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JIM SAYER Executive Director
Jim joined Adventure Cycling at the end of 2004. With his family, he
relocated to Missoula from Truckee, California, where he was president
of the Sierra Business Council. Previously, he
directed Greenbelt Alliance in the San Francisco Bay
Area and was a senior legislative assistant in Washington, DC for
Senator Tim Wirth. Jim was drawn to Adventure Cycling because of his
major enthusiasm for cycling and self-propelled transportation. Jim
serves on the board of America Bikes , is a
founding member of the Bike/Walk Alliance for Missoula, and served on the boards of Amnesty
International USA and the Ginetta Sagan
Fund for the Rights of Women and Children .
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TOM BASSETT Bookkeeper
Thomas Bassett came to Montana in 2004 to go to the University of Montana. He graduated from UM in 2008 with a degree in biology. After finishing school Tom stayed in Montana and worked as plant/insect biology technician, until he found his true calling and started working for Adventure Cycling Association. When he is not working at Adventure Cycling, Tom spends his spare time baking, gardening, dancin' up a storm, collecting insects, hiking, and riding his bike. |
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WINONA BATEMAN Media Director
Winona has worked in the communications field for fifteen years including experience with print publications, press relations, web design, content management, and digital video production. She received her MFA in Media Arts from the University of Montana in Missoula. She loves long distance running, yoga, dogs, gardening, poetry, and good story telling of any kind. |
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TED BOWMAN Sales Manager
Originally from Blacksburg, Virginia, Ted came to Missoula to complete his B.S. in Wildlife Biology. After a number of field seasons around Montana and Idaho, he was hired as the Sales Associate/Shipping Specialist in the spring of 2007. When out of the office Ted spends time with his wife Jennifer, and their two dogs Jasper and Juna (Big T). Activities and interests include but aren’t limited to: hiking, biking, fishing, backpacking, ice hockey and of course… a cool pint or two at a local pub. |
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RICK BRUNER Adventure Cyclist Advertising Rep
Rick joined Adventure Cyclist magazine in 2008 and works out of his office in the Columbia River Gorge in White Salmon, WA. He started off his career in the ski industry in Colorado and has continued in all facets of the sporting goods industry including the windsurfing, kiteboarding, stand-up paddle realms that brought him to the Gorge. He has been involved in publishing for the last 15 years and has been an avid mountain and road biker most his life. He enjoys all and any sports that the current season brings! |
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ALEX CAMPBELL Development Assistant
Alex Campbell came to Missoula in 2006 to get a degree in human biology at the University of Montana. The draw of the mountains, rivers, and snowy winters was too much for her to resist and she stayed even after graduating. Shortly after finishing a cross-country bike ride from Providence, RI to Seattle, WA, she got her dream job working in development at Adventure Cycling. When she isn’t tooling around town on her road bike or hitting the trails on her mountain bike, you can find her hiking, camping, snowboarding, rock climbing, running, or enjoying any of the fun things Missoula has to offer. |
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AMY CORBIN Membership and Marketing Assistant
Amy came to Adventure Cycling in 2006 after working and volunteering with various local non-profits in community development, volunteer management, and marketing. Outside of work, she can be found puttering in her garden, wrangling chickens, dogs and a loquacious toddler, all while attempting to become a home-improvement maven.
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RICHARD DARNE Database Administrator
Richard was born in Virginia and moved to the Missoula area at the age of three. He loves it here in Montana and has no plans of leaving.
He started working for Adventure Cycling in May 2004 after doing similar jobs for the Forest Service for the previous four years. In his
spare time he enjoys crossword puzzles, camping, riding his swing bike, and playing banjo while singing with his dad.
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MICHAEL DEME Publications Director
Mike started at Adventure Cycling in 1993 in the Sales Department. Since then he has had many
titles, including information specialist, editor of The Cyclists' Yellow Pages, editor of Adventure Cyclist magazine, and Macintosh computer guru for the office. Mike spends his time away from the office bartending, cycling in various corners of the world, and chasing a little white ball around a golf course.
