Bike SLO County functions with great staff and an active 6 member board. We are always looking for a few good people to join the board and be a part of our rapidly growing organization. Being a board member is a great chance to be directly involved in creating positive change for bicycles in SLO County!
Gary Havas
Gary is a native of the Bay Area who went to school at Cal Poly in the ’80s. Fortunate enough to return to San Luis Obispo in 2008, he immediately sought volunteer work to get closer to the community. He joined the San Luis Obispo Bicycle Club, and got involved with Bike SLO County (then San Luis Obispo Bicycle Coalition) as a regular volunteer at the Thursday Farmers’ Market Bike Valet and other Valet attended events.
After directing the SLOBC Wildflower Century for five years ending in 2016, and serving on the board of the bike club for two years, Gary seeks to apply the skills he developed in those positions to the success of Bike SLO County and all the cycling and community development it stands for.
Bill Bradlee
Bill lives in North county. He once heard someone say "if you want to hate this country, read the news every day. If you want to love this country, ride a bicycle across it." He decided to test the theory and, while he still reads the news daily, he found there is no better way to experience this country and it’s people than by riding a bicycle across it.
Bill works in the nonprofit world on climate change solutions. He has volunteered with many organizations including ECOSLO and the San Luis Obispo city bicycle advisory committee. He graduated with a master‘s degree in environmental studies. He owns two bikes; one folds and they’re both steel.
Ian Woertz
Ian is a professional engineer who graduated from Cal Poly with a Master of Science degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2008. He is committed to improving safety and increasing the ridership of bicyclists of all ages. Ian is a certified League Cycling Instructor and provides training for new pilots in the Cycling Without Age program. Ian’s favorite bicycle is an electric front-cargo bike , which often gets turned into a 12-foot-long great white shark on Halloween.
Melanie Mills
Melanie is a landscape architect at RRM Design. She earned her MLA from the University of Washington and has focused her career working on interdisciplinary design teams to incorporate ecological functions, multi-modal transportation, and art into public infrastructure projects. She is a passionate advocate for improving the safety of our streets for people walking and riding bikes.
Karen Aydelott
Karen is an avid cyclist having completed 60 double centuries and the Paris-Brest-Paris event. In addition she is an experienced triathlete and has completed 31 Ironman distance races; 5 since her amputation on 2008.
After 9 years as the Executive Director of the Pasadena YMCA, Karen Aydelott retired June, 2001. A graduate of Wellesley College with a B.A. in Art History, Karen began her YMCA career in Minneapolis, MN.
In addition to serving as Executive Director of the Pasadena YMCA, Karen also served as Executive Director of the University of Minnesota YMCA and CEO of the San Luis Obispo County YMCA.
Since returning to San Luis Obispo in August of 2010, Karen has been a member of HEAL-SLO (Healthy Eating Active Lifestyle San Luis Obispo), chairing the policy Committee and serving on the Let’s Move and Healthy Community committees. She is also a member of the Asset Development Network of San Luis Obispo and the San Luis Obispo County Food Systems Coalition. Karen Is also very involved with the Challenged Athletes Foundation.
Public Board Meetings:
Second Monday of every other month
Jan, March, May, July, Sept, Nov.
6:00 – 8:00 pm
email info@bikeslocounty.org with inquiries
Location:
867 Pacific St
1st floor Conference Room
San Luis Obispo, 93401
