Staff

Tim Blumenthal

President

Tim is our head honcho. He oversees day-to-day operations and plots our strategic course.

303/449-4893 x1
E-mail Tim

Erik Esborg

Finance Director

Erik directs all financial management tasks for both the Coalition and the Foundation, including the Safe Routes to School National Partnership. He also oversees the human resources functions for both groups.

303/449-4893 x3
E-mail Erik

Richard Fries

Development Advisor

A seasoned bike industry veteran, Richard develops strategic partnerships and raises money for the Bikes Belong Foundation.

Richard is located in Boston: 11 Grant Place Lexington, MA 02420

781/888-7272
E-mail Richard

Joan Harrold

Marketing & Communications Manager

Joan publicizes Bikes Belong's work and promotes bicycling. She also leads the Foundation's citizen movement, People for Bikes, in support of better, safer bicycling in America.

303/449-4893 x4
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Zoe Kircos

Grants Manager

Zoe administers our Grant Program and also helps to secure grant funding for Bikes Belong projects and programs.

303/449-4893 x5
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Bruno Maier

Vice President

Bruno leads our membership recruitment and retention programs. He is also helping to develop new non-endemic corporate and foundation support for the Bikes Belong Coalition and Foundation.

303/449-4893 x2
E-mail Bruno

Sarah Murer

Office Administrator

Sarah manages the operation of the Bikes Belong office. She handles mailing, travel, event coordination and anything else we can throw at her.

303/449-4893 x8
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Kate Powlison

Research Analyst & Communications Coordinator

Kate's our facts and stats guru, assembling useful statistics to help us make a case for bicycling. She also assists with communications and marketing efforts.

303/449-4893 x7
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Ivette Rivera

Vice President of Government Relations

Ivette focuses on the bicycling funding and policy components of the federal transportation reauthorization bill. She works closely with Congress, the Administration and Bikes Belong’s key partner organizations under the America Bikes coalition umbrella.

You can reach Ivette at:

1101 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Suite 600
Washington, DC 20004

E-mail Ivette

Martha Roskowski

Green Lane Project Director

Martha directs the Green Lane Project, a two-year campaign to jumpstart protected bike lanes and related low-cost street retrofits in six US cities.

303/449-4893 x9
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Zach Vanderkooy

Bicycling Design Best Practices Program Coordinator

Zach leads our program to make U.S. bicycling safer and more appealing by helping cities adapt the world's best bike facility designs, policies, and programs.

303/449-4893 x6
E-mail Zach

Deb Hubsmith

Safe Routes to School National Partnership Director

Deb is chief of the Safe Routes to School National Partnership for Bikes Belong and a nationally respected leader in Safe Routes and other bicycle advocacy efforts.

415/454-7430
E-mail Deb

Kathy Cooke

State Network Associate

Kathy provides administrative and communications support for the State Network Project and tracks policy development to ensure that organizers can effectively conduct Safe Routes to School advocacy and network implementation efforts.

E-mail Kathy

Dave Cowan

Program Manager

Dave manages the Technical Service Providers (TSPs) of the five Local School Projects, administering the Evaluation Project and producing reports and resources.

303/955-1626
E-mail Dave

Brooke Driesse

Communications Manager

Brooke executes internal communications among staff, manages the production of public relations materials and organizes media outreach.

619/272-0097
E-mail Brooke

Dave Janis

State Network Manager

Dave oversees 10 states for the State Network Project.

E-mail Dave

Jessica Meaney

California Policy Manager

Jessica works on statewide Safe Routes to School policy reform as well as funding policies and priorities for Southern California.

E-mail Jessica

Kelechi Uzochukwu

Administrative Associate

Kelechi provides administrative, website management, research, and program implementation support for the partnership.

770/569-7600
E-mail Kelechi

Margo Pedroso

Deputy Director

Margo manages government relations, grassroots lobbying, policy research and analysis, and report writing to advance the SRTS national movement.

301/292-1043
E-mail Margo

Robert Ping

State Network Director

Robert runs the Safe Routes to School National Partnership's State Network Project, an effort to develop Safe Routes to School networks in 20 key states.

503/289-0441
E-mail Robert

Beth Richards

Development Director

Beth manages all the fundraising activities of the Partnership including corporate sponsorships, cause marketing partnerships, and individual giving campaigns.

603/230-2425
E-mail Beth

Stephanie Smith