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15 <br /> Page 1 of 2 Heidi Perry <br /> Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: Heidi Perry <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 407 Robert Hunt Drive <br /> Carrboro NC 27510 <br /> Phone (Day): 919-962-0572 <br /> Phone (Evening): 919-929-8671 <br /> Phone (Cell): 919-618-8199 <br /> Email: heidiperov @gmail.corn <br /> Place of Employment: UNC Press <br /> Job Title: Asst. Director and Design and Production Manager <br /> Year of OC Residence: 1984 <br /> Township of Residence: Chapel Hill <br /> Zone of Residence: Carrboro City Limits <br /> Sex: Female <br /> Ethnic Background: Caucasian <br /> Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br /> Design and publication of books/technical drawing of charts and maps <br /> was my profession for 30+ years. I am retired Assistant Director and Design and <br /> Production Manager at UNC Press, a nationally known and respected book publisher. <br /> BFA 77 UNC with a concentration in Set Design and Technical Theatre; <br /> Architectural Drafting degree from Durham Tech; several classes taken over the years in <br /> subjects ranging from sign language to Portuguese to computer software (proficient in <br /> Adobe Creative Suite) to bicycle education <br /> Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br /> I have served on the Carrboro Transportation Advisory Board for a total of 20 years since <br /> 1985. I have also served on the Chapel Hill Bike Pedestrian Board, and am a founding <br /> member of the Carrboro Bicycle Coalition (a 501c3 bike advocacy group). I have served <br /> on two of the past Library Services Taskforces and two <br /> of the previous Horace Williams Tract task forces (now called Chapel Hill North). In 2011, <br /> I received an award from the NC Planners Assoc. (the Marvin Collins award) for my <br /> volunteer work in planning and transportation. I attend many of the Transit Partners <br /> meetings that are comprised of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and UNC partners. I served on the <br /> Smith Level Road Task Force, and have assisted with several bus, bike, and pedestrian <br /> activities. Non-transportation activities include volunteering at Orange County Literacy as <br /> an ESOL teacher. Served as chair of the 2017 Orange County Bicycle Safety Task Force. <br /> I served on this board and also on the Carrboro Library Task Force previously. <br /> I have been interested in transportation and how people move themselves <br /> around since I read Ivan Illich's Energy and Equity in the 1970s. <br />