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:

Karen Worminghaus - Executive Director

Alyssa Alt - Program Manager

Tressa Ortman - Member Associate

Zach Swant - Member & Outreach Assoicate

Paul Montgomery - Fleet Associate

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

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.

Ben Turner - Secretary

Ben Turner is the Sales, Marketing & PR Director for Denver Bike Sharing. Since moving to the area five years ago, Ben has firmly believed that Denver needs more car-sharing options. Therefore, the eGo board felt like a perfect fit as a way to advance the cause and help the city and region.

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.

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 mirco-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 the 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 Manager 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.

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.

Aaron Miripol

Aaron Miripol has over 20 years experience running community development and affordable housing companies. Aaron is the President and CEO of the Urban Land Conservancy (UL), a supporting nonprofit organization to the Denver Foundation. Aaron joined ULC in 2007 and leads this unique real estate company in partnering with a wide range of organizations in the Denver metro area on the strategic acquisition and development of land and buildings to preserve and enhance their ability to create sustainable benefits in underserved communities. Prior to his work at ULC, Aaron was the Executive Director of Thistle Community Housing, providing oversight on one of the fastest growing nonprofit housing providers in Colorado. Before moving to Colorado, Aaron worked in Baltimore running two inner city nonprofit community development corporations, Southwest Visions and The Loading Dock. He was a Goldsmith Scholar in International Studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, has his BA in History & International Studies from Macalaster College in St. Paul, and a Masters in Public Policy from John Hopkins University in Baltimore.

Advisory Board:

Annie Bourdon - CarShare Vermont

John Marcil