Grassroots Byways Hospitality Trainers
The Grassroots Byway Hospitality Training Program, which won a 2007 Scenic Byway Award, builds on your community’s existing knowledge as locals teach locals. Our certified Grassroots Byways Hospitality Trainers teach byway representatives how to train locals, including visitor center staff and volunteers; front-line hotel, restaurant and retail employees; and other members of the community who regularly interact with travelers. They are trained about all aspects of the local byway, from the byway’s interpretive message to current resource protection strategies.
Certified trainers provide a learning experience tailored to the individual byway, helping byway leaders to:
- Develop quiz questions
- Create mapping exercises
- Identify learning activities
Using the list below, schedule a customized session by contacting a Certified Trainer near you today!
Certified Grassroots Byway Hospitality Trainers
Louretta Wimberly
Selma to Montgomery Byway All-American Road
3007 N. Broad Street
Selma, Alabama 36701
Phone: 334-875-5894
lcwimberly@bellsouth.net
Dru Garson
Alaska’s Scenic Byways/Alaska Office of Economic Development
PO Box 110804
Juneau, AK 99811
Phone: 907-465-2162
Dru.garson@alaska.gov
Verginia Yazzie
Navajo Tourism Department
PO Box 663
Window Rock, AZ 86515
Phone: 928-871-7370
Verg.yazzie@gmail.com
Nicole Possert
Arroyo Seco Parkway NSB
124 Roselawn Pl
Los Angeles, CA 90042
Phone: 323-255-5792
aguild@pacbell.net
Kirstie Bumgarner
Gold Belt Tour Scenic and Historic Byway Association
2401 Central #19
Canon City, CO 81212
Phone: 719-371-6238
kirstieb@yahoo.com
Diane Rossiter
Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition
200 S. State Street
Belvidere, IL 61008
Phone: 815-547-3954
diane@drivelincolnhighway.com
Anaise Berry
Illinois River Road National Scenic Byway
124 S.W. Adams Street, Suite 300
Peoria, IL 61601
Phone: 309-495-5909
aberry@edhc.h-p.org
Meg Purnsley
Indiana National Road Association
200 E. Washington Street, Suite 1801

Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: 317-327-4408
mpurnsle@indygov.org
Rebecca Weller
Great Bend CVB
1523 Jefferson
Great Bend, KS 67530
Phone: 620-792-7485
bweller@cox.net
Deb Divine
Kansas Scenic Byways Program/BWR Corporation
2335 E. Crawford St.
Salina, KS 67401
Phone: 800-684-6966
deborahdivine@cox.net
Cris Collier
Great Bend CVB
PO Box 274
Great Bend, KS 67530
Phone: 620-792-2750
cvb@visitgreatbend.com
Michelle Spencer
Southern and Eastern Kentucky Tourism
Development Association
2292 S. Hwy 27
Somerset, KY 42501
Phone: 606-677-6095
mspencer@tourseky.com
Jeff Crowe
Southern and Eastern Kentucky Tourism Development Association
2292 S. Hwy 27
Somerset, KY 42501
Phone: 606-677-6095
jcrowe@tourseky.com
Anne Taber Klenke
PO Box 51145
Lafayette, LA 70505
Phone: 337-232-8214
annet@graham-group.com
Jennifer Schmidt
Chesapeake Country National Scenic Byway
1011 Sudlersville Cemetery Road
Sudlersville, MD 21668
Phone: 410-438-3679
jschmidt@chesapeakbyway.org
Carol Zoff
Minnesota Great River Road NSB
395 John Ireland Blvd, MS 686
St. Paul, MN 55155-1899
Phone: 651-366-4705
Carol.zoff@dot.state.mn.us
Mary Lee Nielson
Sheyenne River Valley Scenic Byway
250 West Main St., Suite #1
Valley City, ND 58072
Phone: 701-845-1891
info@hellovalley.com
Laurie Frantz
Tourism Department
491 Old Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Phone: 505-827-8428
Laurie.frantz@state.nm.us
Janet Kennedy
Lakes to Locks Passage¨
814 Bridge Road
Crown Point, NY 12928
Phone: 518-597-9669
janet@lakestolocks.com
Eric Hamilton
Mohawk Towpath Byway
67 Pico Road
Clifton Park, NY 12065
518-371-7548
Ejb.bkh@juno.com
Christy Bailey
Coal Heritage Highway Authority
PO Box 5176
Beckley, WV 25801
Phone: 304-256-6941
cbailey@coalheritage.org
Alice Hypes
Midland Trail Scenic Highway Association
237 Capitol Street
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: 304-343-6001
alicehypes@aol.com
