Board of Directors
- Brian Blomerth, Boston
- James Bradley, Billerica
- Brian Casella, Norwood
- Colin Durrant, Cambridge
- Lauren Hefferon, Arlington
- John Siemiatkoski, Waltham
- David Watson, Arlington (Executive Director, serves on the board by virtue of his position)
MassBike Governance
MassBike members elect the Board of Directors each December, for a three-year term. If you’re interested in getting more involved in MassBike and would like to find out more about serving on the Board of Directors, please see our Board Agreement (.doc), which lays out board member responsibilities. We ask that potential candidates fill out a Board Application (.doc) and Board Self Evaluation (.xls) and email them to our Executive Director along with a resume.
Staff
David Watson - Executive Director
I am a lifelong bicyclist – a bike commuter, a road rider, a mountain biker, a singlespeeder, and a multi-modal folding biker. I have been MassBike’s Executive Director since 2006, following a decade as a volunteer mountain biking advocate and director of the New England Mountain Bike Patrol, and almost 20 years in technology startups and commercial law. I serve on the Massachusetts Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board, the Massachusetts Safe Routes to School Task Force, and the Massachusetts Wellness Promotion Advisory Board; I am a past member of the MassDOT Transportation Advisory Committee and the Transportation Enhancements Advisory Committee. I also serve on the Boston Health in All Policies Task Force, the Built Environment Community of Practice of the Massachusetts Partnership for Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention, and chair the Fitness Committee of the Boston Collaborative for Food and Fitness. I have a B.S. in Management Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a J.D. from Cornell Law School. In addition to my work at MassBike, I teach in the City Planning and Urban Affairs program at Boston University. When I am not biking, advocating, or teaching, I am deeply engaged in the study of coffee. (email)(blog posts)
Price Armstrong - Programs Director
I first came to Massachusetts to attend Hampshire College in Amherst. After heading up the community bike program there, I started with MassBike as a volunteer for the Pioneer Valley Chapter, coordinating Northampton’s Bike Commute Week events in 2008. I left Massachusetts to get my Master of Public Administration Degree at the University of Oregon, where I focused in transportation policy. I’m glad to be back in the Bay State, applying the lessons I learned in the Beaver State. When I’m not tinkering with my bike, you can probably find me reading a history book. (email)(blog posts)
Chinh Bui – Membership and Office Coordinator
I started as an intern with MassBike in summer 2012 after graduating with a Master of City Planning Degree from Boston University. I love outdoor activities and nature, and riding my blue little 24 inch Shwinn. Although it is a mountain bike, I prefer biking around the crowded busy streets of Boston to visit the downtown historical buildings. I grew up in Asia, where I studied architecture, urban design and building conservation (still major interests). I am excited to help MassBike promote bicycling in communities around the state. When not biking, I like walk around town to take pictures of people being happy and out biking.(email)
Shawn Musgrave – Program Associate
I moved to the East Coast from Arizona in 2008 to attend Boston University, where I completed my B.A. in Economics and Global Development in May 2012. Biking defined my undergrad years and my love for Massachusetts, from commuting around Boston to pedicabbing to writing about bike culture and the best rides in the metro area. Outside of MassBike, I am also a journalist, photographer, improv comedian and train enthusiast. (email)(blog posts)
Instructors:
Elaine Formica, Pioneer Valley
I love sharing my passion for riding bikes. In addition to teaching for Mass Bike, I’m the co-owner of and guide for Ride Noho, a bicycling touring company in Northampton Massachusetts. When I’m not riding my road bike, I’m skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, riding my mountain bike, or just spending time outdoors.
Rob Miceli, Cape and Islands
In addition to being the President of the MassBike Cape and Island Chapter, I’m happy to be an instructor for MassBike. I’m also a member of the Massachusetts Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board, past president and co-founder of Mad About Cycling, and owner of Cotuit Cycling Tours. I love sharing my passion for riding bikes and am interested in anything and everything about bikes.
Galen Mook, Boston Metro
Since coming to Boston in 2003, I’ve been a figure in Boston’s bicycle community; founding a student bike group at Boston University, organizing workshops for fledgling bike commuters, toting folks through the scenic streets of Boston in a pedicab, leading bike rides for students in the City’s public schools, fixing up the Hubway bikes for Boston’s own bikeshare system, and even playing a makeshift drumset while biking in group rides with my “jambike” (see the picture). My hope is that everyone, from kids to grandparents, will feel comfortable and confident when riding a bicycle.
Laura Smeaton, Boston Metro
As a public health researcher (biostatistician in infectious diseases at Harvard School of Public Heath), I re-discovered the joy of bicycling when I started biking to work – and learned what a wonderful commute it is. The first group rides I joined were coordinated by MassBike, where I met others who have become lifelong friends. In addition to commuting by bike, I enjoy riding for both fun and recreation, especially multi-day touring. The past four years, I’ve volunteered for the Mass Bike Pike tour (which benefits MassBike), and I am a hyper-local bicycle advocate within Boston’s neighborhoods. As it was MassBike’s safe cycling classes which initially taught me important riding skills and confidence (which I later augmented with a LAB League Cycling Instructor certification), I am thrilled to share my love for bicycling through mentoring others in MassBike’s education program. A motto I use to introduce workshops: Bicycling is an extraordinary experience, but you don’t have to be extraordinary to bicycle.
