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Our Committee

As part of the Car-Free St. Pete Committee, our members:

  • Attend monthly meetings on the first Tuesday of every month at 8am with transportation leaders
  • Assist with the planning of Car-Free St. Pete events and initiatives
  • Get first access to Car-Free St. Pete swag

Together, we plan to work towards our mission & vision:

Vision: A variety of accessible transportation options are available to safely navigate Pinellas County resulting in elevated economic opportunities, increased individual independence, a resilient built environment, a healthier community, safer and more vibrant streets for an enhanced sense of place, and a thriving, sustainable future for all.

Mission: To facilitate the advancement of access to viable, safe, and sustainable alternative transportation options while empowering the community to utilize and support them.

Let’s meet our current Car-Free St. Pete Committee Members!

Haley Busch is the Outreach Director for 1000 Friends of Florida, a statewide smart growth nonprofit. She joined the Car-Free St. Pete Committee because as people continue to move to St. Pete, she wants to help shape the future of our growing city by demonstrating how to move about our community without reliance on their car. She is particularly interested in raising the profile of the PSTA system and helping to mainstream bus ridership culture.

Korie Mulholland is passionate about ensuring that there are safe, affordable, efficient ways to travel throughout Pinellas County. She works as a teacher and private tutor and lives in Gulfport with her husband and two kids. She is eager to help families learn about all the transportation options in our area and equipping kids to get around safely.

Christine McCann is a Medical Behavioral Assistant at James B. Sanderlin K-8 IB World School and the secretary of the Palmetto Park Neighborhood Association. She organizes a Bike & Roll to School Day every month with her husband. She joined the Car-Free St. Pete Committee because she feels strongly about all the benefits of a car-free lifestyle, including safer streets, cleaner environment, strong community, health & wellness, and equitability for all people.

Kristen Ehrlich, Esq., LL.M. is a tax attorney specializing in corporate law. She serves as a St Petersburg representative on Forward Pinellas Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee and is actively engaged in community efforts to revitalize south St Pete. Kristen joined Car Free St Pete in order to support the notion that walking and cycling on our city streets should feel as safe and effortless as jumping into a car to get around.

Sheila Halley joined the Car-Free St. Pete Committee because as a Pinellas County School teacher with UPass benefits, she has fallen in love with using public transportation and wants to encourage other downtown residents to use public transit as opposed to driving to the other side of downtown, especially as the SunRunner bus route starts.

Toby has been an active BPAC committee member since November 2022 and a dedicated volunteer for various transportation-related events in St. Petersburg. While studying geography at the University of South Florida, he interned with Car-Free St. Pete in spring 2023 and has continued volunteering ever since, participating in events like Halloween on Central, Localtopia, and the Baycation series in Tampa.

Saumitra Chandratreya is a local visual artist who works and volunteers at the Second Saturday Art Walk and was a part of the inaugural World Café St. Petersburg Community. He joined the Car-Free St. Pete Committee because as an urban dweller and a resident of St. Pete, he can be of help through volunteer opportunities and engage with the transportation agencies for the city and the Tampa Bay metropolitan area. He wants to engage the art community with the efforts of Car Free St. Pete and create more awareness about going car free for art events in the city. He looks forward to voicing his concerns and analyzing solutions for the sustainable growth of the city.

Lara Wojahn serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Dominion Blockchain Solutions as well as a tax reviewer at CliftonLarsonAllen. She also actively participates in the St Pete Bicycle Club. Passionate about advocacy, she aims to shift St Pete away from car dependency and work with decision-makers to create safer, more bike-friendly infrastructure while on the Car-Free St. Pete Committee.

Alfonso Hernandez is the Social Media Manager for Car-Free St. Pete. A passionate advocate for public transportation and sustainable travel options, he discovered Car-Free St. Pete shortly after moving to the city. He bikes to work as a baker of Pete’s Bagels every day as it is his main method of transportation.

Domenico Pontoriero believes that alternative transportation options are vital to a thriving community. He is committed to making more transportation options available and accessible to the general public, to create a more valuable, equitable, and livable Saint Pete. He is currently active in his neighborhood association and previously completed graduate work in transportation planning at USF.

Brian Stevens is a new resident to St. Pete, moving here in September 2020, and works in private investment management. He joined the Car-Free St. Pete Committee to continue his 15 years of volunteer work in support of transit, smart urban development and making cities walkable. He loves that St Pete embraces forward thinking planning and is eager to help build a vision for a stronger pedestrian friendly footprint.