Barb Thoman

Barb is retired. She co-founded and worked at Transit for Livable Communities – now Move Minnesota – for 20 years. During that time, the organization encouraged a greater reliance on public transit, bicycling, and walking, managed a major federal grant in partnership with MnDOT and the City of Minneapolis, and advocated for safe streets and parking reform. Barb strongly support passenger rail and enjoy taking Amtrak to Michigan, Oregon, and other places. Her academic background was in finance.