CAROL YORK President
Carol lives on the Lewis and Clark Bicycle Route in the heart of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. She served as an elected Hood River County commissioner for 10 years, and participates on a variety of regional boards and committees. Carol has degrees from St. Lawrence University and the University of Washington. She and her husband, Pete Fotheringham, founded Gorge Publishing, Inc., publishers of the popular Gorge Guide and other regional publications. Carol and Pete were married on windsurfers, and both have been North American champions. A former director of the U.S. Windsurfing Association, Carol is also an avid alpine and cross-country skier, and enjoys many outdoor activities such as hiking and sea kayaking. Other interests include travel (such as hiking the Grand Canyon), learning foreign languages, cooking, and eating. She says, "The farther I ride, the more I can eat!" and would like a sign on her bike saying, "This bike stops at every bakery." Favorite cycling expeditions have been multi-week trips in China, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, the French Pyrenees, Norway to the North Cape, Australia, South Africa, the New England Coast and Canadian Maritimes, plus many shorter trips in the Northwest. Future travel plans include skiing at Revelstoke, BC, and cycling in Turkey and New Zealand.

WALLY WERNER Vice President
Wally joined Bikecentennial in 1984, and became a Life Member in 2003. He’s been hooked on ACA’s tours – having been on several, he took the Leadership Training Course (LTC) in 1999. Since then, he has led 32 ACA trips, including the LTC as well as Introduction to Bicycle Touring trips. “All trips are special because of the people you meet and the great riding but I have really enjoyed watching new bicycle tourists grow more confident as we take them through the Intro course and they learn that they too can hop on their bike and head out for an overnight or a month.” Wally is one of the founding members of the Tours Department’s Leader Development Team which works to create professional documentation for our training classes and tours. He believes that by offering quality tours and excellent resources ACA is able to attract more cyclists and inspire them to travel by bicycle. “ACA’s mission really resonates with me, and as the organization continues to fulfill its vision with the U.S. Bicycle Route System and other programs, I‘m excited to have the opportunity to help move this work forward by serving as a member of the Board.” When not on his bike, Wally can be found behind a computer keyboard in Denver, Colorado working on websites for the clients of his company, the Red Arrow Group, Inc.

ANDREW HUPPERT Treasurer
Andrew Huppert is a Montana native who is considered one of Montana's leading attorneys in recreational and adventure law liability.  Andy's expertise is highly valuable in helping Adventure Cycling stay on top of the legal landscape and the field of recreational law.  Andy and his family moved to Missoula in 2003 and immediately became obsessed with the remarkable mountain biking Missoula has to offer.  While road biking is also on Andy’s menu, he loves promoting the unique challenges and joys that only climbing a spectacular 10,000 foot summit on your two-wheeled companion (without cars on your tail) can provide.  Andy is also an avid skier, golfer, photographer, musician and writer.  He lives in Missoula with his wife Polly and 7 year old son Matthew, as well as numerous dogs, cats and horses. 

ANDY BAUR Secretary
Andy Baur found Adventure Cycling in 1993 while planning a bike trip through central Europe. “I am really excited to serve the organization that essentially changed my life with hopes that others will find the same inspiration from bicycle travel that I did.” Working in bicycle and pedestrian facility planning provided the foundation for his current job as executive director of Prickly Pear Land Trust in Helena, Montana. Andy has learned the value of building partnerships and community support to address the challenges that face Western towns. His job also includes assisting local government to maintain and develop Helena’s superb 60-mile system of hiking and biking trails. Andy and his wife Betsy have toured in Europe and South America, “but our most memorable was right out our back door through central Montana.” Now, with a three-year-old daughter, they’re getting quite familiar with rail-trails in the area. The Baur family is a life member of Adventure Cycling.

JASON BOUCHER
Jason Boucher grew up in northern Minnesota. As a teenager, he would ride west on Highway 2 to meet and greet bicycle tourists on the Northern Tier route -- sometimes riding with them for 30-40 miles and sometimes inviting them to camp and stay on family property. This love for riding and hearing stories from two wheeled adventurers ultimately led Jason to a life-long bicycle industry career and his first big tour in 1996 from Alaska to Utah. Jason has worked in the bicycle industry for over 20 years and has experience in retail, wholesale and most recently manufacturing. His current role is General Manager of Salsa Cycles in Bloomington, Minnesota. Jason comes to Adventure Cycling with a passion to get more people riding bikes; he believes bike travel changes lives.

