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Physical Address (for FedEx/UPS) Cascade Bicycle Club 7400 Sand Point Way NE Building 138 Seattle, WA 98115 Phone: (206) 522-BIKE (2453) or (206) 522-3222 Fax: (206) 522-2407 Office Open: 9:00 - 5:00 Monday - Friday

Mailing Address (for USPS): Cascade Bicycle Club PO Box 15165 Seattle, WA 98115

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After graduating from Purdue University, she followed her interests east to Wood Hole Oceanographic Institute, then west to Seattle where she earned a Master’s from the UW, including extensive field work in the Kruger National Park in South Africa. Her migration to Seattle also included a transition from car to bicycle as transportation. Her experience living without a car, combined with her growing concern about climate change, led her to pursue transportation as a professional endeavor. She served for 5 years as Manager of Commuter Services at Seattle Children’s Hospital, where single occupancy commuting dropped by 15% and bicycle commuting more than doubled under her leadership. Bicycling also grew as a personal passion, and even inspired Stephanie to learn how to swim properly so she could participate in a triathlon. Longing for more community, she joined the women of Team Group Health, who helped her grow her confidence, fitness, and racing skills. Then, in 2008, she and her husband Bill embarked on a year of foreign travel, including a self-supported bike tour of Eastern Europe and Turkey, using savings partly realized from Stephanie’s use of alternative transportation over the years. Upon her return to Seattle, Stephanie joined the staff at Cascade, where her work will focus on developing the next generation of bicycle commuters, encouraging others in their journey as new commuters.

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Former executive director of the Connecticut Bicycle Coalition, David joined Cascade in June 2003. His programming experience includes: Safe Routes to School and DOT Watch – a watchdog project that holds transportation officials accountable to community needs. David is co-author of “Deadly by Design,” a report that exposed the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s neglect of pedestrian safety and its disastrous results. Before 2001, David served as Development Director for the Long Island Soundkeeper Fund, Inc., and as a Legislative Aid to the Chairs of the Energy Committee and the Appropriations Sub-committee for Planning and Development. In addition, he worked as a lobbyist-consultant, providing strategic communications, government and media relations on transportation and air-quality. He has also worked with PS Enterprises, Inc., of Santa Monica, CA, and as Public Information Officer for Clean Air Now. David received a BA in Geography from Keene State College in New Hampshire - his home state.

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Originally from Santa Barbara, CA, Serena first become addicted to cycling while attending Santa Barbara Middle School. Through the school Serena was introduced to bike touring all around the Southwest US. Additionally she became “Bike Monkey” helping younger students with maintenance problems. With this newly experienced independence, 13 year old Serena became a bicycle commuter.

Fast forward many years later, Serena has never owned a car. An avid year round bicycle commuter, Serena loves climbing her two hills everyday on her trusty old bike. Her environmental consciousness as well of love of being outside keeps her commuting by bicycle everyday.

Contrary to popular belief Serena has other interests outside of cycling. She likes Neuroscience, cooking, painting, camping and a good pint of beer.

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Before joining Cascade, she taught English language skills, primarily as a private tutor. When she’s not working at Cascade, Kathy plays recreational softball. Her position is pitcher. She’s been trying to roust the Cascade staff up to some lunchtime kickball games, but with it being event season, “All anyone wants to do is work, not play,” she lamented. “It’s just not right.”

Kathy wasn’t certain if she would enjoy working in an office, but said she’s been pleasantly surprised.

“I like having the opportunity to do different jobs here, from event work to moving boxes. There’s a lot to do, and it isn’t boring.”

Much of John’s life has revolved around bikes. He started competing as a bike racer and triathlete in high school, but his real passion became using the bicycle for transportation and travel. John’s first trip across the United States was on bicycle, and he’s also done many self-supported trips to places like New Zealand, Iceland, and a long tandem adventure in Eastern and Western Europe. He’s been an avid commuter—even in the depths of winter in Vermont and a slog from Seattle to Everett and back each day. John’s most recent fascination is in the bicycle as a way to access hiking and ski mountaineering routes in the Cascades (two of his other passions), and can occasionally be seen pedaling over passes in search of mountain goats and glaciers.

Despite getting her foot stuck in the front wheel of a bicycle at age four (riding on the front handlebars of her dad’s bike), Kathy continued riding. She received a 10 speed as a high school graduation gift and within weeks was part of a 5 day, 200 mile supported youth group bicycle trip to Tobermory, Ontario.

A native Michigander, Kathy began her journey west cycling the back roads of southern Ohio near Miami University, her alma mater. Her favorite ride was to the annual bluegrass and apple butter festival on the road to Huston Woods State Park.

Pedaling around the Old Pueblo--Tucson–Kathy met her husband Bob. Upon completion of graduate school at Arizona State University, she escaped the heat to join Bob in Olympia. Together, they discovered the northwest via hiking, biking, and cross-country skiing. Favorite cycle tours include the Denali highway and a loop in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho.

In her ‘spare’ time, Kathy enjoys cooking and the many adventures of living with Bob, Ryan the teenager, Sage the mutt, and Sam the hunter. Her most recent adventure was organizing the first middle school boy’s lacrosse team in her community.

Andrew is a native of Olympia. He graduated from Western Washington University in 2002, rode his bike with a buddy down the coast from Olympia to San Diego in 2004, graduated from the University of Arizona in 2006, and then spent two years teaching college students the English language for Peace Corps China. Now he tries to avoid studying at the Evans School of Public Affairs at UW, runs marathons, rides motorcycles, waits for Arsenal to win back the Premier League title, and misses his friends, colleagues, and students from his PC China days.

