npGreenway Board

Acting President of the Board

Francie Royce

Francie is a co-founder of npGreenway. She was a planner and project manager with the City of Portland Transportation Options Divison for a number of years. While with the City, she was a member of the national conference Rail-Volution planning committee. Through her diverse travels Francie realized how people all over the country look to Portland to set the standard for land use and transportation planning and programs, especially biking and pedestrians. She loves to walk and bicycle in the Portland metro region, and walk in cities whenever she travels.

Treasurer of the Board

Pam Arden

Pam has been a Kenton resident for over 30 years and became a community activist in North Portland shortly after her arrival.  Her many contributions to North Portland include work as a teacher,  coordinator of Caring Community of North Portland and a 40 Mile Loop Land Trust board member.  Pam’s hard work was vital in the creation of the Peninsula Crossing Trail. As a co-founder of npGREENWAY she continues to work towards a network of trails in North Portland for the health and welfare of the community.

Emily Mannisto

Emily is a Transportation Planner with a focus on trails, active transportation, corridor redevelopment and mobility hubs.

Patricia Jewett

I joined the npGreenway Board in 2017 after graduating from the America Walks online College. I am eager to work on closing the trail gaps with the current Board. I enjoy walking and biking and am involved in active transportation advocacy.

I attend quarterly Metro Trails meetings and enjoy attending the annual Oregon Trails Summit. One of my assets is learning, listening and networking between the groups I am involved in, in order to share information. I also serve on the 40 Mile Loop Board.

I serve on the Smith Bybee Lakes Advisory committee and will be serving on the North Portland Parks Committee. Both of these groups will help keep me informed on issues regarding the npGreenway Trail.

I am involved in Volkswalking on a state and national level. I serve on America’s Walking Club Publicity Committee.

When I am not not busy volunteering I enjoy writing, learning about nature and reading. I also write a blog for the Walking and Hiking Channel for Groupworks. Currently, the blog reaches over 5900 subscribers. And I have a website allthingswalking.com which is in its 8^th year.

Jay Bockelman

Jay has a passion for using bikes as a primary form of transportation, and wanted to translate that passion into action.  Joining the npGreenway Board has opened up an avenue for getting involved with alternative modes of transportation – for work, pleasure, school and errands.  Currently Jay teaches Computer Science and Game Design at Portland Community College.

Jeffrey Lang

For 40 years Jeffrey has been a citizen activist for the Willamette River Greenway within the City of Portland. He has worked on many portions of the Greenway Trail including the East Bank Esplanade,  South Waterfront, and The South Reach including the Sellwood Bridge Crossing. He served as the Citizen Advocate on the City of Portland’s Combined Sewer Overflow Commission.

Jeffrey is passionate about supporting disenfranchised groups in our community. He was one of the founders of Albina Opportunity Corp. Jeffrey spent 15 years on the Board of Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon making micro-loans to entrepreneurs unable to get capital from traditional banks due to historic discrimination.

He chaired the board of Friends of Tryon Creek, in addition to serving on many local Boards including William Temple House, Community Energy Project, Senior Alzheimer’s Project and now the North Portland Greenway.  

Jeffrey was the founder of Gales Creek Insurance Services, a boutique firm serving the Entertainment Industry and Nonprofit sector building risk management policies and programs.

He has two kids and lives with his wife in South Portland along The Willamette River.