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DEREK GALLAGHER Graphic Designer
Before joining Adventure Cycling in 2009, Derek refined his design and creative talent while working for a design firm and advertising agency in Columbus, OH. In 2003, Derek migrated to Montana to lead the design department for a national voter education group. When not designing, Derek is an avid backpacker and enjoys participating in Montana’s contra dance and folk communities. He also enjoys gardening, culinary arts, and commuting by bicycle. |
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CASEY GREENE Cartographer
Casey saddled up with Adventure Cycling’s routes and mapping department in summer of 2008. Casey’s career achievements pale in comparison to his glorious elementary school geography bee win. This monumental accomplishment (the big win over five other students at the local Catholic school in Louisville, Ohio) inspired him to pursue the geographic arts. Later, Casey studied geography at Kent State University while honing in on his real passions: maps and bikes. Spare time: maps and bikes, and of course, the family: Zoeona (9), Tula (2), Jennifer (ageless). |
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ARLEN HALL Tours Director
Arlen joined the Adventure Cycling team in August, 2011, relocating from Putnam, Connecticut. In addition to leading tours for Adventure Cycling since 2005, he has logged more than 40,000 miles leading trips for middle school and high school teens since 1998. He served as tours director of two non-profit organizations, 10THGEAR and BIKETERNITY, while running his own computer software company, Rainbow Software Solutions. Arlen has cycled coast to coast on four occasions, three times with teens. In 2007, he was touched by the stories of boys afflicted with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and has led charity rides, called JettRides, for the Jett Foundation of Kingston, MA, ever since. Arlen loves pie and is currently searching, by bicycle, for the Best Coconut Cream Pie in America. He rides, eats, and enjoys watching his two adult sons, Chris and Brandon, find their own way in life. |
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PAUL HANSBARGER Tours Specialist
Paul joined the Adventure Cycling tours staff in November 2010. He moved to Montana in summer 2010 from Virginia, where he grew up and attended Virginia Commonwealth University, receiving a BFA in Painting and Printmaking. He has worked a number of jobs for several nonprofit arts organizations in the years since graduating. He became interested in Adventure Cycling while planning a cross-country tour of the Southern Tier Route in 2007 and has been a member since then. Outside of work, Paul enjoys biking, hiking, home-brewing, graphic arts, and spending time with his girlfriend Jesi and their four-legged companion Chica. |
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JULIE HUCK Membership & Development Director
Julie started working at Bikecentennial in 1985 as the receptionist for the organization. Over the years she has moved to director of
the Membership and Development Department. In the hours away from the office, Julie is one of the driving forces of cycling in Missoula.
She founded Dirt Girls, is a founding member of the mountain-bike advocacy group LIMB, and is an officer of Missoulians on Bicycles. Her
goal is to inspire more people to ride even if she has to do it one person at a time.
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AMANDA LIPSEY Development Director
Although originally from Florida, Amanda comes to Adventure Cycling
from Los Angeles, California, where she has lived for 20 years (with a
short stint back to Florida in the middle). After a career in dance,
Amanda moved into arts management, specifically fundraising, working
for nonprofit arts education groups, dance companies, the Los Angeles
Opera, and most recently the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She
also served as President of the Dance Resource Center of Greater Los
Angeles. In February of 2008, Amanda began commuting to work by bike,
and a few months later, made the transition to living car-free in Los
Angeles. She became an advocate and activist for cycling in Los
Angeles, participating with groups such as the Los Angeles Bicycle
Coalition and the loose affiliation of the Midnight Ridazz to lobby
the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, the LAPD, and the
mayor's office to support cyclists' rights, due process for cyclists
who had been involved in traffic collisions or incidents, and the
newly adopted LA Bike Plan. Amanda believes that cycling changed her
life in a way no other activity or experience has. She is a
long-distance randonneur and enjoys heading out for long, fast rides
on her Trek. New to Missoula, Amanda looks forward to learning how to
mountain bike and exploring the trails of Montana. She also looks
forward to meeting and working with Adventure Cycling members and
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CARLA MAJERNIK Routes and Mapping Director
Carla bicycled across the country in 1976 with Bikecentennial; the trip changed her life and she moved to
Montana. She's been a part of the Routes & Mapping Department since 1983, from the time of hand-drawn maps
all the way to the present computer-generated mapping. Now that she is enjoying an empty nest, she has time for biking, reading, traveling, and doing crafts.
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TERI MALOUGHNEY Sales and Marketing Director
In 1984 Teri joined the organization and since then she has held the
title of Receptionist, Administrative Assistant to the Director, Sales
Director and Sales & Marketing Director. A native Montanan, Teri loves
to road bike, hike, alpine ski and travel the world with her partner,
Thorsten and his son Max. She is also becoming an enthusiastic soccer
bonus mom.
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MICHAEL "MAC" MCCOY Media Specialist
While pedaling through Missoula on a cross-country tour in 1974, Mac learned of a grassroots movement called Bikecentennial. One thing led to another, and he's been working for the organization since 1976. Among his many titles: tours coordinator, routes and mapping director, assistant director, and national coordinator of the Great Divide (his book Cycling the Great Divide is considered the route rider’s bible). Today Mac works from his home office in the Tetons, helping to inspire would-be and veteran bicycle travelers through the Bike Bits e-newsletter, Adventure Cyclist magazine, the Bike Overnights website, and more. In the non-Adventure Cycling part of his work life, he is a freelance writer and magazine editor. He is also author of the iPhone/iPad travel application Yellowstone Hotspots.
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MADELINE MCKIDDY Tours Specialist
Madeline was born in Missoula and has lived here all her life. She started at Adventure Cycling in 2011 after graduating from the University of Montana with a degree in English Literature and Creative Writing. She's always had a love of travel and bicycling, fostered by her love of adventure and people-watching. In her spare time, Madeline likes to read, write, and dream about the places she (and her bike!) will someday visit. |
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JENNIFER MILYKO Cartographer
Jennifer originally came to work for Adventure Cycling while attending the University of Montana, where she earned her BA in geography in
1996. She returned to Missoula and Routes & Mapping in the fall of 2001 (though she never really left Adventure Cycling, continuing to draw
maps on a contractual basis). When she's not in the office, you can find her curled up with a book, solving a crossword puzzle, or perhaps
roaming about town and the local trails with her husband, Rob, and Tiika, the maniac puppy.