Andrew has joined the Commute department team to teach commute classes, plan and manage the Green Bike Project and assist in research duties.

In addition to riding her bike uphill in the rain, Erica’s interests include writing, cooking, backpacking, singing, and painting.

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My Pops is a roadie so he got me into riding at an early age. He’s nearing 70 now & I still can’t keep up with him. He got me my first mountain bike in 1987.

Living in Tahoe for 10 years, skiing was my first sport so I competed in Big Mountain competitions in places as far as Chamonix, France. Then I switched to Skier Cross racing and did that for three years making it to the X-Games in 1999 & 2000 & Gravity Games in 2000.

Mountain biking was cross training for skiing then after a couple of years it became my favorite sport. I raced downhill and won Expert National title in 1998 then went pro for three years. My best finish was 16th at Sea Otter. The gnarliest course I ever did was the World Cup course at Squaw Valley.

I moved up to Seattle four years ago and decided it was time to give back to society so I started up a Trips for Kids chapter and I’ve been doing kids bike programs ever since. When the job opened up here at Cascade it was a perfect fit.

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Robin is a Washington native living on Phinney Ridge with her husband and children. She taught her kids to ride as they were growing up and took them on local trips to the beach as well as longer tours in the surrounding area. Both kids still bike for transportation. While sharing a car with a teenager learning to drive, she began taking most errand and commuter trips by bike which led to her training as an League Certified Instructor in order to share her enthusiasm of cycling with others.

She started riding recreationally with Cascade in 2003 and did her first STP in 2004. Since then she has worked for Cascade first as Bicycle Ambassador and currently as Classes Coordinator.

Robin is a full-time bike commuter and thoroughly enjoys her freedom from the automobile.

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Chris grew up in Connecticut, where he gained an appreciation for good pizza and spent countless hours daydreaming in the woods. He moved to the Seattle area at 14 and later attended Vassar College. He majored in economics and minored in music, performing anything from classical trombone to a cappella 80s tunes. Chris then taught English in Japan for two years. He misses his students, the three bikes he owned there, and singing karaoke until all hours of the night. After working on Darcy Burner’s congressional campaign, Chris worked for Argo Strategies, where he managed the finances of Cascade’s Action Fund among other campaigns. Most recently, he planned a voter registration drive for the Washington State Democrats. Chris is excited to be working with the city and other local governments to create better streets and neighborhoods. He enjoys an occasional pickup game of ultimate Frisbee and a good IPA.

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Anna recently moved to Seattle from Burlington, Vermont where she studied Public Administration with a focus on Community Development; worked for several years as a fundraising and special events coordinator at a smaller bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organization; and served as an AmeriCorps member at a Drop-In Center for homeless and at-risk youth. She’s a long time bike commuter and over the past year has begun to get very excited about long distance road riding and mountain biking. She’s looking forward to working with the Major Taylor Project and Trips for Kids this year, and learning more about Seattle bike culture in general. Outside of work her interests include traveling, agriculture, local music, late night bike rides, and endeavoring to learn how to do a handstand.

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Robin is a Washington native living on Phinney Ridge with her husband and children. She taught her kids to ride as they were growing up and took them on local trips to the beach as well as longer tours in the surrounding area. Both kids still bike for transportation. While sharing a car with a teenager learning to drive, she began taking most errand and commuter trips by bike which led to her training as an League Certified Instructor in order to share her enthusiasm of cycling with others.

She started riding recreationally with Cascade in 2003 and did her first STP in 2004. Since then she has worked for Cascade first as Bicycle Ambassador and currently as Classes Coordinator.

Robin is a full-time bike commuter and thoroughly enjoys her freedom from the automobile.

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Kim is a certified scuba diver and sky diver. “I like to go up and down,” she says. Kim volunteered at Cascade before joining as a regular staff member. As a former financial analyst for a Fortune 500 company, she truly appreciates the “family atmosphere and small business environment” of Cascade. In the summer of 2006, Kim accomplished one of her big bicycling goals: by participating in the Cascade Training Series, she completed her first century, riding from Seattle to Flaming Geyser State Park and back.

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In 1960 Peter was born to English parents in Toronto, Canada. In 1969 he moved to London, England, competing in many different varsity sports and landing his first job in the promotions field (age 16), operating a mobile Deejay service. In 1979 the entire family immigrated back to North America and landed in San Diego, California. During 1980-91 Peter owned and operated three different alternative rock clubs (before alternative became mainstream!), and promoted hundreds of concerts. Deciding a change of lifestyle was in order he decided to move to Seattle in 1992. In 1996 he graduated College with a Video Production degree and started his own production company (Pep Productions Inc). He also at this time spent five years as the Crocodile Café's (Seattle's top rock music club) promotions manager. During this time Peter also interned at King 5 televisions "Almost Live" comedy show, where he appeared numerous times on different skits. Peter has also been lucky enough to co-produce many top Seattle events, including the Fremont Fair, Fremont's original outdoor cinema, Absolut New Years Eve party, Renton Outdoor cinema and 4th of Jul-Ivars Music festival. In recognition for excellence in the field Peter has won three KEPA (King County Event Producers) Awards, including 'Best Millennium Event in the Pacific Northwest".

In 1997 Peter started riding his bike again after a 20 year break, and after watching Lance bounce back from cancer, became a full blown cycling addict. He has been a member of Cascade for about 8 years and actually learned about the opening for the "2003 Bike to Work coordinator" while on a daily bike ride with the club! Now a full-time Cascade employee, Pete enjoys producing events that draw in a varied and wide audience of cycling enthusiasts to the Cascade family. When not training and racing with the Cycle University race team, he also enjoys winter sports, international bike touring and watching international soccer.

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