About SVBC Staff and Board Members
While all of our members have something to contribute to the rapidly growing movement to mainstream bicycle transportation, here are some faces you might see around more often championing our cause.
Staff members are dedicated to carrying out the goals set by the Board of Directors. They run the organization’s programs and coordinate member and volunteer activities.
Board members of SVBC are elected for two-year terms at our annual Winter Party in December. Directors set the policies and goals of the organization and ensure that it is operated in a sustainable manner.
Corinne Winter Executive Director
corinne@svbcbikes.org
Corinne joined SVBC as the Executive Director in 2005. She is passionate about bicycle advocacy and other transportation, land use, and environmental issues. She is responsible for implementing the vision of the organization as defined by the Board of Directors. She oversees the organization's fundraising, membership, marketing and outreach, board development, educational offerings, and supervises all SVBC programs. She works with the members of SVBC to advocate for cyclists and bicycle facilities at the local, regional, and national levels. Corinne also chairs the board of the Bay Area Bicycle Coalition (BABC), sits on the VTA Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (VTA BPAC), and is on the TransForm Board of Directors.
Jen Brecheen Program Associate
jen@bikesiliconvalley.org
Jen is a native resident of South San Jose. She fell in love with mountain biking over 15 years ago in the foothills of Santa Teresa Park. She soon discovered that she wanted to keep riding during the winter months, but didn’t want to ruin the trails, so she got a hand-me-down road bike. Over the years, she realized biking was a way of life and expanded her riding to include communting, recreation, vacation trips, and everyday transportation. She is committed to SVBC’s mission of promoting the bicycle for everday use and continues to encourage family and friends to get out on their bikes.
Carlos Babcock Community Advocacy Coordinator
carlos@bikesiliconvalley.org
Carlos joins SVBC with a great background of bicycle touring, advocacy, and working in the bicycle industry. What started for him as a one year experiment in car-free living is now in its third year. Carlos is currently a member of the San Jose Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, and his experience in cycling through Asia, Europe, Mexico and Canada has helped him understand how other parts of the world integrate bicycling into residents' lives. Carlos will use his advocacy and outreach experience to coordinate cycling advocacy efforts in San Mateo County, as well as focus community input on the new changes coming to Diridon Station and the Alameda.
Colin Heyne Program Associate
colin@bikesiliconvalley.org
Colin Heyne joined the SVBC staff before Bike to Work Day 2009. He is a lifetime cyclist as well as an advocate for sustainable development. He has been involved in environmental issues since middle school, when he served as Vice President of Pollution Solution, his school's environmental club. Colin is currently pursuing a degree in Global Studies from San Jose State University.
Anne Fisher Executive Assistant
Anne started riding late in life, and is still timid about going into high traffic areas. However, she enjoys using her bike for commuting and short errands. She is committed to SVBC's mission of safer bicycling and getting more people out on their bikes both for health and the environment.
My goal is to improve bike safety and accessibility for riders of all levels. I greatly enjoy helping others integrate bicycling into their lives in a safe and enjoyable manner.
Jerri-Ann has been an SVBC member since 1998, and is now a life member. She serves on the Mountain View Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC), and as such, helps coordinate the Mountain View BPAC’s Bike to Work Day Energizer Station at the Mountain View Transit Center. She is an enthusiastic and frequent SVBC volunteer bike parker, and coordinated bike parking for the Guadalupe River Park Grand Opening in September of 2005. Jerri-Ann fell in love with bicycling over 25 years ago and has not stopped pedaling since. She rides for transportation, recreation, and vacation trips. She became an LCI about a year ago and looks forward to honing her teaching skills.
Bicycles need to be taken seriously in transportation infrastructure so that people will ride them. SVBC is the organization that is making this happen in Silicon Valley.
Greg first joined SVBC as Executive Director in 2001 and has been on the Board since 2003. Greg has been a bicycle commuter in the South Bay since Elementary School and grew up Mountain Biking in Stevens Canyon, working in a local bike shop, and touring in the Santa Cruz Mountains. He currently works as a Design Engineer for a Renewable Energy Company.
I believe that there has never been a better opportunity for SVBC to positively influence our community, and I’d like to assist in those efforts.
Jim has been an avid cyclist for the past 20 years in and around Silicon Valley, including century rides and commuting to work, as well as being a founding member of two of the larger regional triathlon clubs, Silicon Valley Triathlon Club and TRIbe.
Jim is interested in working on a Bike Friendly Workplace certification program to incentivize more local employers to encourage bicycle commuting.
Mark is an active member of SVBC's Peninsula Committee and the City of San Mateo's Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee. He has lived in San Mateo for 17 years. For many years a recreational cyclist, Mark became interested cycling issues and advocacy about 5 years ago. He now frequently runs errands and commutes to the train on his bike. One of his goals for SVBC is to develop a system of safe, efficient, and complete cross-town bike routes in peninsula and south bay cities, which he thinks will be a catalyst for more cycling of all kinds.
Gary has been an avid cyclist for over forty five years. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1971, and earned a law degree at Hastings College of the Law in 1975. His passion for cycling has also shaped his professional career. Approximately fifteen years ago Gary transformed his law practice from general personal injury cases to a specialized cycling practice. Today his entire case load involves cycling related matters. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the California Bike Coalition, the League of American Bicyclists, and the Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates Advisory Committee. Gary believes cycling is a vital part of the solution to our nation’s public health and transportation problems. He views bicycle advocacy as a catalyst that awakens the motoring public to the possibilities for bicycling to solve some of our country’s most complex issues.
Jack has bicycled to work year-round since 1971. He has volunteered with the Bicycle Exchange for over a decade repairing and distributing bicycles and helmets to charities, as well as teaching bicycle repair classes. However, he is just as comfortable “suiting up” to work with businesses, foundations, and government organizations.
Jack is interested in expanding the Bicycle Exchange and other education/safety programs, doing outreach to the Hispanic community, and developing grant applications that benefit the full range of SVBC goals.
Jack is also the 2007 Silicon Valley Bicycle Commuter of the Year.
I believe that with an expanded membership base and full-time staff, SVBC can become an even stronger force for improving conditions for cyclists in Santa Clara County.
Paul has been an SVBC member since 1988. He has served on the Board since 1999. He has been a member of the Palo Alto Bicycle Advisory Committee since 1996. He is particularly interested in legislative issues and currently serves on the California Bicycle Coalition Legislative Committee. Paul is a committed bicyclist, using his bicycle for commuting, recreation, touring and everyday transportation. Paul wants to see SVBC reach out to the recreational and competitive cycling communities and build a stronger membership base.
Ryan began to see the planet in a new light while studying Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon, further refining his interest in alternative forms of transportation while completing a Master of Science in Transportation Management from the Mineta Institute at San Jose State University. In his current role as a Transportation Demand Manager at a large Silicon Valley Corporation, he is responsible for all the commute programs including: carpooling, vanpooling, shuttles, transit subsidies, walk-to-work and, of course, cycling.
Sue is a resident of Los Altos, having lived in the South Bay/Peninsula area for over 34 years, leaving when she attended college at UC Davis. She has worked at Sun Microsystems, Inc. for over 21 years and in that time has connected with hundreds of people in the community. She is currently a Sun Foundation Ambassador (focused on closing the digital divide through volunteerism). Sue also volunteers as a coach working with middle school girls through the non-profit Girls For A Change.
She fell in love with cycling in 2005 and has participated in four benefit rides raising over $6000. She has volunteered for numerous SVBC events, and commutes to work as much as possible, cycling almost daily.