TODD COPLEY
Todd Copley is first and foremost a traveler with a passion for adventure, the outdoors, and travel experiences that impact and change people’s lives. A global tourism executive with an extensive background in the active and adventure travel sector, Todd has spent 12 plus years riding internationally and has pedaled on four continents. Todd began his love affair with bicycle travel in 1991 when he completed a Trans-European bicycle tour to attend Schiller University in London, England, to study International Tourism Management. During this time, he compiled a guidebook on bicycle touring in England and began his travel career as a guide for a leading U.S. bicycle touring company. Todd has led a tourism panel at the National Bike Summit, been a moderator at the 1st New England Bike Summit, and is President of Summit Travel Consulting. In 2009, Todd organized a 600-mile solo bicycle tour in support of the American Cancer Society and currently resides in Redding, Connecticut, with his family. Without a doubt, his proudest moment came when he removed the training wheels from his three-year-old son’s bicycle.

JENNIFER GARST
Jennifer Garst has been an Adventure Cycling fan since the early 1990s when she wandered the U.S. for over a year on a solo bicycle tour and shortly thereafter participated in Adventure Cycling’s North Star trip to Alaska. More recently, Jennifer relied on Adventure Cycling maps when she moved via bicycle from Washington, DC, to her home state of Iowa and when she circled Lake Michigan. “Adventure Cycling is wonderful. It has always provided me with the resources I need to feel safe as I travel by bicycle.” Jennifer is Development Director of Story County Community Foundation in Ames, Iowa. She serves on several non-profit and for-profit boards. “I am sought after as a board member because I can raise money, read a financial sheet, and make sure that the organization remains mission-driven.” During her tenure on Adventure Cycling’s board (beginning in 2007) Jennifer has chaired the Development Committee and is currently Vice President.

JEFFREY MILLER
Jeff is the President / CEO of the Alliance for Biking & Walking, the coalition of over 140 state/province and local bicycle and pedestrian organizations across North America. Prior to assuming this position in early 2008 and moving to Washington D.C., Jeff was the Executive Director of the Bicycle Coalition of Maine for nearly 12 years. He has been an avid supporter of Adventure Cycling Association since 1990 when he combined three different ACA routes to do a 5,000+ mile solo tour across the United States. In 1992-1993 Jeff bike toured through 15 countries on a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, studying and experiencing firsthand the bicycle infrastructure and policies in Japan, China, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and much of Europe. That fourteen-month around-the-world bike tour served as a significant part of his early education in bicycle advocacy, policy, and infrastructure design. In addition to using his bike year-round for transportation and obviously enjoying bike touring, Jeff loves to ride on his Maine-made Aegis and competes in road races and triathlons. Now a Life Member and major donor and volunteer board member Jeff says, “I love working with Adventure Cycling and its mission to inspire people to travel by bicycle because it is the best way to explore places, meet great people, and connect to the world as a whole.”

GEORGE MENDES
George Mendes lives in The Woodlands, Texas, and was introduced to Adventure Cycling when it provided George with the information and inspiration to successfully complete his first solo cross-country cycling adventure in 2006 on the Southern Tier Route. George has been cycling for over 30 years and rides for fitness and fun, but found that his self-supported tours were also a journey of self discovery. This self-discovery came from the interesting people you meet along the way, to the places you see, and the time spent on self-reflection. “I’ve been lucky to have experienced firsthand Adventure Cycling’s mission and values. I am honored to be considered for a board position and fully understand the importance board members have on organizations in being advocates for and representatives of the organization in the community, along with providing advice and counsel on the organization’s direction,” George says. “If selected, I can commit to devote sufficient time to doing the board’s work and bring some key business skills in organizational and process effectiveness, fund raising, and technology that can help complement the skills of the other board members.” “As I reflect back on my life experiences, it’s evident that my best memories weren’t made on a cell phone; or sitting in rush hour traffic; or tackling that endless to-do list. My best memories were made in the moments when I slowed down, doing the things I love, with the people I love, and cycling.”

DONNA O'NEAL
Donna O’Neal lives in Florida and joined Adventure Cycling in 1985 when it was still known as Bikecentennial. She became an avid cyclist after completing a two-day ride in the North Carolina mountains to raise money for cancer research. In 1994, she rode on the inaugural tour of Bike Florida and has since participated on Adventure Cycling tours in Washington, Montana, and Virginia and also ridden across Vermont, Georgia and parts of Canada. She combined her love for cycling with advocacy, serving two terms on her local bicycle-pedestrian advisory committee and as a founding member of the Friends of the Miccosukee Canopy Road Greenway, a linear bicycling and nature park in Tallahassee, FL. A management and organizational consultant, Donna sees volunteer service as an important component of her public service role. “I am honored to serve on the Adventure Cycling Board and do my part to continue growing the bicycling movement across the country, particularly from my home base in the Southeast,” Donna says. “Bicycling is fun, healthy, clean transportation and, in this fast-paced world, a great way to make us slow down every so often and just appreciate our surroundings. I want to preserve and promote this experience not only for today but for future generations.”