Debra Rolfe Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

• Led and developed public art exhibitions on the transit network throughout Metro Vancouver.• Planned and delivered over 20 permanent and temporary public artworks, including initiating artist calls, developing and delivering artist selection processes, and supervising artwork fabrication and installation. • Scoped and delivered TransLink’s first Indigenous Cultural Recognition artwork. Led the development of TransLink's Indigenous Cultural Recognition Program.• Developed and implemented TransLink’s inaugural Public Art Policy, TransLink’s Public Art Procedures and Guidelines Manual, and supervised the delivery of the public art chapter in TransLink’s SkyTrain Design Manual. • Managed design review and cross-organizational collaboration on behalf of TransLink on 20 municipally-delivered, provincially-funded public artworks on the Evergreen SkyTrain Extension.• Represented the Public Art Program to senior staff, decision makers and the public.• Since February 2021: as co-lead of TransLink's Caregivers Employee Resource Group worked with staff across the organization and leadership to create a more supportive environment for caregiver employees.

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Managed projects investigating the relationships between public health, transportation, and land use planning.• Supervised consultants and student researchers in transportation data collection.• Wrote funding applications, reports, and academic articles.

• Developed a multi-criteria assessment tool for lcoating bike parking at park-and-ride lots.• Performed spatial, statistical, and site-based data collection and analysis.• Produced a report outlining the findings, which has been used in regional bike parking planning.

• Reviewed academic and professional literature about the links between the built environment, health, and older adults' transportation needs.• Conducted quantitative data analysis.• Contributed writing to academic papers and funding applications.

• Developed and managed campaigns to promote public participation in the political system related to cycling. • Project managed major web-based campaigns including: Stop SMIDSY for addressing dangerous driving, Vote Bike to encourage the election of cycling-friendly parliamentary candidates, and Right to Ride to School to promote children's access to cycling to school.• Utilized strong interpersonal skills to work with journalists, policy makers, and other NGOs to communicate cycling policy and issues to the general public.• Authored campaign strategy documents, reports, articles, and blogs.• Presented to diverse audiences.

• Supervised a network of 350 volunteer cycling advocates. • Organized four volunteer training conferences, including three in partnership with other organizations.• Developed an online resource containing campaigning guidance and information about transportation planning and policy.

• Ran a consultation with community members about the farm’s impending relocation due to a railway line extension and prepared a report outlining the findings. • Supervised undergraduate students in repeating the consultation andproducing summary reports of their findings.• Created and ran educational activities for volunteers.

Ma, Transportation Planning And Urban Design

Professional project: Could Park-and-Ride Become Bike-and-Ride? Assessing the potential for bike cages at Metro Vancouver’s park-and-ride.

Msc, Contemporary Urbanism

Thesis: Performing the Country in the City: An ethnographic approach to evaluating the role of city farms in London.

Ba, Art