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Austin Carshare is a non-profit organization that has launched the first carsharing program in Texas.Austin CarShare is a non-profit organization that seeks to educate the public about carsharing and the costs of car ownership while helping to improve our community by reducing traffic, improving air quality, promoting sustainable economic development, increasing the number of transportation options, and improving the quality of life in Austin by providing access to vehicles without the cost of ownership.To contact Austin Carshare, call (512) 448-4477, use our contact form, or e-mail us at info@austincarshare.org
Austin CarShare Office: Austin CarShare Board of Directors
Kieran also provides consulting services, including resource recovery analysis and carbon footprint assessment. He developed the innovative Carbon Footprint Assessment and Reduction tool (C-FAR), an Excel-based greenhouse gas emissions management system that has been successfully utilized by several national companies as well as municipalities in Central Ohio. He is a graduate of the Ohio State University. He holds Master’s degrees in Civil Engineering and Operations Research as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering. Kieran moved to Austin in August 2008 and enjoys biking, reading, gardening, yoga, and camping.
In 2000, Brian became involved with starting up local non-profit, Theatre Action Project (TAP). As treasurer in 2001, and chair from 2002-4, Brian helped TAP restructure and expand from one City of Austin grant in 2000 to exceeding a $100,000 budget in 2004. Brian also helped start up Liveable City when he was recruited to be interim Executive Director in 2002. He secured 501c3 status for the group and organized community participation in Envision Central Texas, which created a regional vision for Central Texas. Brian is currently the General Administrator at the University of Texas Inter-Cooperative Council (ICC), managing 9 student housing cooperatives, 4 staff and a $1.1 million dollar budget. ICC is a 501c3 non-profit with a board consisting of member-residents elected by the houses and provides affordable housing to students in Austin, Texas.
Tanya Seaman serves as Executive Director PhillyCarShare, a nonprofit car-sharing organization in Philadelphia. Beginning in 2002 with no staff and only modest working capital, she organized volunteers and board members to wash cars, perform outreach, and manage finances, while donating months of her own time to launch the organization. As thousands of businesses and residents have joined, Ms. Seaman has employed technology advances to automate internal systems, thus improving customer service, membership growth, and productivity. Each PhillyCarShare vehicle has replaced 23 private cars, which saves members millions of dollars annually while driving hybrid vehicles millions of miles fewer than before they joined PhillyCarShare. Ms. Seaman builds on her background as a designer to develop technology enhancements and marketing materials; and her education and passion in urban planning to promote car sharing in all aspects of living and working in Philadelphia. Ms. Seaman holds a Masters in City and Regional Planning from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelors degree in Environmental Design from the Universityof California at Davis. In recognition of her assertive leadership, technological prowess, and unequivocal commitment to PhillyCarShare, the Philadelphia Business Journal has recognized Ms. Seaman as one of Philadelphia’s outstanding "40 Under 40". |
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Thomas Butler (Board Chair) works at the Downtown Austin Alliance as the director of the Transportation and Streetscapes Program. Previously, he worked as a Community Planner in the National Park Service's Rivers and Trails Conservation Program and spent 5 years with AISD, teaching first and second grade. Current volunteer efforts include working as an ESL tutor. Thomas received his Bachelors Degree in Journalism from the University of Texas and will complete his Masters Degree from the University's Community and Regional Planning Program in the spring of 2008.
Kieran Sikdar (Board Secretary) is Program Manager at the Center for Resilience, an interdisciplinary research center that is developing a unified approach for modeling risk, resilience, and sustainability in complex systems. Kieran has experience working with companies, government agencies, and non-profit organizations developing analysis and decision-making tools that integrate economic and environmental considerations. He is collaborating with the U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Development to utilize material flow tools to measure and improve large scale sustainable material reuse networks.
Brian Donovan (Board Treasurer) was born in San Francisco and grew up in College Station, Texas. He completed his high school studies in Manchester, England with A levels in Economics, English Literature and Ancient History. Brian returned to College Station and graduated from Texas A&M University with a BA in English 1988. In 1991 he received an MA from UCLA in Folklore and Mythology. Brian worked in grassroots politics for the California League of Conservation Voters while in school at UCLA. He moved to Austin in 1993 and worked at Apple Computer for the next 8 years in sales and sales management in Apple's education division.