Building on our work in the community since 2011, our volunteer directors have guided BFK since incorporation as a Michigan non-profit organization in 2018, preparing us to achieve our goals on into the future.

Interested in becoming a BFK board member?  If you want to help make our greater community even more bicycle friendly we would love to hear from you!  Learning more and letting us know is easy – just state your interest HERE. Our main expectation is to honor commitments when made (applies to volunteers at any level).  Hands-on help — with one of our two main seasonal events*, advancing our goals and programs, and/or participating in one of our board and/or citizen committees — as time and interest permit — is fun and greatly appreciated. Many hands make light work! The time involved varies, but probably averages out to less than an hour a week plus regular board attendance.  Depending on your skills and passion for building community through bicycling, you can immerse yourself as much as your inspiration takes you.  Terms are three years with a two term sequential limit.  More details can be found in our bylaws HERE.  

*(Kalamazoo Area Bike Week in the spring and our Fall Bike Celebration Weekend in the fall)

CURRENT OFFICERS & BOARD MEMBERS

Bill Adams – Director

• Fall Bike Celebration: Honorary Co-Chair
• Past Village Council President, Village of Vicksburg, MI
• Past VP Engineer Research & Marketing, FlowServe Michigan
• Board of Visitors, WMU School of Engineering
• Advisory Board, Texas A&M University
• MTEC Board, 10 years
• DOE & EPA Clean Air Act Amendments, Energy Efficiency Programs Aimed at Reducing CO2
• Rode bike to and from work for many years

 

 

Deb Carpenter – Director

• Child Injury Prevention Consultant
• Safe Kids Kalamazoo County: Former Executive Director
• Safe Kids Worldwide President’s Advisory Council: former member
• MI Safe Kids Steering Committee: former member
• Nationally Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician Instructor
• MI Occupant Protection Team: current member
• BFK Advisory Council: former member
• Has planned, coordinated and implemented numerous bicycle, pedestrian and road safety events for youth
• M.A. in Elementary & Early Childhood Education

 

Dave Goldenberg – Treasurer

• Member, State Bar of Michigan
• Registered to Practice, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Member, Kalamazoo Area Runners
• Past Coach, KARS Summer Fast Track Program
• Former Kalamazoo Bicycle Club Flowerfest bike tour planner
• Touring cyclist, domestic and foreign
• J.D., Illinois Institute of Technology
• B.S. Purdue University

 

 

Isaac Green – Director

• Kalamazoo Bike Week: Chair
• Executive Director at Open Roads Bike Program
• B.A., Western Michigan University
• Passionate cyclist and rock climber
• Wood-turner, Record collector, Dog walker

 

 

 

 

Tom Hohm – Chair & President

• Civil Engineer (PE), Michigan Department of Transportation and Kalamazoo County Road Commission, Previous
• Project Engineer, Kalamazoo River Valley Trail, 2008-2015
• Kalamazoo Area Transportation Study, Technical Committee, Member, Vice Chair, Chair 2004 – 2015
• Rental Property Owner, Kalamazoo City Core Area
• Volunteer, Boy Scouts, Assistant Scoutmaster, Former
• Volunteer, AYSO, Soccer Coach Former

 

 

 

Terry Hutchins – Director

• Past VP for Information Technologies and Administrative Services, Kalamazoo Valley Community College
• Board member Community Promise Federal Credit Union, 2015 – 2023
• Board member Girls on The Run of Greater Kalamazoo, 2008 – 2023; Girls on the Run Finance committee, 2008 – 2024; Girls on the Run 5K course committee, 2008 – 2025
• Kalamazoo Area Runners, 1980 to present, President 1992 – 1999; Kalamazoo Klassic Race Director 1993; Kal-Haven Trail Run Race Director 1992 – 2015
• Kalamazoo Triathlon Club, 1984 (Seahorse Triathlon Club) to present
• Kalamazoo Bicycle Club, 1984 to present
• M.S. Computer Science, Western Michigan University
• Competed in 19 World Triathlon or Duathlon Championships

 

Jun-Seok (“Jun”) Oh – Vice Chair

• Professor, Western Michigan University
• Director, Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities at WMU
• Board Member, International Professional Association of Transport and Health (IPATH)
• Member, Bicycle Transportation Committee in Transportation Research Board (TRB)
• Former President, Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA)
• Former Chairperson, National Association for Korean Schools (NAKS)

 

 

 

Paul Rehkopf – Vice President

• Emergency Medicine Physician, Retired
• Adventure Cycling Association: Life Member
• Open Roads Bicycle Program: volunteer
• Bicycle Coalition of Maine, Bike Maine: volunteer
• League of American Bicyclists: current member
• League of Michigan Bicyclist: current member
• Kalamazoo Bicycle Club: current member

 

 

 

Cheng Kidd Sun – Director

• Manager for External Partnerships, Western Michigan University
• Member, City of Kalamazoo Complete Streets Advisory Committee (CSAC)
• Member, Kalamazoo Area Transportation Study (KATS)
• Former Student Body President, WMU Western Student Association
• BA Political Science, Masters in International Development Administration (MIDA), Western Michigan University

 

 

 

 

Matthew Wells – Director

• Senior Software Engineer, LaCrosse Footwear, Inc.
• BFK Advisory Council: former member
• B.S., Western Michigan University

 

 

 

 

 

Donna Whitcomb – Secretary

• Kazoo Valley AMBUCS: President – 2016 to present
• Vocational Counselor-State of Michigan: retired
• Volunteers for KBC Kal-Tour: Coordinator
• BFK Advisory Council: former member
• Committed to inclusion of persons of all abilities riding bikes in a safe environment
• Member- Women Who Care, Kalamazoo
• 20+ years nonprofit board and officer experience in budget, fundraising and event planning
• M.A. in Rehabilitation Counseling, Western Michigan University

 

 

Founding and Former Board Members

Rachel Bennett
Jeremiah Boerman
Erin (Denay) Decker
Hayden Guild
Ed Hessler
Jen Johnson
Michelle Karpinski – Founding
Beth Keith
Stephanie Kennedy
Tim Krone – Founding
Robert T. Loftus – Founding
Daniel P. McGlinn – Founding
Brendan Molony – Founding
Brian Persky – Founding
Paul Runnels
Randy Schau
Paul Selden – Founder; Current BFK Representative At Large
Kimberly L. Swinehart
Jennipher Wiebold
Ally Witchell