 | MESPA Home > Professional Development > MESPA Institute > Institute 2012: Healthy Hearts, Healthy Minds > Mark Fenton, Walking Keynote | | | Mark Fenton | | "Engineering physical activity back into American communities and lives."
Mark Fenton is a national public health, planning, and transportation
consultant, an adjunct associate professor at Tufts University's
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, and former host of the
"America's Walking" series on PBS television.
He is the author of numerous
books including the best selling "Complete Guide to Walking for Health,
Weight Loss, and Fitness" (Lyons Press, 2nd edition 2008).
He was a
developer of the University of North Carolina's Safe Routes to School
clearinghouse, and facilitator for the walkable community workshop
series of the National Center for Bicycling and Walking; he now provides
technical training and community planning as an independent consultant.
A former editor of WALKING magazine, Mark was a member of the United States national racewalking team from
1986 to 1991, and competed in the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Trials in the
50-kilometer (31-mile) racewalk.
He studied biomechanics at the
Massachusetts Institute Technology, where he earned BS and MS degrees, was a researcher at the Olympic
Training Center's Sports Science Laboratory in Colorado Springs,
Colorado, and manager of Reebok's Human Performance Laboratory. Mark has
research publications and articles related to exercise science,
physical activity promotion, and community level interventions.
He's a
vocal advocate for non-motorized transportation, a frequent consultant
on bicycle and pedestrian community plans, and recognized authority on
public health issues and the need for community, environmental, and
public-policy initiatives to encourage more walking, bicycling, and
transit use. Certain that he must practice what he preaches, Mark has served on his community's planning board and by-law review committee.
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| Keynote Speaker | Thursday, February 2, 9 a.m.
in the Grand Ballroom
speaking on
"Creating a Healthy School"
Sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of MN
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| Mark Fenton |
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