JESSE ESTEVEZ

"After 17 years of commuting my plan was immediate - get a bike and ride it to work. So that is what I did."

“I commuted from Columbia to a company in Macon, MO for 17 years. I was hired at an entry level and worked my way into senior management. We got a new General Manager who reorganized the corporate structure and as a result I was laid off - 17 years gone in a morning! I was lucky enough to find a new job one week after I got let go. After 17 years of commuting my plan was immediate - get a bike and ride it to work."

"So that is what I did."

"Before my first day I looked up PedNet and started donating monthly. You advocate for something that helped save me from some troubling times - you helped get me reconnected to nature and off the 1 hour commute. I took a temporary pay cut during COVID-19. But I still gave and will continue to give monthly to PedNet to say thanks for your work and help further the cause.”