• Introducing PATH’s new Executive Director!

    September 13, 2019
    I am so pleased to introduce to you the newest addition to our Hawaii Island community: PATH’s new Executive Director, Valerie Overlan.

    PATH’s Board of Directors chose Valerie for the job after a rigorous five-month search. She will officially assume this new role on September 3.

    Valerie is a proven leader, passionate about being outdoors, eager to build new relationships and begin working with the community to ensure the safest trails, as well as getting others excited about connecting by foot and by bicycle on island. A native of Lexington, Kentucky, she is moving to Hawaii from Washington State, with her husband John, and following their two sons, who have lived in Hawaii for six years. She has spent four years as Associate Director of Corporate Relations at the University of Washington College of Engineering, where she raised over $10 million to connect research collaborators between engineering faculty/students with industry partners.

    I am confident she will fit seamlessly into our culture of grassroots organizing for people-focused streets and lead the organization to a new level of effectiveness.
    PATH’s longtime leader Tina Clothier will be staying on to help with Valerie’s transition and to work on projects close to her heart such as Safe Routes to School, the Blue Zone Project Built Environment Policy work, the Bikeshare expansion project and the development of a Hawaii County Vision Zero Action Plan.

    Please join me in welcoming Valerie to the PATH team and inaugurating this new chapter in our efforts to safely connect people and places on Hawaii Island.

    Cindy Armer
    Chair, PATH Board of Directors