Executive Director

Since 2024

If you told me 10 years ago that I would fall in love with mountain biking, I would have said you were crazy! I have always loved being outside – cross-country skiing, hiking, camping, sailing, and visiting as many National Parks as possible. But biking was never a favorite until 2019 when my sons were on our school’s NICA team, my husband became a coach, and I started volunteering. I realized that if I wanted to spend time with my family, I would have to learn to ride. Before I knew it, I was a NICA coach, too, getting out on trails as much as possible. What I love most about mountain biking is the community and the friends I am making.

As Executive Director of CORP Trials, I oversee day-to-day operations, programs, fundraising initiatives, and building partnerships with volunteers and community members. I also collaborate with board members, committees, and other amazing volunteers to ensure our strategic plan and mission to create a vibrant mountain biking community becomes a reality.

President, Communications Committee, Resource Development Committee

Board member since 2022

In the late 1980s, I was racing on the road and had saved enough to buy a new specialized rockhopper. Back then, there were no mountain bike trails, so we rode hiking trails, horse trails and jeep roads. In the 1990s, I competed in the Wisconsin Off-Road Series (WORS), racing on the road and cycling. I co-founded the Chain Smokers Mountain Bike Team in 1997, where I raced for ten years and built a community of close friends with whom I still ride.

My path to CORP Trails started in 2017 when I began working to get mountain bike trails in New Glarus Woods State Park. This led me to the CORP Trails board in 2022, and I became President in the Winter of 2023. I am focused on demonstrating the value of our volunteer organization to a broader audience: without CORP Trails, the quantity and quality of local mountain bike trails would be a fraction of the 60+ miles we have today. (And we’re building more)! 

Events Chair

Board member since 2023

In 1991, I bought a used Cannondale mountain bike because it was becoming popular. A friend took me to Quarry Park in Madison shortly after buying my bike, and I've loved Quarry Park (and mountain biking) ever since. I got back into it when my son started riding in elementary school. We raced WORS together and took many bike-related road trips as a family, and my wife Melissa and I signed up to coach for Madison West NICA. He's in college now, but we still coach NICA, and I help with the Hollander-Neff Jr Development Team.

I'm responsible for events at CORP Trails and am passionate about helping people learn bike skills and connect with others. I helped launch CORP's Winter and Summer clinics and chair the events committee, which organizes fundraisers, workdays, group rides, and more. We're always looking for new committee members!

Board member since 2025

I'll pretty much do anything that is outside; hiking, skiing, running, canoeing, rafting, climbing, mountaineering (when I was younger!), but pretty much my favorite activity is mountain biking.  I went out on my first ride ever on a trail when I was 18, grabbed the front brake over a log and went over the handlebars.  Not deterred, I went on to purchase my first mountain bike and proceeded to find trails wherever life took me.  My background is in outdoor experiential education, so I have a passion for learning about self through challenges in the outdoors.  I have coached with NICA for the past 8 years, 5 of them as the Head Coach of the Madison West middle and high school mountain bike team.  I love watching people have fun on bikes and feel success doing things they didn't think they could.  My hope in being involved in CORP is that I can help the Madison mountain bike community connect and grow, particularly the female community.  I want to show the City what a great force we are, so that hopefully more resources and attention can go to building more awesome trails.  Let's go RIDE!!

Board member since 2025

After retiring from a rewarding 30-year career as a trial lawyer, I now spend as much time as possible outdoors, as well as serving on various non-profit boards. I split my time between Wisconsin, Montana, Chicago, and anywhere else you can do fun things outside. I was introduced to CORP Trails when we had 10 miles of professionally designed mountain bike trails constructed on our family farm in the Driftless area of Southwest Wisconsin, where I’m always recruiting friends and family to mountain bike, hike, trail run, build something in my shop, or enjoy a good meal. I keep a stable of bikes at the ready so no one has an excuse not to get out and ride. I look forward to working with CORP to get tires on the trails and expand the network of first-class mountain bike trails in the Driftless. In addition to mountain biking, I enjoy cooking, running, skiing and high-altitude mountaineering. When I’m not riding, you might find me miles in the sky, climbing peaks in the Himalaya, Ecuador, Argentina, Africa, Antarctica, and the U.S.

Resource Development Committee

I grew up in a suburb of Baltimore, Maryland. Where I started riding mountain bikes in the early 90s. I quickly fell in love with the sport and wanted to work in the industry. At the time, I was working in the ski business for Salomon as a ski rep. Then an opening came up for a rep for Trek Bikes in the Maryland area. I jumped on the opportunity, and was lucky to get the job where I worked for 7 years. Then, a position in product development for Trek mountain bikes came up in the home office in Waterloo, WI. I was passionate about bikes and wanted to be part of the development. So, I moved to Wisconsin and became the product manager for mountain bikes. It was an amazing job that made me realize that trails and trail groups were key to the future of this sport.

Throughout my career, I have always tried to support the trail groups that allowed me to have a job in the industry. After 34 years with Trek, I retired and decided I needed to get directly involved with helping make awesome trails. When the opportunity came up to work with CORP Trails, I was excited to be part of the group that made the trails I rode all the time amazing.

