Cycling the Road to Freedom: A Journey along The Underground Railroad From The Geotourism Challenge: Celebrating Places - Changing Lives Saved April 21, 2008 - 08:22 PM EST

As the New Routes Coordinator for Adventure Cycling Association, Virginia "Ginny" Sullivan is responsible for planning, organizing and coordinating two major projects. Ginny’s work supports the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) efforts to define a U.S. bikeway system and includes gaining federal and state recognition for Adventure Cycling’s National Bike Route Network. As an outreach specialist, Ginny works with the Routes and Mapping Department on new and developing routes, including the Underground Railroad Bicycle Route which begins in Mobile, AL and travels north to Ontario, Canada. Ginny’s past work experience lies in health promotion and disease prevention. She worked for The University of Montana’s Resource Center for Tobacco-use Prevention and the Montana Obesity Prevention Program as a program event manager. She is an ardent fitness advocate, a skilled and driven organizer, and a highly personable outreach specialist who works with a wide variety of people and groups. Before joining the staff at Adventure Cycling, Ginny worked at a public health clinic in Louisiana. She has also worked at the Missoula Area YMCA, and Dickinson Lifelong Learning Center as a Life Skills Instructor. Ginny holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications, Montana State University, and carries extensive credits in English Education from the University of Montana. Ginny, her husband and three kids love to bike, run, hike/backpack and play hockey.