About Us
Our mission is to advance safe walking and bicycling to and from schools; to improve the health and well-being of kids of all races, income levels, and abilities; and to foster the creation of healthy communities for everyone.
Our Story
The Safe Routes Partnership was founded in August 2005, and is a fast-growing network of hundreds of organizations. Recognizing that Safe Routes to School is about community and is therefore a community commitment, the Safe Routes Partnership started the regional network project in 2010 with funding from Kaiser Permanente, and launched the Pacific Northwest regional network in 2013.
The purpose of the Pacific Northwest regional network is to bring together families, advocates, schools, health, transportation, and planning professionals from around greater Portland, Salem-Keizer area, and Southwest Washington (Cowlitz to Clark Counties), to support walking and bicycling policy, funding, and action within communities to create a Pacific Northwest where walking and bicycling are safe and convenient for all.
Our Staff in the Pacific Northwest
Kari Schlosshauer, Pacific Northwest Senior Policy Manager
Portland, OR
kari@saferoutespartnership.org | 503-734-0813
Kari Schlosshauer serves as Pacific Northwest regional policy manager for the Safe Routes Partnership. In this role, she works with local, regional, and state partners to promote policies and funding for Safe Routes to School and active, healthy community design. Prior to joining the Safe Routes Partnership’s staff, Kari managed transportation projects at the Department of Transport in Melbourne, Australia, and worked in Seattle managing transportation education and advocacy projects for Cascade Bicycle Club and Transportation Choices Coalition. She holds a Master of Arts in Community & Environment, and a BA in Cultural Anthropology, and lives in Portland with her jazz-funk-piano-playing physicist husband and two school-aged boys.
Becky Gilliam, Pacific Northwest Regional Policy Manager
Silverton, OR
becky@saferoutespartnership.org | 503-949-0387