Since 2005, Sharon Feigon has been the CEO of I-GO Car Sharing, an affiliate organization of the Center for Neighborhood Technology. Previously, Sharon was CNT’s Manager of Research and Development, specializing in finding innovative market-based solutions to the problems of urban sprawl. As CEO of I-GO, Sharon has tripled its size and brought in many new partnerships and resources. Sharon works in close cooperation with other car-sharing companies and programs throughout the United States and Canada. While at CNT, Sharon also served as the Principal Investigator for a three-year project with the Transportation Research Board, “Combating Global Warming Through Sustainable Surface Transportation Policy,” which included development of an emissions calculator and policies for the use of local transportation and other governmental agencies. Sharon coordinated CNT’s Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Program in conjunction with the Great American Station Foundation and authored a book on the barriers to transit-oriented development, The New Transit Town, published by Island Press in December 2003. Sharon managed CNT’s Green Building Program, which included planning and overseeing renovation of CNT’s 14,000-square-foot facility to attain LEED Platinum status, the highest environmental rating possible from the U.S. Green Building Council. Sharon is a member of the Congress for New Urbanism and has served on the Evanston Plan Commission, chairing its Transportation Committee. She was recently a member of the Citizen Advisory Board for the PACE Bus System North Shore Study. She is currently a member of the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED-ND Committee, developing LEED standards for neighborhood developments. Sharon has an MBA from DePaul University and a BA in Economics from Antioch College.
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David Grenier is an action-oriented team leader who carries a strong track record of operational, technological, and financial performance across various industries to I-GO. Throughout his career, David has nurtured companies’ competitive advantages by implementing controlled, efficient processes to better serve customers and the organizations’ guiding missions. At I-GO, he places particular importance on the customer relationship element. “Our planet is in critical need of companies like I-GO to inspire the world’s citizens to break the habits of the past by identifying, developing, and promoting attractive methods seduced by the lure of cost effectiveness,” he says. “Within Chicago’s transportation system, I-GO offers the ultimate flexibility at stimulating rates.” Prior to I-GO, David came from Chicago-based Jones Lang LaSalle, a global financial and professional services firm specializing in real estate services and investment management, where he worked as a strategic consultant, Vice President, Associate Director, Controller, and Accounting Manager. He has also consulted on business objectives and key deliverables for Vernon Hills-based Tetra Pak International, the world’s leading food processing and packaging solutions company. David also held key accounting and systems leadership positions in Boston and Chicago at Glotel, a global provider of technology placement and project management services for the telecommunications industry. He lives in Northbrook with his wife, Monica, and two daughters, Jennifer and Courtney.
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Richard Kosmacher, I-GO’s Business Development Manager, started at I-GO back in the spring of 2004 when I-GO had less than a dozen cars and operated in just a few neighborhoods. Richard’s original focus was to find locations and build interest for I-GO in neighborhoods all over Chicago. His focus has recently shifted to growing I-GO in the suburbs. Richard has secured partnerships with businesses and institutions in Chicago including Whole Foods, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the Merchandise Mart, the Adler Planetarium, and the Chicago Park District. Richard has also been one of the key architects of I-GO’s marketing strategy, a strategy that builds on I-GO’s unique position as Chicago’s only local, non-profit, mission-driven car sharing program. Before working at I-GO, Richard co-owned a small chain of gift stores that operated in several different Midwestern cities, including a store and tea room on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. Richard received a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Along with his wife and two sons, Richard lives in the Ravenswood neighborhood on the northwest side of Chicago.
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Part of the I-GO staff since 2007, Michael supervises the Fleet Department and cleaning crew, handles vehicle acquisition, disposal, and maintenance, and implements in-car technology. Prior to I-GO, Michael worked for the Chicago Department of Transportation.
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