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RAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY

EIN: 52-1437006Washington, DCZIP: 20037
C500 - Environment501(c)(3)

Mission

THE RAILS-TO-TRAILS CONSERVANCY IS THE NATIONS LARGEST TRAILS ORG. WITH A GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY MORE THAN 1 MIL. STRONG DEDICATED TO BUILDING A NATION CONNECTED BY TRAILS, REIMAGINING PUBLIC SPACES TO CREATE SAFE WAYS FOR EVERYONE TO WALK, BIKE & BE ACTIVE OUTDOORS.

Financials

YearRevenueExpensesAssets
2023$14.7M$0$22.8M
2022$11.7M$0$20.3M

Compensation

2023

RYAN CHAO
President
chief executive officer
$308,721
$0
$0
$351,630
CYNTHIA DICKERSON
Chief Operating Officer
chief operating officer
$204,743
$0
$0
$242,812
KEVIN MILLS
VP of Policy
vice president
$182,418
$0
$0
$219,122
ALISA BORLAND
VP of Development
vice president
$178,325
$0
$0
$214,524
BRANDI HORTON
VP of Communications
vice president
$174,375
$0
$0
$210,861
FREDERICK SCHAEDTLER
CTO
highest compensated employee
$178,006
$0
$0
$208,465
ELIZABETH THORSTENSEN
VP of Trail Development
vice president
$152,138
$0
$0
$175,331
JON COFSKY
Chair
board chair
$0
$0
$0
$0
EDWARD CHANG
Vice Chair
board vice chair
$0
$0
$0
$0
M KATHERINE KRAFT
Secretary
officer (unspecified)
$0
$0
$0
$0
DOUGLAS MONIESON
Treasurer
officer (unspecified)
$0
$0
$0
$0
BALAJI BONDILI
Board Member
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
JAMES BRAINARD
Board Member
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
MARK FILIPPELL
Board Member
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
JOHN FRIEDMANN
Board Member
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
VANESSA GARRISON
Board Member
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
CATHERINE SLOSS JONES
Board Member
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
NOEL KEGEL
Board Member
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
GAIL LIPSTEIN
Board Member
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
ELIZABETH LYNN
Board Member, (from 2/2024)
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
AYESHA MCGOWAN
Board Member
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
TIM PETRI
Board Member
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
MARVIN PLAKUT
Board Member
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
JULIETTE RIZZO
Board Member
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
DANIEL RODRIGUEZ
Board Member
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
JAMES SALLIS
Board Member
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0

2022

RYAN CHAO
President
chief executive officer
$298,896
$334
$0
$339,077
CYNTHIA DICKERSON
Chief Operating Officer
chief operating officer
$190,270
$355
$0
$226,150
KEVIN MILLS
Vp of Policy
vice president
$176,966
$355
$0
$211,181
ALISA BORLAND
Vp of Development
vice president
$174,608
$355
$0
$208,434
ELIZABETH THORSTENSEN
Vp of Trail Development
vice president
$180,739
$355
$0
$202,172
BRANDI HORTON
Vp of Communications
vice president
$167,342
$355
$0
$201,280
FREDERICK SCHAEDTLER
Chief Technology Officer
highest compensated employee
$154,852
$355
$0
$185,028
TIM NOEL
Board Member (End 10/2022)
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
TIM PETRI
Board Member
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
MARVIN PLAKUT
Board Member (From 06/2023)
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
JOHN RATHBONE
Board Member (End 02/2023)
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
JULIETTE RIZZO
Board Member
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
DANIEL RODRIGUEZ
Board Member
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
JIM SALLIS
Board Member
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
FRANK MULVEY
Board Member (End 06/2023)
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
AYESHA MCGOWAN
Board Member
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
GAIL LIPSTEIN
Board Member
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
NOEL KEGEL
Board Member
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
CATHERINE SLOSS JONES
Board Member
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
VANESSA GARRISON
Board Member
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
JOHN FRIEDMANN
Board Member
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
MARK FILIPPELL
Board Member
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
JAMES BRAINARD
Board Member
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
BALAJI BONDILI
Board Member
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
DOUGLAS MONIESON
Treasurer
officer (unspecified)
$0
$0
$0
$0
M KATHERINE KRAFT
Secretary
officer (unspecified)
$0
$0
$0
$0
EDWARD CHANG
Vice Chair
board vice chair
$0
$0
$0
$0
JON COFSKY
Chair
board chair
$0
$0
$0
$0

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