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Profile: Corey Coscioni
Thanks in large part to Coscioni's leadership and advocacy skills, their efforts paid off and the hazardous intersection was transformed into a safer spot for everyone. This victory led Coscioni to get involved in other North Side bike and pedestrian projects. It also led to him joining the CBF Board of Directors. Now, after more than 10 years on the CBF board -- serving as head of the membership and marketing committee and as the board's vice president -- Coscioni has been elected for a three-year term as CBF president. A native of Park Ridge, Coscioni studied
math, computer science and music at University of Illinois in
Champaign and University
of Colorado in Denver. Serving as president of CBF, Coscioni expects that his marketing and leadership experience will continue to benefit the organization in important ways. Coscioni says he's proud to be playing a key role as CBF looks closely at the prospect of expanding its mission to encompass pedestrian and public transportation issues. "We're going to make sound decisions good for the CBF membership and good for the Chicago area," he says. "Whatever is done to help pedestrians and public transportation users will also benefit the bicyclist." While he sometimes laments that he isn't cycling as much as he once did, Coscioni, 38, keeps active playing hockey and in-line skating. He expects more opportunities to ride will develop as his twin 4-year-old daughters grow older. Coscioni says he and his wife, Edda, are eagerly waiting the day when they get the nod from the girls to take the training wheels off their Barbie bikes. CBF Executive Director Rob Sadowsky expressed a sincere thanks to outgoing President Dave Seglin for all the work he has done on behalf of the organization. Seglin, a legislative and policy analyist for the Chicago Department of Transportation, will continue to serve on the organization's board of directors. Ted Villaire
is a CBF member and freelance writer
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It was a bad intersection that sparked Corey Coscioni's
interest in bicycling advocacy work and his involvement with the
Chicagoland Bicycle Federation. "There was a blind corner
at Ardmore (Avenue) and the lakefront that was dangerous for everyone
- cyclists, pedestrians, Rollerbladers," says Coscioni. "I
felt like I wanted to do something about it." Coscioni and
a handful of neighbors began working with the alderman and CBF
to secure funds for safety improvements.