Gladwyn d'Souza, Application for Coordinating Committee

Gladwyn d'Souza 
City: Belmont
County: San Mateo
godsouza@mac.com

Gladwyn d'Souza is former chair of the San Jose Bicycle Advisory Committee, Los Gatos Trails and Bike-ways Committee, and Santa Clara Valley Traffic Safe Communities Network bike pedestrian work group. He was past president of Walk San Jose and served on the board of Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition. He was on the board of California Walks. d'Souza served on the Downtown Access Task Force and Pedestrian Component of the General Plan for the City of San Jose. He was a Planning Commissioner for the city of Belmont, from 2011-2014.

Gladwyn is an environmentalist. In 2004 he built a sustainable house in Belmont, CA that was recognized for its use of recycling, low energy, sustainable energy, and low toxicity design elements in the construction. He is currently co-chair of the San Mateo Food Systems Alliance Policy Committee working on removing restrictions on bees and urban agriculture in San Mateo County. He is a regular commuter by transit and bicycle and active on land use issues with the Loma Prieta Chapter of the Sierra Club.