The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is a 501(c)4 nonprofit organization, governed by a volunteer Board of Directors, who are elected by the organization’s membership. The board is responsible for the organization’s financial health and achievement of its mission. Any SF Bicycle Coalition member can run for the board. Members are invited to attend monthly board meetings. Check out our Events Calendar for meeting dates and times, and download meeting minutes from our archive. To submit questions or comments to the board, please email board@sfbike.org.
The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Education Fund is an affiliated 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, governed by a separate volunteer Board of Directors. Find out more about the SF Bicycle Coalition Education Fund here.
Roan Kattouw, President
Roan was born and raised in the Netherlands, and like most Dutch kids he grew up biking everywhere. When he moved to San Francisco in 2012, the first thing he did was join the SF Bicycle Coalition, to support the creation of the kind of safe bicycling infrastructure he rode on back home. Roan is a software engineer at the Wikimedia Foundation by day, and an advocate for bike infrastructure, safer streets and better transit by night.
Michael Nguyen, Treasurer
Michael was born in Orange County, CA and did not start commuting with his bike until he moved to San Francisco in 2021. Since then, it has become a means of exercise, leisure, exploration, running errands, and now community service. He is excited to advocate for expanded access to infrastructure that serves people first. Michael enjoys biking on his Bianchi Talladega or black lacquer Brompton with the low handlebar through Golden Gate Park.
Michael was an Associate Consultant of the Bridgespan Group, a leading social impact consulting firm for philanthropists, non-profits, and foundations.
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Alex Thornton, Secretary
A San Franciscan since 2011, Alex loves getting around in anything besides a car. He is passionate about how accessible, safe bike infrastructure can be a tool for mobility, equity, climate impact, and just plain fun. He works on climate in roles that have spanned energy policy, solar, food waste, and carbon analytics. He lives in the Inner Sunset with his wife and two kids. You can see him most mornings and evenings using his trusty cargo bike as the family minivan.
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Joanna Bate
Joanna was born and raised in Wales, UK, and has been living car-free in the Castro district of San Francisco since 2010. She believes in advocating for the safety and dignity of cyclists, pedestrians, and other vulnerable road users, and is passionate about building a San Francisco that is welcoming and accessible to everyone who wants to live here.
She bikes for everyday transportation, primarily using bike share, and is also a frequent Muni rider. She deeply cares about LGBTQ+ rights and volunteers with several organizations focused on supporting trans people. Professionally, she works as a data scientist with 16 years of experience in renewable energy, working on deploying and optimizing wind, solar, and battery storage projects.
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Matt Biggar
Matt Biggar is a 20-year resident of San Francisco and is passionate about active transportation and livable communities. He is the Principal and Founder of Connected to Place, a strategy consulting firm that supports place-based collaboratives, nonprofits, and government agencies with facilitation, strategic planning, and research and advisory services. Matt specializes in the development, implementation, and evaluation of collaborative and systems change strategies.He is an author/co-author of several published articles covering his research on transportation behavior, sustainability, systems change, and collaborative strategies
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Garrett Brinker
Garrett believes that bicycling is one of the best ways to create healthier, more joyous, and more livable communities. As an adult, he’s yet to own a car, and so bicycling is his main form of transportation for experiencing every corner of San Francisco; and road cycling has quickly become his main sport for exploring all parts of the Bay Area. He’s deeply passionate about advocating for safer and more equitable active transportation infrastructure in San Francisco and how it has the power to transform our city.
As a Partnerships Director at Via, Garrett works with transit agencies to build more convenient, accessible, and equitable transportation systems. Prior to Via, he worked at other startups in San Francisco, including: Neighborly, which focused on enabling more residents to directly invest in their communities, and City Innovate, which was dedicated to making technology a force for social good in government.
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Ernesto Cuellar
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Kristy Frilling-Skelly
Kristy is a Midwest-raised, California convert who has lived in San Francisco for 13 years. A working mom of 4, she is incredibly passionate about helping San Francisco be a city where families can thrive.
Kristy has spent the bulk of her career in account management, but in her spare time (when she’s not chasing around her 4 children) she is passionate about wellness (which includes biking as much as possible and coaching free workout classes for moms in San Francisco.)
Kristy believes change happens through the combination of strong relationships, altruism, and a bias towards action. She is passionate about creating opportunities for others to feel empowered.
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Clarissa Garvey
Clarissa moved to the Bay Area in 2018 and has lived in San Francisco since 2021. She bikes for transportation and fun, including biking to camp. Clarissa believes deeply in the mission of the Bicycle Coalition and is an avid supporter of safe biking for all, including disabled people, children and their families, and fearful and timid riders. Clarissa is voice disabled and, although not blind, uses vision assistive tools. She runs a voice and speech disability employee group at her work, where she is a software engineer.
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Pooja Muddasani
Pooja is passionate about sustainable transportation. She has never owned a car and uses her bike to explore the city, meet up with friends, and run errands. She believes in building safer and more livable communities by advocating for transportation infrastructure around San Francisco.
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Ryan Patterson
Ryan Patterson is a land use lawyer focusing on housing construction throughout California. He is an avid bicycle commuter and an advocate for bike safety and increased ridership. He believes education, infrastructure, and community are key to achieving these goals, and that biking can make a vital contribution to public health, the environment, and a vibrant city.
Ryan also serves on the Board of Directors of the Upper Noe Neighbors Association.
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Brandon Powell
Brandon is a lifelong cyclist whose earliest memories include riding his bike to the zoo with his father and brother in his hometown St. Louis. He is devoted to his adopted city San Francisco, and passionately believes that everyone who wants—needs—what the city has to offer should have access to it. Brandon is excited by the prospect of getting more black and brown folks out on bicycles, and he knows that safer streets will unlock that possibility.
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Emily Steinglass
Biking has been a lifelong passion for Emily, but after three knee surgeries, it’s taken on a deeper meaning for her, serving as a form of therapy for both her mind and body. She is now a proud triathlete. Emily has shared her passion by teaching her friends that it’s never too late to learn how to ride a bike.
As a Senior Business Operations Analyst for the Autodesk Education team, Emily advocates for students and schools, ensuring the next generation has the skills to design and make a better world. In her role, she builds meaningful relationships by actively listening to understand the goals of others. She is also an agile problem solver who helps drive collaborative solutions. Emily is looking forward to advocating for the San Francisco community, striving to create safer streets for all San Franciscans.
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