Our Committee

Dr Helen Donovan

Dr. Helen Donovan is a health psychologist with a long-term interest in creating and maintaining a healthy spaces, healthy communities, and healthy individuals. Helen advocates for shaping the urban environment for walking and cycling as one of the most effective ways to increase population-based physical and mental health.

Helen is the president of the Australian Walking and Cycling Conference organising committee.

Jeremy Miller

Jeremy holds a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning and is a long term advocate for everyday bicycle transport, especially the use of cargo and utility bikes. He is an honorary life member of the Bicycle Institute of SA being the former Chair and long-term committee member.

When not focused on bicycle related matters Jeremy works in the local government sector coordinating climate change adaptation. His main professional focus is the application of strategic policy and applied practice to retrofit the urban environment for future climate change. He has a particularly interested in urban ecology, energy efficiency and reducing household vulnerability by mitigating the effects of extreme heat conditions.

Jeremy is the treasurer for the Australian Walking and Cycling Conference and organising committee member.

Ian Radbone

Ian has a passion for active transport, particularly in urban areas. Ian is a former chair of the Bicycle Institute of SA but has also been recruited to the Board of Walking SA to promote walking as a transport activity.

With a background in transport research, town planning and public policy at the UniSA, he has a wealth of experience in transport planning, advocacy and policy development.

Dr Fay Patterson

Dr Fay Patterson is a transport planner and traffic engineer who has specialized in walking and
cycling for 25 years, gaining an Engineering Excellence Award and PhD in road safety along the way.
Now retired, she continues to contribute to the field as a committee member of Bike Adelaide and
as an expert member of Cycling and Walking Australia and New Zealand (or CWANZ), which
brings together Australian and New Zealand transport agencies, local government, and walking,
cycling and health representative groups, to share and build knowledge about active transport.
As a former Councillor at Norwood Payneham and St Peters, Fay represented the most politically green ward
in South Australia. She also writes science fiction.

Linley Golat

With qualifications in Education and Environmental Management, Linley is a keen advocate for living lighter on this planet. Her current role in resource recovery and the circular economy allows her to work with different stakeholders to imagine and work towards systems in which resources are properly valued and sustainably used and reused.

Linley enjoys walking, running and cycling for commuting and recreation, tapping into the vibrant trail running, parkrun and gravel bike riding communities in South Australia. Having lived in Europe, she has experienced cities and towns which are more conducive to active transport and would like to see Australian places and people moving in this direction.

Penelope Bennett

Pen grew up cycling and walking in Adelaide then worked in London and Singapore as a traffic engineer and project manager. “Walking the talk” (plus cycling and using public transport) and living car-free were obvious choices overseas. Returning to Australia (Melbourne then Adelaide) and having children, she has kept living car-free. This and doing a Master of Urban Planning (with urban design) help her plan and design better streets and networks with walking/wheeling and cycling outcomes for all.

Pen is passionate about healthy streets and increasing children’s independent mobility. Outside of work, she loves running (and parkrun) and – not often enough – going mountain biking with her daughters.

Ian Woodcock

Dr Ian Woodcock is Senior Lecturer in Urbanism at the University of Sydney. Ian’s research and teaching in urban design and architecture focusses on how urban built environments can better provide accessibility for all via active and public transport to enable transitions to more sustainable, convivial and equitable futures.

Leo Jones

Leo works as a renewable engineer and is passionate about decarbonisation and the environment. He brings a keen interest in more commuter friendly cycling outcomes in Adelaide and sees advocacy as one of the best ways to get people to learn about the benefits of cycling and replace their car with their bike where possible. He has never owned a car and rides to work, the gym and to social events.

Elissa Stapleton

Elissa grew up walking and cycling to school in Brisbane which translated into a keen-ness to continue using these modes of transport while studying Architecture in Tasmania.  Since this time, Elissa has moved to Adelaide and completed a Masters degree in Landscape Architecture as well as a UNSW course in Cycleway Design.  She has worked in both the public and private sector as a Landscape Architect and loves to commute to work each day by bike.  Elissa is passionate about the positive difference that active transport can make in everyone’s lives especially children and elderly people.