About Us

eGo CarShare is your local non-profit carshare organization!

eGo CarShare is a local non-profit carsharing organization, serving the Boulder-Denver metro area. Our mission is to provide and promote alternatives to individual car ownership, thereby reducing the environmental and social impacts associated with motor vehicle use.

eGo CarShare was started by a group of Boulder citizens who were very concerned about minimizing their environmental impact, and who strived to leave a more sustainable legacy for future generations. They took the issue of transportation to heart and made a commitment to minimize their automobile use. In 1997, the "Little Red Car Co-op" was formed. The momentum continued forward and, in 1998, Boulder CarShare (BCS) was founded.

The organization was incorporated as a Colorado non-profit on August 28, 1998. Approval by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) entity came on April 3, 2006. Boulder CarShare rebranded in January 2009 as eGo CarShare in order to bring its service to the city of Denver. In March of 2009 eGo CarShare placed its first three cars in Denver and in the Fall of 2009 eGo CarShare received its first significant outside funding from a CMAQ (Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality) grant to aid in its expansion to core Denver neighborhoods.

Core Staff:

Alyssa Alt - Assistant Director

Carolyn Barndt - Member Services

Carolyn has been car-less for most of her adult life in Denver, which is longer than she cares to admit. She learned to question the heedless exploitation of natural resources while reading Rousseau at St. John's College and earning a highly marketable degree in Philosophy. A longtime employee of the Tattered Cover, Carolyn has also worked on progressive political campaigns and raised funds for nonprofits like the NRDC, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the Sierra Club. She first joined a carshare in 2011, but generally rides a single speed cruiser everywhere she can make it go.

Favorite Member Interaction: I’m one of the newest people on the team, so our members are just starting to get to know me, but I recently helped a delightful elderly gentleman who was having a little trouble getting the hang of making reservations online. He was sweet and courteous and consistently called me “my darling” in a way that somehow managed to be nothing but charming and grandfatherly. I lost both of my grandfathers a long time ago, so it gave me some major warm fuzzies.

Shawn Lindabury - Billing Manager

Shawn joined the eGo team in October 2012. Prior to moving to Boulder, he worked for 3 years as a home energy efficiency nerd in Ithaca, NY. After getting tired of talking about the importance of insulation and energy saving light bulbs, Shawn decided to further explore his interest in sustainable transportation with a position at eGo. He has been car-free since high school and was a member of Ithaca CarShare for three years. Shawn is also an avid skier and is excited about exploring everything Colorado has to offer.

Tressa Ortman - Member Services / Special Projects

Tressa joined the eGo CarShare team in 2011 as the prime time/late night phone answer-er who bonded with members while solving problems. She has worked her way up to Member Support Guru. In her free time, she obtained a Masters of Urban and Regional Planning with an Environmental Emphasis from the University of Colorado at Denver and a Bachelors degree in Fine Arts, Sculpture from Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. She has always been interested in the environment, art, and the complexities of people and cities. Sustainable transportation planning is exciting to her, as it provides many options (in addition to driving) to people's day-to-day transportation needs. She is happy to be an eGo CarSharer, who loves to travel, drink coffee and explore the great outdoors. Her favorite holiday is Valentine's Day.

Favorite Member Interaction: She wasn't a member yet, but...a woman called to inquire about CarSharing. I explained how it works, and I must have done a good job, because she asked to speak to a supervisor and then told her how nice I was - and that she wouldn't mind being my mother! How awesome is that?

Kevin Snyder - Partner Relationship Manager

With a camera in hand, a recent photography degree from RIT in his pocket, and a passion for outdoor adventures, Kevin moved to Boulder in 1993 in search for a new place to call home. While working for Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado as a trail leader and staff photographer, he realized his true calling was in environmental education and leadership. Moved to follow his new-found purpose in life, he "got on the bus" and received a MS in Environmental Education from Leslie College and the Audubon Expedition Institute. Since then, he has held leadership positions with area non-profits like the Boulder YMCA, Camp Fire Council of CO, the Catamount Institute, Life is Good and BolderPath. Now in the driver's seat of Partner Relations at eGo, he is excited to work with area companies to join our Kick Gas Campaign and make our community a healthier, "cooler" place to live.

Zach Swank - Fleet Manager

After spending three years serving in the Peace Corps in West Africa, Zach decided he needed to live somewhere with less dust, more mountains, and a healthy dose of snow. Combining his interest in climate change activism and green business he joined eGo CarShare in 2012. Currently, he watches over eGo's flock of vehicles, has learned the best way to fit his bike into every car in the fleet, and wears whatever other hats will fit on top of his helmet.

Karen Worminghaus - Executive Director

Karen has been eGo Carshare's (formerly Boulder CarShare's) tireless Executive Director since the program's inception in 2001, and not coincidentally she has also been car-free for over 12 years.  Karen grew up in the Midwest, but the Rocky Mountains lured her out to Colorado in 1997 when she accepted a teaching position in Estes Park. She loved the mountains, but sooner than later slid down the hill and settled in for a spell in Boulder. Once she discovered she could easily and joyfully get nearly everywhere by bike and bus, she was here to stay.

