IMBA State Rep Network Hits 50By appointing state representatives in Virginia and Arizona this spring, the International Mountain Bicycling Association reached an important milestone. For the first time in its 13 year existence, IMBA has designated representatives in all 50 states.
"State representatives are an important link between the main IMBA office and our clubs and members," said IMBA executive director Tim Blumenthal. "By having reps in all 50 states, IMBA can now provide faster and improved assistance to mountain bikers across the country."
State representatives play a crucial role in mountain bike advocacy. IMBA's advocacy efforts are organized in a tiered system involving IMBA headquarters, state reps, affiliated clubs and individual members. Individual members and clubs deal with most local advocacy issues. For more complex advocacy situations, however, state reps can offer advice and contact key decision makers in government. State reps are also responsible for keeping IMBA headquarters informed of access crisis or needs in their state. All IMBA state representatives work on a volunteer basis.
Since its inception in 1997, the state representative program has grown consistently, and will continue to do so.
"Our network of state representatives is constantly being enhanced and expanded," said Blumenthal. "States with many mountain bikers, particularly California, need more than one representative. IMBA also recently assigned our first Canadian provincial rep, and we will continue to expand the network internationally."
Below is a complete listing of IMBA state and provincial representatives.
Alabama, Ken Hester, kdhester@concentric.net
Alaska, Ken Foraker, gravity1@gci.net
Arizona, Sonia Overholser, mtnbiketrails@msn.com
Arkansas, Don West, don_west23@hotmail.com
British Columbia, John Gowans, jgowans@telus.net
California, Jim & Cathy Haagen-Smit, jimhs@jps.net
Colorado West, Bill Harris, bharris@gwe.net
Colorado East, Jim Schwerin, jim@medwheel.org
Connecticut, Alex Sokolow, asokolow@snet.net
Delaware, Steve Hicks, imbasteve@aol.com
Florida, Bob Michaels, bob@bobmichaels.org
Georgia, Jay Franklin, jayfsorba@mindspring.com
Hawaii, John Alford, mtnbike@aloha.net
Idaho, Harley Parson, harleyparson@earthlink.net
Illinois, Wayne Mikes, wmikesbikes@aol.com
Indiana, Jim Krutsch, jkrutsch@aol.com
Iowa, Rob Johnson, robjohn@earthlink.net
Kansas, John Horn, john.horn@kcpl.com
Kentucky, Leta Weedman, lnweed01@louisville.edu
Louisiana, Stacey Hochstadter, luella1969@aol.com
Maine, Jeff Miller, bcm@bikemaine.org
Maryland, David Scull, davidscull@estatesLLC.com
Massachusetts, Krisztina Holly, z@askjeeves.com
Michigan, Dan Harrison, dharrisn@hfcc.net
Minnesota, Bob Mueller, mail@bikeblast.com
Mississippi, Paul Damlouji, pdam@c-gate.net
Missouri, Michael Cleveland, mikecleveland@planetkc.com
Montana, Aaron Teasdale, digaaron@yahoo.com
Nebraska, Jesse Petersen, artpedaler@hotmail.com
Nevada, Dale Beesmer, daleb_leslied@inetworld.com
New Hampshire, Mark Jenks, jinxbery@landmarknet.net
New Jersey - North, Sarah Frost, sarah@jorba.org
New Jersey - South, Jay Jones, DVMBP@aol.com
New Mexico, Charles Ervin, bicycles@twowheeldrive.com
New York - Upstate, Jon Sundquist, jsundqui@buffnet.net
New York - Metro, Kevin Moriarty, kmoriarty@thermosavant.com
North Carolina, Julie White, juliewnc@earthlink.com
North Dakota, Ronald Luethe, ron.luethe@home.com
Ohio, Matt Ogle, heyogle@aol.com
Oklahoma, Charles Duke, oefprez-cdkm@msn.com
Oregon, Ric Balfour, ricnholly@swiftnet.com
Pennsylvania, Tim Cusick, tcusick@epix.net
Rhode Island, Tina Hopkins, vcycles@efortress.com
South Carolina, Bill Victor, wmvic32@aol.com
South Dakota, Phil Busching, busching@gwtc.net
Tennessee, Sam Poyner, prestahead@aol.com
Texas, Steve & Jeanne Patterson, mtbin@aol.com
Utah, Jon Gallagher, jonbear68@aol.com
Vermont, Gary Kessler, gary.kessler@state.vt.us
Virginia, Bob Dunn, bdunn@acsconveyor.com
Washington, Len Francies, bbtclen@jps.net
West Virginia, Matt Marcus, mattmarcus@citynet.net
Wisconsin, Scott Frey, scott@worba.org
Wyoming, Doug Lowham, dougl@jacksonhole.comwww.imba.org
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