Meet our Trustees
Jerry Foster, president Jerry and his family have lived in the area since 1985, moving from Plainsboro to West Windsor in 1999. He and his wife, Sharon Waters, have two children: Matt, who attends the University of Miami, and Laura, who is at High School South. Jerry’s professional expertise is in information technology, with a background in application development and enterprise architecture. Jerry’s past community service activities include the Plainsboro Rescue Squad and as Scoutmaster of Troop 168. Jerry currently advises Venture Crew 814, a co-ed scout group for ages 14-20. An avid outdoors-person, Jerry enjoys sailing, backpacking and bicycling. He is working on (over 900 miles so far) backpacking the Appalachian Trail, mostly on weekends, and last summer bicycled 500 miles for the Anchor House Ride for Runaways. |
Chris Scherer, 1st vice president Chris Scherer introduced the idea of forming a non-profit in late 2005. He is a founding trustee, current 1st vice president and served as president. He met his wife, Traci, in Spain, where they later returned to complete his MBA. He developed a passion for cycling in Tucson, AZ and enjoys mountain biking, road biking and randonneuring. He completed the 1200 km Boston-Montreal-Boston brevet and has commuted to work for nearly 20 years. Chris was instrumental in developing our paper and online bikeability and walkability maps. He initiated and helped develop the methodology to assess walkability for nearly 500 intersection in West Windsor, Plainsboro and Hightstown. Chris is a League Cycling Instructor (LCI) with the League of American Bicyclists and has delivered numerous classroom- and skills-based bicycling safety courses to children and adults in English and Spanish. |
Silvia Ascarelli, 2nd vice president Silvia moved to West Windsor in 2005 after spending 17 years in Germany and London, where her enthusiasm for cycling as a way to have fun and explore exploded. She believes that bikes offer freedom for people of all ages and has fond childhood memories of riding all over a town not unlike West Windsor. Silvia has helped organize a Community Bike Ride, talked about bicycle safety to children and adults, worked on adding bike racks and lockers to the Princeton Junction train station as well as helped create and maintain trails in West Windsor open space. She is happy to talk to groups about her adventure of riding 4,345 miles across the U.S. in 2000. |
Sandy Shapiro, secretary Sandy is a founding member of the WWBPA, serving as treasurer from 2006 to 2008. She helped develop and continues to update the Web site. Sandy has lived in Princeton Junction for more than 30 years. She volunteers as a reader of science textbooks at Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic and has also been active in the League of Women Voters. Sandy is married, has three grown children, two grandsons, and a standard poodle with whom she takes frequent walks. A photographer, Sandy enjoys hiking and cycling around New Jersey as well as in other states and countries. |
Stacey Karp Stacey and her husband Gary have lived in West Windsor since 1991. Stacey has volunteered as a co-Girl Scout leader for her daughter Rachel’s troop in past years. Her daughter and other Girl Scouts from Troop 70600 helped create the trails in the Rogers Preserve. As a family they enjoy kayaking and hiking in New Jersey and in national parks across the U.S. In her new position as a WWBPA trustee, Stacey is hoping to create programs for school children to promote pedestrian and bicycle safety. |
Daryl McMillan Daryl is a founding member of the WWBPA. He gained his love of walking and riding from his childhood in NYC. He became a more serious rider during the NYC Transit Strike of 1980. He has been riding ever since. The years of riding in NYC have given him an appreciation for riding in West Windsor and the surrounding community. He was one of the creators of the West Windsor Bicycle and Pedestrian Map and is one of the volunteers behind the West Windsor BikeFest Community Ride. Daryl also works with the West Windsor Arts Council on the summer concert series. |
Alison Miller Alison moved to West Windsor with her husband, Richard, and two young sons, Solomon and Jonathan, in 1988. Jonathan went off to kindergarten and Alison went to Rutgers. After earning a Master’s in City and Regional Planning (MCRP) degree in 1992, she immediately volunteered to put her new expertise and enthusiasm to work for the community. She has served on Township Council, Planning Board, Affordable Housing Committee, Zoning Board of Adjustment, Site Plan Review Advisory Board and Cable TV Advisory Board, and, currently, on the Parking Authority, as well as numerous short-term task forces. Alison is also a founding trustee of both Friends of West Windsor Open Space (FOWWOS), of which she is currently serving as president, and the WWBPA. Alison played a key role in the development of the popular Trolley Line Trail and is the author of the ordinance banning debris in bike lanes. Alison believes in sidewalks, sidewalks everywhere, because even those leading nowhere today can be linked up tomorrow, and in bikable community design, less dense than a completely walkable community and denser than traditional suburbia, so that everyone who can bike can get everywhere necessary without use of automobiles and the advantages of both cities and suburbs can be enjoyed. |
Michael Ogg Michael moved to West Windsor in the summer of 2000 when commuting down Route 206 defeated him after about a month. After being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1996, he’s been a full-time wheelchair user since 2001. He first found the WWBPA in 2007 and was encouraged to join, and later become a trustee, so as to represent the needs of disabled people. Wheelchair users’ needs are a hybrid of both pedestrians’ and cyclists’ needs with a bit more added. Michael also is an advocate for the National MS Society particularly on disabled transportation issues and has given testimony to the NJ Assembly. He can often be seen in the Princeton Junction area leaving trails of dust in his high-speed, clean-green, energy-efficient, all-electric wheelchair. |
| Davd Robinson photo and bio to come |