Building on our work in the community since 2011, our volunteer directors have guided BFK since its 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 us make our greater community even more bicycle friendly we would love to hear from you!  Please let us know via our Contact Us page if you don’t know one of us personally.  Time expectations average out to about an hour a week plus regular board attendance.  Help with our events and committees is fun and greatly appreciated — many hands make light work!  Depending on your skills and passion for building community through bicycling, you can immerse yourself as much as your inspiration takes you.  Our main expectation is to honor commitments when made (applies to volunteers at any level).  Terms are three years with a two term sequential limit.  More details can be found in our bylaws HERE.

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

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Hayden Guild – Treasurer

• Manager at Hungerford Nichols CPAs + Advisors (Grand Rapids)
• City of Walker – Parks and Recreation Committee Member
• League of American Bicyclists certified League Cycling Instructor
• B.B.A. and M.S.A., Western Michigan University
• Passionate cyclist and outdoor enthusiast

 

 

 

 

Tom Hohm – 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

 

 

 

Jennifer Johnson – Director

• Senior Administrative Assistant & Student Mentor/Retention Officer, WMU Paper Technology Foundation
• League of Michigan Bicyclists: current member
• League of American Bicyclists certified League Cycling Instructor
• Kalamazoo Bicycle Club: current member and sanctioned ride leader
• Chain Gang Bicycle Club: current member and ride leader
• Safe Cycling Certification
• BFK Advisory Council: former member
• Survivor, June 7, 2016, Chain Gang Bicycling Tragedy
• Avid cyclist including international trips and a USA crossing
• Wife of Steve, owner of Johnson Cycle Works mobile bicycle repair
• Mom of 3 active boys
• CenterPoint Church: member and small group leader
• B.B.A., Western Michigan University

 

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

 

 

 

Randall Schau – Chair

• Deputy City Attorney for Kalamazoo (retired)
• Volunteer Habitat for Humanity
• Volunteer Kalamazoo Nature Center
• Volunteer Woodland Elementary (math tutor)
• Active Bike Rider
• High School referee (basketball and football)

 

 

 

Paul H. Selden – Chair at Large

• Retired in 2016 as president of an information systems support firm he founded in 1978
• Bike Friendly Kalamazoo: Founder; Founding Board Member
• Fall Bike Celebration: Chair
• Kalamazoo Bike Week: Chair (former)
• Kalamazoo Region Bike Route Committee: Chair
• Kalamazoo Bicycle Club: current member; former Board Member; former Awards Committee Chair; former Director of Road Safety; Volunteer of the Year Award (2013)
• TriKats: current member
• Chain Gang Bicycle Club: current member
• League of Michigan Bicyclists: current member; Bob Gibbs Passion for Pedaling Award: finalist (2019); Volunteer of the Year Award (2014)
• MDOT Pedestrian & Bicycle Committee: current member
• Randonneurs USA: current member; designer of many “Permanent” routes; P-12 Award (3 times); R-12 Award
• Southwest Michigan Mountain Biking Association (SWMMBA): current member
• Adventure Cycling Association: former member
• KATS Nonmotorized Subcommittee: current Member
• KATS Citizens Advisory Committee: former member
• World Ultracycling Association: former member; Larry Schwartz Year Rounder Challenge Award (2 times)
• The Complete Kalamazoo (1976): Author
• Ph.D., M.A., Western Michigan University; B.A., Concordia College (Moorhead, MN)

 

Matthew Wells – Secretary

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

 

 

 

 

 

Donna Whitcomb – Director

• 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

 

 

Jennipher Wiebold – Director

• Associate Professor, Western Michigan University
• Disability Network of Southwest Michigan, Board of Directors – Member 2003-2008 (Chair 2005-2007)
• Michigan Rehabilitation Counselors and Educators Association, Board of Directors – Member (Chair 2017-2019)
• National Rehabilitation Counseling Association, Fellow & Lifetime Member (Chair 2011)
• Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

 

 

 

Founding and Former Board Members

Jeremiah Boerman
Erin (Denay) Decker
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
Kimberly L. Swinehart