What started out as a volunteer and "hobby" project for Karen has gradually transformed into a thriving, non-profit carsharing  program - one of the first of its kind in the nation (as evidenced by our URL carshare.org). From 2001-2010, Karen volunteered her time as ED. During those early years for her "day job" she worked in the LOHAS industry, was the CFO of a local home health care agency, and the Conference Manager for Sustainable Resources (a Boulder NPO). Eventually, though, carsharing took over her life, and it's not just a hobby anymore. She is passionate about helping to transform the way we think about transportation, and advocates for placing people, rather than cars, at the heart of community planning, so that we can create more sustainable, fulfilling and inspirational communities.

Karen holds a BA in physics from DePauw University and a teaching certification from UW-Stevens Point. She is currently on the board of the CarSharing Association.

Favorite Member Interaction: There are so many, its hard to pick just one. All of our members rock! Any person who chooses to live car-lite or car-free inspires me. But here's an example of how much our members look out for each other: a member left a personal credit card in one of our cars. The next member found it and left us a message about it. When we called her back later that day to arrange to get the credit card back to its rightful owner, she informed us that she had already taken it upon herself to find the credit card owner on Facebook, and she had already returned the card to him. I love it when people help each other out like that.

Board Members:

Graham Hill - President

Graham has been the President of eGo CarShare since 2004. His interest in clean urban transportation runs into many areas. An electric vehicle company first employed him in 1996 before he started ZENN with some Canadian partners in 2001. He started 21 Wheels in 1997 with a genearl methodology towards cleaner urban options. While operating in this space he has worked with many new technologies and forms of mobility including Neighborhood Electric Vehicles, Segways, CarShare, BikeShare, electric bikes and urban rail. He also is the President of to other non-profits: Denver Electric Vehicle Council and Arborway Railroad. He is married to Cathy and has two daughters Peyton and Lexie Bowe.

Daniel Ziskin - Vice President (Interim Secretary)

Daniel Ziskin grew up in a car-dependent sprawling suburb of Philadelphia. In 1993 he received a PhD in physics from The Johns Hopkins University by studying clouds and their effect on climate. After his ultimate frisbee career peaked, he became involved as a transportation activist fighting the construction of a wasteful outer beltway around Washington DC. In 1998, Daniel moved to Boulder. He donated his car to eGo CarShare and joined the board around 2001.

Greg Ekrem - Treasurer

Greg Ekrem is a Senior Consultant at Navigant Consulting.

Katherine Cornwell

Katherine is a graduate of the University of Colorado - Boulder. A practicing city planner, she has focused on comprehensive planning, alternative transportation and micro-enterprise development. She is co-author of plans to revitalize Colfax and developer of zoning for Denver's Main Streets. Katherine is the farmer/owner of Sunnyside Urban Farm where she grows fresh produce, raises chickens and keeps bees. In 2008, she donated her sweet ride to eGo when she moved to Seattle and lived car-free for over a year. She currently serves as the Healthy Eating Active Living Program Manger for Denver and directs the Sustainable Food Policy Council which she created with Mayor Hickenlooper in 2010. She is proud to serve as an eGo CarShare Board member and help make this resource a viable transportation option for progressive, conscientious Denver residents.

Rebekah Kik

Rebekah Kik lived in many western European cities where having a car would be a burden not a luxury. When she returned to the United States with her Masters in Architectural Design and Urbanism under her belt; it became clear that living in a city that was car dependent just wouldn't do. After a brief stint in Pittsburgh, Denver has been home for almost 3 years. For two of those years Rebekah has been completely car-free (donating her car to public radio) relying on transit, walking and bicycling to get everywhere. She joined eGo in 2009 after seeing one of the cars in her Capitol Hill neighborhood. Rebekah has also started two businesses this year. One as an urban design independent consultant for rural communities and the other as an aspiring baker! Rebekah supports car sharing for its surprisingly liberating effects and so she has a larger audience to taste test her baked goods.

Aylene McCallum

Aylene McCallum has eight years of experience in the field of Transportation Demand Management and is currently the Transportation & Research Manager at teh Downtown Denver Partnership (DDP). In addition to her transportation related responsibilities, Aylene manages the Partnership's Urban Exploration Trip that takes Downtown Denver's public and private sector leaders on a best practices trip to other cities across the country. Throughout her career, Aylene has been involved with multiple projects that have received international recognition, including the DDP's Get Downtown UnConventionally and Drive Less Denver programs which have both received awards from the Association for Commuter Transportation and the International Downtown Association. Aylene is currently Chair of the Mayor's Parking Commission and sits on the Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Committee. Aylene and her husband have been a one-car household for nearly four years, using the extra money in their budget to pay for dozens of home improvement projects! Aylene received her degree in Public Affairs & Communications from the University of Denver and is originally from Milwaukie, Oregon.

Diana Zinkl

Diana is a consultant at JBS International.

Advisory Board:

Annie Bourdon - CarShare Vermont

John Marcil

Aaron Miripol - Urban Land Conservancy