Executive Board

President Craig Degenhardt

Known as The Black Tie Bicyclist, Craig was there at the founding of GASP ( Greater Albuquerque Spokes People) the previous name of BikeABQ. He has pedaled in places as extreme as Ashkelon Israel, to Hitting the Great Wall of China. For half a decade he has been a League Cycling Instructor. He is a former Chairperson of GABAC ( Greater Albuquerque Bicycle Advisory Committee). He is/has been a member of New Mexico Touring Society, Potomac Pedalers Touring Club, Washington Area Bicycle Association, Tianjin International Pedalers and Paddlers, New Mexico Institute of Traffic Engineers, and Utah Velo Club. He has organized the Ride Of Silence and was the sole New Mexico representative to the 2005 National Bike Summit in Washington D.C.. He was recently appointed to the New Mexico Bicycle Pedestrian Equestrian Transportation Advisory Committee.

Craig's Email: craig[at]bikeabq.org

Vice President Ben Savoca

Ben Savoca moved to Albuquerque specifically because he wanted to live in a city where he could be free from driving. He bought a bike his third day here, and has never looked back. He first became involved with BikeABQ after taking a Bicycling 101 class, and has seen first hand what the organization can do for cyclists in Albuquerque. He is focused primarily on outreach and raising awareness of bicycling. Thanks to Bicycling 101, Ben has never been hit by a car. However, he does have some really groovy scars!
Ben's Email: ben[at]bikeabq.org

Secretary Silda Mason

Silda is a retired teacher. She has been commuting to work for 16 miles regularly since 1990. She continues to teach one class and commutes by bike to this part-time assignment. She takes her students on bicycle trips to plant trees and participate in other green activities. She is a volunteer at the Community Bicycle Recycling Center. In her ideal world, she would not want to read any more news about bicycle fatalities. She is Licensed Cycling Instructor No. 1212 by the League of American Bicyclists.
Silda's Email: silda[at]bikeabq.org

Treasurer Dianne Cress

Dianne was one of the original members of "GASP!" which became BikeABQ. She also serves as the Treasurer for the New Mexico Touring Society (NMTS). Additionally, she is a member of the League of American Bicyclists and the Bicycle Coalition of NM.

When not fighting diligently for bicycle advocacy, Dianne spends her time working, attending art opening and concerts, biking for fun, hiking, and various activities.
Dianne's Email: dianne[at]bikeabq.org

Board Members at Large

Don Andrews

I have just finished organising Kirtland AFB Bike To Work Week and the experience has only increased my motivation to arrange another one.
I am an Exchange Officer from Great Britain's s Royal Air Force working with the USAF at Kirtland AFB. I grew up in a family who cycled but for most of my younger years it was just another form of exercise alongside mountaineering and running. My introduction to proper cycling happened by accident when I broke both my legs. When I finally got walking again, running was no longer an option and I took up cycling to get fit again.
Although I mountain bike and road race, the majority of my cycling is done commuting to work. The idea to organise a Bike to Work Week started small with the aim to encourage those I worked with to give it a go. However, the support and interest from the Base was excellent and it quickly mushroomed in to a Kirtland wide event. We counted an average of 200 cyclists per day during the week and I now have a network of enthusiasts. There is huge potential to increase the success of the event next year and I am in discussions in starting a cyclists' advocacy group on Base
Don's Email: don[at]bikeabq.org

Jennifer Buntz

Bicycling has been a passion for me since I started commuting by bike to UNM back in 1981. Road racing, long distance touring, commuting and even some mountain biking have given me many challenges and great rewards over the years. I'm committed to improving cycling in Albuquerque and New Mexico so that everyone who wants to experience the thrills of riding a bicycle can do so safely.
Jennifer's Email: jennifer[at]bikeabq.org

Phil Cave

I have worked with the membership Committee and Craig on several of their programs. My life experiences have been very diverse. This includes Serving in the U.S. Air Force, on home schooling boards, achieving my Associates Degree in a new career at 47 and becoming a United States citizen. The experiences with the public in a Casino atmosphere in Promotions and Marketing and in technical support areas in time rendering situations can be of value. I am a consistent person one who believes in working as a team to get things done. All these skills and experiences I feel can be of great value to Bike ABQ.
Phil's Email: phil[at]bikeabq.org