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MO MISLIVETS Tours Specialist
Mo originally hails from Pennsylvania, but has resided in Missoula, Montana, since 2001. She knows just enough to get into big trouble within the environmental field, as a GIS Specialist, and as a filmmaker. Whenever possible she can be found enjoying the great outdoors, moving ever so slowly and typically by ski or by bicycle. She prefers mountainous terrain and is more easily found on tree lined ridges. Although normally solitary, at times she may be observed traveling within a small group. She also requires 9 hours of sleep per night. |
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BETH PETERSEN Member Services Manager
Beth started in 2001 for Adventure Cycling as the receptionist then spent some time as the sales lead. Since then, she has added many tasks to her position, including keeping our busy office organized and managing the Bike Bits email list. She enjoys reading, crocheting and baking in her time away from the office. She also enjoys spending time with her husband, Joe and their two young adult kids, whenever they can catch up with them.
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SARAH RAZ Sales Specialist
Sarah started at Adventure Cycling in January of 2008. She became interested in the organization during the summer of 2007, while planning her first bicycle tour. Sarah grew up in Virginia, and moved to Helena to lead a crew of trailworkers for the Montana Conservation Corps in 2005. In her time off, she enjoys backpacking, running, baking bread, writing haikus, and playing air guitar.
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ALISON RILEY Pubs/Media Assistant
Originally from Vermont, Alison moved to Missoula in 2006 to attend the University of Montana. In 2010, she received her B.A. in English and shortly afterwards fell madly in love with bicycle touring. Alison arrived at Adventure Cycling Association in the fall of 2011 as the media/publications assistant. When out of the office, Alison plugs away at her poetry M.F.A., drinks coffee with her boyfriend, Patrick, and rides her bike like it's her job! |
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JOHN SIEBER Web Developer
John started at Adventure Cycling as the web developer during May of 2006 after spending the last 7- ½ years at a local Missoula software development company. He is originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but moved to Missoula in 1993 to attend the University of Montana and enjoy the Montana outdoors. John likes to spend his free time with his wife Kim and hiking with their two dogs Jema and Tasha. John and Kim both also enjoy playing in the local ice hockey leagues for fun and exercise.
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GREG SIPLE Art Director
Greg co-founded Bikecentennial in 1973 while on Hemistour, a bike trip from Alaska to Argentina. Greg has had many duties during the past
30 years, with the main ones being art director for the magazine and historian for the organization. He also photographs many of the
cyclists who visit the headquarters in the summer, separates the recycling generated by the office once a month, and peppers the staff
with jokes throughout the day. Greg commutes to work everyday by bicycle and is proud of the fact that he started bicycle commuting in 1957 when
he entered the seventh grade.
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SHEILA SNYDER Chief Operations Officer
Sheila joined Adventure Cycling Association in 2001 as the Controller and in 2009 moved to Chief Operations Officer. She previously worked at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. She received both her undergraduate degree in Political Science and Master’s in Accounting from the University of Montana. She spends her free time with her husband Ron, daughter Erin, and son Dylan. She enjoys going to bluegrass festivals and hockey games, as well as baking and reading.
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RACHEL STEVENS Graphic Designer
Rachel joined Adventure Cycling in August 2011 after four years of working (and playing) as a graphic designer in Jackson, Wyoming. Growing up in Texas, she was raised to appreciate good music, good food and great adventures. When not in front of a computer screen, Rachel enjoys cycling, skiing, climbing, live music, and nachos. |
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GINNY SULLIVAN Special Projects Director
Ginny (or more formally, Virginia) manages two major projects for Adventure Cycling – the U.S. Bicycle Route System and the Underground Railroad Bicycle Route. Ginny kept an eye on Adventure Cycling Association for quite some time before joining the team in 2005. Her previous work experience is in event and program management, health and fitness promotion, and disease prevention. For the past 11 years, Ginny has taught fitness classes, including cycling since 1996. She loves her job and constantly touts, “I have the best job in Missoula!” When she’s not chasing her three children, two dogs, one cat, and husband around to sporting, running, biking, and hockey events, she loves to bike, run, hike, backpack, ski, and play hockey herself!
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JOSH TACK Member Services/IT Assistant
Josh is a man of few words, who also likes to ride bikes.
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NATHAN TAYLOR Cartographer
Nathan has been in Montana since 1998, and now has the privilege of raising his son Aden here with his wife Christa. A native of coastal Maine, he had found himself employed throughout the country as, among other things, a Christmas tree harvester, a sushi chef, and a lobsterman before settling in Missoula and earning a BS in Geosciences from UM. When he is not attempting to corral a rambunctious 2 year-old, Nathan enjoys mountain running and thruhiking, and can often be found scampering up Mt. Sentinel with his border collie Camper. |
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