Our Team

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Executive Director

Clarrissa has deep roots on the Peninsula spanning four generations in Daly City and San Francisco. She comes to the Bike Coalition with two decades of policy experience in transportation justice and immigrant rights.

Most recently, Clarrissa was the policy director at TransForm, a Bay Area-wide mobility justice organization, where she advanced transportation policies and pilot projects that center the needs of Black and Brown residents, as well as the building of affordable housing near transit. She is passionate about working with government and private partners to implement community-driven ideas. Her equity efforts alongside bike coalitions and grassroots groups were instrumental in defining low-income access standards for the tech-enabled mobility sector.

Clarrissa has high hopes to elevate the power of the bike in undoing the impacts of climate pollution, emboldened by her mom’s decade-long fight against lung cancer, and her own autoimmune condition.

Clarrissa got her start in mobility justice pushing back on bus service cuts with the Bus Riders Union in Los Angeles and Urban Habitat in Oakland, and advocating for innovative solutions like Free Muni for Youth and AC Transit’s bus rapid transit service.

Outside of work, Clarrissa enjoys bike packing, rock climbing, and coffee. Most days Clarrissa can be found at the beach with her one-eyed pup, Poppy. She holds a Masters in Urban Planning with concentration in Transportation Policy and Planning from UCLA, and a BA in Ethnic Studies with a minor in City and Regional Planning from UC Berkeley.

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Deputy Director

Deanna Chevas spent her early career in small business and nonprofit bookkeeping, HR, and administration before pivoting to helping build a nonprofit organization doing outreach and advocacy. 

Deanna has a fine art degree with an emphasis on fiber art. She moved from Arizona in 2014 with her cat and teenage daughter, leaving car ownership behind. She loves the transit options and bikeability of the Bay Area. Outside of work, you’ll find her knitting, at the beach, going to comedy shows, glamping, and enjoying her dogs and cat.

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Development Director

With over a decade of experience partnering with corporate and non-profit organizations in New York and California, Felicia has worked on cross-functional teams to design and drive high-profile events, community-based programs, and advanced capital fundraising campaigns. Felicia most recently served as Program Manager for Stanford University, helping to cultivate a more robust and diverse volunteer pipeline for the Board of Governors and Beyond the Farm Alumni Day of Service while generating innovative revenue channels for Stanford's celebrated Wine Program.

Before Stanford, Felicia raised funds for the San Mateo County Community Colleges District. During her time at the District, she helped raise over $1.5 million for first-generation Promise Program college students, closing the opportunity gap in education. Equity, inclusion, and fundraising work have been consistent themes throughout Felicia's career. As Assistant Director at Columbia Business School, she aided in establishing the School's inaugural Women's Circle, a diversity and equity-based leadership initiative to promote and inspire a lifelong supportive community for alumnae in business leadership.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Business Management from Columbia University. In her spare time, Felicia is passionate about her collaborative work as a program advocate for her family's foundation, which focuses on instituting policy changes to protect the ecological integrity of California water sources, native plant species, and indigenous rights. She also serves as a program volunteer supporting Second Harvest of Silicon Valley's food distribution.

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Director of Advocacy

Matt grew up in San Bruno, in a more auto-dependent neighborhood where the ability to drive was often a necessity to meet ones needs. It wasn't until he spent time in undergrad at UCSB and at Lund University in Sweden when he realized how much the built environment can dictate transportation choices and health outcomes.

Matt has an Bachelors degree in Political Science with concentration in Comparative Environmental Politics along with grad classes in Urban Planning from UC Santa Barbara. Matt has worked with cities in four different Bay Area counties on housing and transportation planning, with several regionally-focused environmental nonprofits, and on campaigns for local and statewide offices. He has been a longtime member of SVBC and has both served on and staffed BPACs. As a planner for his hometown, he helped adopt its first Walk and Bike Plan and secured $1.4 million in bicycle and pedestrian grants for the City. In his free time, Matt enjoys spending time going to local music shows and museums, he loves karaoke, and he has visited 17 countries.

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Program Manager

Eleni grew up in San Mateo County riding bikes for fun and transportation. After completing 3 years at College of San Mateo, bike culture drew Eleni to Davis, CA, where she studied Environmental Policy. She was still living in Davis when she first got involved with SVBC as a part-time bike parking supervisor. She has done professional and personal work in the field of Transportation Demand Management since 2015.

Bike culture and the lovely bike people of Santa Clara County made it a natural choice to move to San José in 2019. SVBC rides and programming, San José Bike Party, and bike mechanics classes are some of her favorite parts of what San José has to offer to those on two wheels. She is excited to join the Bike Coalition full-time and work hard to introduce others to the timeless joy and health that biking has always brought to her. 

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Education Programs Manager

Learning to ride a bicycle was the earliest experience Jianhan had that went from being painful, difficult, and frustrating over repeated falls and leg scrapes to joyful, magical, and something he felt proud of. After many years of riding, he took his first 2 bike classes organized by Bike East Bay and learned a lot more than he expected in how to ride safely and more confidently for transportation, something he thought was essential and should be taught as part of standard school curriculum. He took his instructor’s recommendation to become a certified League Cycling Instructor (LCI) and has enjoyed teaching hundreds of folks of various ages to level up their bicycle skills and confidence from learning to ride to riding on streets and roads for everyday use as well as complementary topics like bicycle security and theft prevention for over 8 years and counting. Jianhan started his journey with SVBC as a part-time instructor and joined full-time to increase his and SVBC’s impact to help more people enjoy riding bikes for everyday use. He invites you to join a class, a group ride, or another event! And if you are an active LCI who enjoys helping others become more comfortable and capable with bikes and learns from every teaching experience, consider teaching with SVBC alongside SVBC’s amazing instructors!

Outside of bike-related work and fun rides, Jianhan enjoys learning for personal development, playing board games, going on occasional hikes, and occasionally cooking new recipes.

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Development and Marcomms Coordinator

Hilary joins SVBC with experience in marketing, media, and development work from local nonprofits. Most recently, she taught youth how to make short films and developed fundraising and festival production efforts at an SF-based dance organization. She also has experience working at a clean technology innovation hub, where she solidified her interest in the environment.

Hilary has a bachelor’s degree in creative arts from SJSU and an associate’s degree in business administration from Foothill College. She believes business performs best when authentic design and style meet functionality. Also, having grown up with weekly bike rides as a part of her rhythm, she considers exercise can bring people together, heal communities, and improve overall well-being.

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Volunteer & Events Coordinator

Collin Lim came to SVBC with over 20 years of experience serving on the planning committee of the American Diabetes Association's walk-a-thons and bicycle tours. His volunteer roles with the ADA include Route Chair, Safety Chair, Logistics Chair, Radio Communications Chair and City/County Liaison. He also ran the planning committee for a few years.

Prior to joining SVBC, Collin worked in various high-tech fields: semiconductor, electronics, web design and web development. The companies he worked for range from large corporations to small startups. Collin discovered SVBC from volunteering in the Eastside Connect program delivering farm boxes on bikes to low-income East San Jose residents.

Outside of work, Collin enjoys hiking and cycling. His favorite hiking and mountain biking spots are along the ridge of Santa Cruz Mountains. He also enjoys cycling along Bay Trail and the many creek trails in Silicon Valley