ACHD Board of Commissioners

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The Ada County Highway District Board of Commissioners is a non-partisan, locally elected government entity. The Board is made up of five members, divided into geographic districts, with each member serving a four-year term. The five elected Commissioners provide direction and set policies impacting the public right-of-way within the district. They have the authority to construct, maintain, acquire, and improve Ada County roadways and public right-of-way, either directly with the ACHD team or by contract.

The Commission holds scheduled meetings at 12pm on the first, second and third Wednesday of the month. The Commission meets at 6pm on the fourth Wednesday of the month. The Commission does not meet on the fifth Wednesday of the month. Special meetings are scheduled as needed.

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Meet the Commission

Jim Hansen

Commissioner
District 1

Jim Hansen was elected to the Commission in 2012, and re-elected in 2016 and 2020. A graduate of the College of William and Mary and the University of Idaho Law School, he began his legal career as an intern for Idaho Attorney General Jim Jones in 1984, before serving as a law clerk for Chief Justice Charles Donaldson of the Idaho Supreme Court from 1985 to 1986 and practicing law with Givens Pursley from 1985 to 1991. He was elected to the Idaho Legislature in 1988, representing southeast Boise. He was re-elected in 1990 and 1992. In 1995 Hansen founded United Vision for Idaho, a coalition of organizations to empower participation in democracy, and served as its first executive director. Hansen has been married to Joan Cartan-Hansen since 1990 and they have two children.

Alexis Pickering

Commission President
District 2

Alexis Pickering was elected to the ACHD Commission in 2020. Raised in Kooskia, ID, Pickering grew up practicing for track meets along a two-lane, 55 MPH highway that connected her school to the town core and learned early on the importance of safe routes. After graduating from Walla Walla Community College with an Associate of Arts in English and Political Science, she made her way to Boise. A first-generation college student, she’s a proud graduate of Boise State University, earning a B.A. in English and a Master's in Health Policy. Prior to being elected, Pickering served on transportation committees and workgroups, including the COMPASS Active Transportation Workgroup, Rails, and Trails Committee, and the ACHD Pedestrian Advisory Group, serving as their Chair from 2017-2019. She also served on the Board of Directors of the Idaho Walk Bike Alliance, a statewide nonprofit working to make transportation healthy, safe, and reliable for all Idahoans. In 2020, she was recognized as one of the Idaho Business Review's Accomplished Under 40. Pickering is a Public Health Strategist with Central and Southwest District Health and lives in Boise with her husband and son.

Miranda Gold

Commission Vice President
District 3

Miranda Gold was elected to the ACHD Commission in 2022. She was born and raised in Twin Falls, Idaho. She earned a B.S. in Anthropology from Texas State University before moving back to her home state to begin raising a family in Eagle, Idaho. Gold won the election to the Eagle City Council in 2017, where she served as a Councilmember, Council President, and liaison to several boards and commissions. She also served as Treasurer and Commissioner to the Eagle Urban Renewal Agency. During her time as an Eagle City Councilmember, she successfully advocated across agencies for improved bike and pedestrian infrastructure, safe routes to school, multi-modal transportation, and increased public transit access. She continues to advocate for these priorities as Commissioner for District 3. She currently serves on the COMPASS Board, COMPASS Finance Committee, Neighbors United Transportation Committee, and DBA. She now lives in Boise with her husband and two elementary-aged sons.

Kent Goldthorpe

Commissioner
District 4

Kent Goldthorpe was elected to the ACHD Commission in November 2014 and re-elected in 2018 and 2022. Goldthorpe has lived in Idaho for 49 years and is an avid outdoorsman. He studied biology and business at the University of Utah. Goldthorpe has also held various capacities within the Republican Party, was a Meridian Parks & Recreation Commissioner, served as a Board Member for Idaho DECA, and was Chairman of the Southwest Idaho Postal Customer Council. He served as Chairman of the ADA County Air Quality Board in 2016 and as Director from 2017-2019. Goldthorpe has also served on the boards of COMPASS and Valley Regional Transit. He has volunteered extensively as a leader in the Boy Scouts of America. While on the Commission he has served twice as its President. The Commissioner and his wife, Rina, have seven children and twenty-three grandchildren.

Dave McKinney

Commissioner
District 5

Dave McKinney was elected to the ACHD Commission in 2020. McKinney holds a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering with an emphasis in highway and transportation engineering and a law degree. He initially moved to the Treasure Valley in 1991 and began his engineering career designing and building highways, bridges, and other infrastructure projects for ACHD, ITD, and other government and private entities, earning his Professional Engineer’s license in 1995. McKinney left Idaho to attend law school and returned in 2012. Since 1998 he has practiced law as a registered patent attorney in Utah and Idaho and has remained involved in public affairs and transportation matters as a Planning & Zoning Commissioner in Utah, and as a member of the Meridian Transportation Commission prior to joining the ACHD Commission.