You can reach Melody by email at: melodymoody[at]gmail[dot]com or by phone at: 601.212.3162
Board of Directors 2012:
Allen Richard – Natchez, MS / Natchez Bicycle Club
Ken Seawright – Brandon, MS/CMPDD Bicycle Sub-Committee
Mike Mossing – Oxford, MS/Oxford Pathways Commission/Oxford Cycling
Rod Simmons – Byram, MS/Rod’s Racers/MS Track Club
Catherine Woodyard – Oxford, MS/Safe Routes to School Network Coordinator
Wade Grant – Clinton, MS/Jackson Bike Advocates
Jeff Peel- Washington, D.C. (Tupelo native)/League of American Bicyclists
Bruce Alt – Clinton, MS/Jackson Metro Cyclists/Tri County Mountain Bike Association
Chip Johnson – Hernando, MS/ Mayor of Hernando/Hernando Bicycle Club
Jimmy Richardson – Starkville, MS/Starkville in Motion
Jim Foster – Biloxi, MS/Gulf Coast Bicycle Club/Gulf Coast Heritage Trails Partnership
Members of our “Advisory Board”:
- Brent Futrell: (Gulf Coast/Gulf Coast Bicycle Club)
- Jayce Powell (Ridgeland/Jackson Metro Cyclists/Indian Cycle)
- John Young (Ocean Springs/Gulf Coast Bicycle Club)
- Jim Quick (Meridian/Bonita Running Club)
- Liria Frerer (Tupelo/Mother of John Paul Frerer)
- Jeremy Polk (Gluckstadt/Tri-County Mountain Bike Association/Jackson Bike Advocates)
- Paula Pellegrin (Gluckstadt/Tri-County Mountain Bike Association/Jackson Bike Advocates)
- Robert Garrett (Oxford)
- David Seago (Ridgeland)
- David Morgan (Starkville/Co-owner: Boardtown Bikes)
- Jan Morgan (Starkville/Co-owner: Boardtown Bikes)
- Carol Livingston (Oxford/Oxford Cycling)
- Meg Henderson (Starkville/Starkville in Motion/Bulldog Cycling)
- Lezlie Chalk (Mendenhall)
- Brent Futrell (Gulf Coast/Gulf Coast Bicycle Club)
- James Moore (Hattiesburg/Pinebelt Pathways/Owner: Moore’s Bike Shop)
- Anne Welch (Jackson/Jackson Bike Advocates)
- Phyllis Seawright (Brandon/Founding Board Member: Bike Walk MS)
- Beth Richard (Natchez/Natchez Bicycle Club)
- Renee Autumn Ray (Atlanta, GA/Former City Planner: Tupelo)
BWM Board Emeritas:
- Lee Dorr – Madison
- Vivian Neill-Oxford
- John Young-Ocean Springs
- Karen Mogridge – Oxford