Secretary

Growing up in rural Wisconsin, I was constantly on my bike exploring the surrounding countryside during the long summer days. That love for biking has followed me into my adult years, and buying my first serious road bike in college helped relieve the stress of student life and grow an appreciation for the mental balance it brought me.  I did not experience mountain biking until starting to work in the industry in 2021, and I was instantly hooked. Since then, I have made it a goal to experience as many of the trail systems that Wisconsin has to offer as I can. This inevitably led to CORP Trails and exposed me to the vision they have for South Central Wisconsin. I knew I had to get involved right away. 

As a civil engineer and project manager by trade, I hope to utilize my skills to help bring sustainable business solutions to CORP Trails and assist in building trail systems that will last for generations to come.

Treasurer

I have been a CORP member since the 1990s, but finally joined the board as Treasurer in 2025.  I am excited to help CORP continue to grow and contribute to making biking in South Central Wisconsin even better.

In addition to mountain biking, my outdoor passions include road cycling, paddling, skiing and motorcycling. 

Trail Development Committee

Board member since 2026

I came to the CORP Board via the Trail Development Committee, where I have served since its founding. I joined that committee because of my interest in making trail access more equitable and promoting the environmental and economic co-benefits of mountain biking. As a Board member, I can't wait to advance those same priorities! I love asking lots of questions, because our vibrant mountain biking community never fails to surprise me and offer new perspectives. I am also the Program Lead for the Madison chapter of Little Bellas, a group that teaches young girls confidence and life skills through mountain biking.

Trail Steward

Board member since 2026

I am a lifelong cycling and outdoors enthusiast, starting with BMX racing in middle school, then transitioning to bikepacking, urban cycling, and XC mountain biking in undergrad. I became involved with CORP in 2015 when I moved to Madison for grad school and I have spent countless hours in the woods maintaining and building trail features. In 2024, I took over trail stewardship of Quarry Park and have organized numerous work days and jump jams, bringing together riders across disciplines from around the region and fostering relationships with the City and neighborhood. I have worked on both sides of the bike industry, from volunteering in bicycle cooperatives to wrenching on and selling bikes in independent dealers, organizing and planning trade show exhibits, and working with global distributors for local manufacturers. I’m excited to keep growing our community and improving our amazing trail network for all users.

Trail Development Committee

Board member since 2026

I love any outside activity - even better if it requires a helmet. Skiing, rock climbing, motorcycling, skating, and especially cycling. I started mountain biking around 2005 while living in Oregon. Since then, I had many life changes and found myself back in Wisconsin, where I grew up. These days, I am a NICA coach for Madison East & La Follette middle & high schools, ride all the local trails with my family and friends, and take trips to NM, AZ, NV, AR etc. for more terrain. I am also a member of Femme 40 Racing Collective in Madison, which concentrates on women and non-binary riders looking to ride and race more. I have raced almost everything with this group: Crits, Gravel, Cyclocross, and (duh) MTB! I joined CORP, initially on the Trail Development Committee, concentrating my efforts on the Eastside of Madison. I am excited to support our cycling community in any way that I can because I have seen how trails bring folks together, keep them active and healthy, and spread good vibes to all.

Finance Committee

Board member since 2026

In the Spring of 2025, I rode my first-ever mountain bike trail at Quarry Ridge and was instantly hooked.  After borrowing a bike from some good friends who are passionate area mountain bikers, I purchased my own beautiful full suspension Liv bike and a CORP membership one month later.  Since then, I have ridden most of the parks/trails in the CORP system both alone and with friends, and can attest to how good a system we have here in the Dane County area.  Having to put up my bike for winter was not an option, so I embraced N+1 and bought a fat bike so I can still get out on our trails all year long!  It's still wild to me just how much joy mountain/fat biking brings to my life, and being able to get to a good trail mere minutes from my house is fantastic. 

As a Landscape Designer/Urban Planner,  I spent several years of my career as a Non-motorized Transportation Planner for the Wisconsin Bike Fed and Alta Planning and Design.  I have witnessed firsthand how providing bicycle and pedestrian facilities in neighborhoods benefits an entire community. My goals as a board member are to get more women and underrepresented riders out on our trails and to help expand the network of trails in the system by working with area municipal partners and landowners.  

Trail Steward Chair

Board member since 2026

I’ve been mountain biking since the mid-1990s and moved to Madison in 2000, right around the time CORP was beginning to define what the local scene would become. Over the years, I’ve stayed consistently involved, stepping in for special projects and helping with efforts to get places like Quarry Ridge and Quarry Park accepted as official trails. More recently, I’ve been involved in helping move the Burdocks toward legitimacy as well. I believe strongly in incremental improvement and in encouraging the community to take small, cooperative steps toward building great things.

I’m currently the trail steward for the Seminole trails, a role I’ve been thoroughly enjoying. I tend to see trails as living systems rather than finished products, and I’m happiest trimming, tuning, and making small improvements that add up over time. A well-maintained trail goes a long way.

Every trail has its own personality, whether it’s a lovingly hand-built pet, an engineered masterpiece, or something a little weird and janky. I think part of our job is to respect and celebrate those differences rather than trying to make every trail the same.

Trail Development Chair

Board member since 2026

I've been riding bikes almost as long as I've been able to walk, and fell in love with mountain biking at my local trails growing up in Minnesota. After moving to Madison for school, I got involved with the UW Cycling Club and discovered the vibrant cycling community here. I was connected with CORP Trails through my coaching with NICA and have served on the Trail Development Committee for 2 years. The Madison cycling community has given me so much over the past ten years, and I want to make sure that I can pass that on to as many people as possible.