Tom Grover

Originally from Massachusetts, Tom has been in Albuquerque since the mid 1990’s and misses New England’s winters only occasionally. Tom’s passion for cycling began, as with many others, when he was a child. From biking to school, racing in college, and now making a living by being on a bike (sneaking around…), cycling has been and is an integral part of his life. Upon moving to Albuquerque he found the city to be “challenging” in terms of the relationship between motor vehicles and vulnerable road users and desires to see a day where there is mutual respect, consideration, and concern for safety between all on the road.
Tom's Email: tom[at]bikeabq.org

David Hanauer

David is a retired enterprise architecture engineer, with over 30 years in the computer business, specializing in server implementation and enterprise design. he has been a Microsoft Certified Trainer, MCSE, Microsoft Partner (Small Business Specialist). Recent studies include CISSP (network security), CCNA (Cisco). He has managed his wife's personal business bookkeeping for over 5 years (Silver Saddle Arts and Consulting).

David is an avid supporter of cycle advocacy, and rides a recumbent tadpole trike to accommodate his hand disabilities. He is a member of the League of American Bicyclists, BikeABQ, and NMTS. In February of 2009, David became LAB League Certified Instructor number 2298.
David's Email: davidh[at]bikeabq.org

Martha Hardman

Martha's Email: martha[at]bikeabq.org

Cliff McNary

While researching my Scottish ancestry, I discovered that cycling is huge in the land of man skirts, single malt and long haired cows. I e-mailed an Aberdeen based club to see what it took to join. So I did. After one year, twenty-something of my best cycling buddies joined as well. We anointed the union with single malt and haggis and thus we became Deeside Thistle of New Mexico: 'the drinking team with a biking problem.'
ve ridden for more than 30 years (couple of years for UNM) not including my New Mexico childhood of jumping my yellow Schwinn over ramps and affixing cardboard 'wing' to my Sting Ray and attempting to fly off the roof. The Club and I usually do (and volunteer in) many of the public tours and centuries in and around New Mexico. Some licensed, most not.
For me cycling is a way of life. It's community. It's family (for emphasis, my wife Amy and I bought our current home partly because it is 200 yards from the bike path!) But it's also dangerous and I would like to be active in a movement to change not only legislation and law to better protect bikers and their rights, but also change the non-cycling public's mind set. Every time Amy, one of the kids or me suit up to ride, the names and memories of people who've been needlessly killed in car on bike crashes flash through my mind: Who will be next? I want to help.
Cliff's Email: cliff[at]bikeabq.org

Julian Mórathrú

Julian "The Bike Pirate" Butt was born in the Land of Enchantment, in April 1987. I like long walks on the beach, fine cigars, and O Fortuna is my favorite aria. I am a mystic. I am driven, in several life pursuits, by a sincere conviction that conscious human beings must to work towards a better existence, to help others and be aware and responsible for all one's actions, not by obligation, but as natural order, as rain falls and wind blows from atmospheric conditions. I have been involved in various organizations for the simple, rational, demands of humanity, for several years, with more to come. Working for causes of a wide range, I have come to be most involved in bicycle advocacy. Dependent on oil, cars, long-distance trade, and highly centralized economic systems; we will never confront the serious and immediate social, ecological, governmental, and economic catastrophes that await us around the corner. The bicycle is the simple two-wheeled liberator, providing solutions to many problems, and nice Butts at the same time. I have never owned a car, nor a drivers license. For these ends, I became learned in bicycle mechanics in 2006, and started work in a bicycle shop a few months later (working there for almost 2 years). In 2007, a few friends and I created Biciacción, as a hands on answer to education and community participation. I was also involved in the late Green Wheels Project (RIP). In 2008 I jumped on Board of Bike ABQ. In June of 2008 I became an independent contractor to the city to instruct bicycle safety through the Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Program, with the privilege of working under a hero for cycling in Albuquerque, Chuck Malagodi. In 2009 I became educated by the League of American Bicyclists to be LCI 2293. Also in 2009 I became vice president of Trips For Kids Rio Grande. Ride like a storm and BE awake, with inner peace and mindfulness.
Julian's Email: julian[at]bikeabq.org

Brendan Picker

Brendan's Email: Brendan[at]bikeabq.org

Brian Solan

Brian Solan is a recreational cyclist who first started commuting to work by bicycle in Phoenix in 1990's. He enjoys the change and challenges of bicycling in Albuquerque. He sees bicycling as a way of improving and maintaining health. His work with BikeABQ includes the Safe Routes to School program. Brian is a member of the League of American Bicyclist and League Cycling Instructor #2291.
Brian's Email: brian[at]bikeabq.org