MBA State Rep Network Hits 50 By appointing state representatives in Virginia and Arizona this spring, the International Mountain Bicycling Association reached an important milestone. For the first time in its 13 year existence, IMBA has designated representatives in all 50 states. "State representatives are an important link between the main IMBA office and our clubs and members," said IMBA executive director Tim Blumenthal. "By having reps in all 50 states, IMBA can now provide faster and improved assistance to mountain bikers across the country." State representatives play a crucial role in mountain bike advocacy. IMBA's advocacy efforts are organized in a tiered system involving IMBA headquarters, state reps, affiliated clubs and individual members. Individual members and clubs deal with most local advocacy issues. For more complex advocacy situations, however, state reps can offer advice and contact key decision makers in government. State reps are also responsible for keeping IMBA headquarters informed of access crisis or needs in their state. All IMBA state representatives work on a volunteer basis. Since its inception in 1997, the state representative program has grown consistently, and will continue to do so. "Our network of state representatives is constantly being enhanced and expanded," said Blumenthal. "States with many mountain bikers, particularly California, need more than one representative. IMBA also recently assigned our first Canadian provincial rep, and we will continue to expand the network internationally." Below is a complete listing of IMBA state and provincial representatives. Alaska, Ken Foraker, gravity1@gci.net Alabama, Ken Hester, kdhester@concentric.net Arkansas, Don West, don_west23@hotmail.com Arizona, Sonia Overholser, mtnbiketrails@msn.com British Columbia, John Gowans, jgowans@telus.net California, Jim & Cathy Haagen-Smit, jimhs@jps.net Colorado West, Bill Harris, bharris@gwe.net Colorado East, Jim Schwerin, jschwerin@hoffleigh.com Connecticut, Alex Sokolow, asokolow@snet.net Delaware, Steve Hicks, imbasteve@aol.com Florida, Bob Michaels, bob@bobmichaels.org Georgia, Jay Franklin, jayfsorba@mindspring.com Hawaii, John Alford, mtnbike@aloha.net Iowa, Rob Johnson, robjohn@earthlink.net Idaho, Harley Parson, harleyparson@earthlink.net Illinois, Wayne Mikes, wmikesbikes@aol.com Indiana, Jim Krutsch, jkrutsch@aol.com Kansas, John Horn, john.horn@kcpl.com Kentucky, Leta Weedman, lnweed01@louisville.edu Louisiana, Stacey Hochstadter, luella1969@aol.com Massachusetts, Krisztina Holly, z@askjeeves.com Maryland, David Scull, davidscull@estatesLLC.com Maine, Jeff Miller, bcm@bikemaine.org Michigan, Dan Harrison, dharrisn@hfcc.net Minnesota, Bob Mueller, mail@bikeblast.com Missouri, Michael Cleveland, mikecleveland@planetkc.com Mississippi, Paul Damlouji, pdam@c-gate.net Montana, Aaron Teasdale, digaaron@yahoo.com North Carolina, Julie White, juliewnc@earthlink.com North Dakota, Ronald Luethe, ron.luethe@home.com Nebraska, Jesse Petersen, artpedaler@hotmail.com New Jersey, Jay Jones, DVMBP@aol.com New Jersey, Sarah Frost, sarah@jorba.org New Hampshire, Mark Jenks, jinxbery@landmarknet.net New Mexico, Charles Ervin, bicycles@twowheeldrive.com Nevada, Dale Beesmer, daleb_leslied@inetworld.com New York upstate, Jon Sundquist, jsundqui@buffnet.net New York metro, Kevin Moriarty, kmoriarty@thermosavant.com Ohio, Matt Ogle, heyogle@aol.com Oklahoma, Charles Duke, oefprez@webtv.net Oregon, Ric Balfour, ricnholly@swiftnet.com Pennsylvania, Tim Cusick, tcusick@epix.net Rhode Island, Tina Hopkins, vcycles@efortress.com South Carolina, Bill Victor, wmvic32@aol.com South Dakota, Phil Busching, busching@gwtc.net Tennessee, Sam Poyner, prestahead@aol.com Texas, Steve & Jeanne Patterson, mtbin@aol.com Utah, Jon Gallagher, jonbear68@aol.com Virginia, Bob Dunn, bdunn@acsconveyor.com Vermont, Gary Kessler, gary.kessler@state.vt.us Washington, Len Francies, bbtclen@jps.net Wisconsin, Scott Frey, scott@worba.org West Virginia, Matt Marcus, mattmarcus@citynet.net Wyoming, Doug Lowham, dougl@jacksonhole.com |
