Board of Directors
Jean Walsh
Director
Representing: Emeryville, Piedmont and portions of Oakland and Berkeley
Term Expires: December 2024
Statement of Economic Interests (Form 700):
Email: jwalsh@actransit.org
Telephone: (510) 891-7145
Fax: (510) 891-4705
Biography:
Jean Walsh was elected in 2020 to serve Ward 2. Previously she directed community outreach and government relations for bike and scooter share, expanding mobility options in the Bay Area and signing up more than 500 low income residents to discounted pricing programs. Prior to that, Ms. Walsh led communications and public outreach for the City of San Francisco’s Department of the Environment and Public Utilities Commission, promoting environmental initiatives and critical infrastructure programs.
Ms. Walsh holds a master’s degree in Urban Planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She served in the Peace Corps in Nicaragua and is fluent in Spanish.
Ms. Walsh is active with the Transbay Coalition, East Bay Transit Riders Union, Bike East Bay, Walk Oakland Bike Oakland, and other grassroots advocacy groups working to improve Bay Area transportation. She is president of the Longfellow Community Association.
Car-free since 2004, Ms. Walsh enjoys getting around on foot, bike, scooter, and public transit. She believes Bay Area residents deserve a seamless transportation network that is fast, frequent, affordable, pleasant, and easy to use.