Board of Directors

Alexis Lantz (president) is a policy analyst with the Los Angeles County Public Health Department’s PLACE (Policies for Livable, Active Communities and Environments) Program. She previously served as  planning and policy director for the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition.

Charlie Gandy (vice president) is president of  Livable Communities Inc., a nationally recognized consulting firm. He has served as  mobility coordinator for the City of Long Beach, as director of advocacy programs for the Bicycle Federation of America, and as the  founding executive director of the Texas Bicycle Coalition, as well as one of the youngest people ever elected to the Texas House of Representatives.

Christopher Kidd (secretary) is a planner with  Alta Planning + Design  in Berkeley, and founder of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation’s Bike Blog.

Samantha Ollinger (treasurer) quit her full time job as a financial manager to devote all her energy toward making San Diego the world’s most bicycle friendly city. She publicizes the current state of bicycling at BikeSD.org. She previously served on the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition board.

Chris Morfas  is legislative liaison for the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District. He served as CBC’s founding executive director.

Andrew Casteel  is a partner in Collectively LLC, an Oakland-based web development firm that built the technology behind the Team Bike Challenge. He’s the former executive director of the Bay Area Bicycle Coalition.

Ian Dewar is a San Jose-based consultant for cycling and outdoor companies with a focus on digital strategy, bicycle advocacy, partnership management, event planning and sports marketing. He previously served as a consultant to The North Face and as advocacy and partnership manager for Specialized Bicycle Components.

David Hoffman most recently served as the personnel director for the San Francisco office of Bike and Roll, a national bike rental company. He previously served as CBC’s interim executive director, as the Marin County Bicycle Coalition’s planning director, and as member services director for the Thunderhead Alliance (now the Alliance for Biking & Walking). He also founded Bike Pittsburgh (PA).

Stephan Vance is senior regional planner for the San Diego Association of Governments and an at-large director of the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition.