Justin Booth
Justin has been trained in the field of public health and is currently with the Wellness Institute of Buffalo and the New York State Physical Activity Coalition. He rides his bike to work every day.


Harvey Botzman — Treasurer
Publisher/Author, Cyclotour Guide Books.
Harvey writes bicycle tour guidebooks (four of his books detail routes in New York State); articles on bicycle touring for magazines; and provides public relations for bicycling events. He compiles the Coalition’s Events Calendar and is active member of several tourism industry organizations.


Lois Chaplin
Cornell Local Roads Program, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering. Lois enjoys blending her education and communications background with her interest in bicycling. She’s authored numerous publications and is a certified cycling instructor for the League of American Bicyclists. She bicycles for fun, fitness and transportation. Lois joined the board in 2001.

Richard de Sarra — Vice President
Richard is a board member of the Rochester Bicycling Club and lives in Rochester. He is a dedicated organizer of the MS Bike Tour and co-founder of the Rochester Cycling Alliance a local advocacy group. Richard joined the board in the mid 1990s.


Ken Fagut
National Sales Director, Areaware. Cycling is his passion, his way of life, and in his former position with YaYa! Bike, a Co-op in the bike industry representing 264 Independent Bicycle Dealers, he drove many of the programs including advocacy of our members. Ken advocates on a daily basis for ways to commute other than the car.

Brian Kehoe
Brian is a Certified Urban Planner. He was raised in Rochester and holds a Master’s in Urban Planning from SUNY Buffalo where he focused his studies upon transportation planning. Brian is a long-time bicycle commuter and has spent a portion of his career working with bicycle-pedestrian facility planning. He became involved with NYBC due to his creation of a bicycle corridor master plan for the City of Poughkeepsie. He is married and has a one-year-old son and lives in the rural village of Catskill.


Claire Nolan
Claire works for the State University of Albany as an English teacher. She is also the Bike Month coordinator for the Capital District. Claire lives in Albany and joined the board in February 2005.


Dennis Savoie
Dennis is a retired physician and the author of “Cranks from Cooperstown: 50 Bike Rides in Upstate New York” (www.copleys.com/cranks). He is an experienced long distance self-contained bicycle tourist, a League of American Bicyclists Cycling Instructor (LCI), and a founding member of the Otsego Regional Cycling Advocates (ORCA).

Matt VanSlyke — Acting President
Matt is a transportation planner, avid cyclist and bike commuter. He has participated in and been involved in organizing events such as The Ride for Missing Children and the Cycling the Erie Canal bicycle tour. Matt is a member of the Mohawk Valley Bicycling Club (MVBC), lives and rides in New Hartford, NY, and earns money for chain lube and spare tubes through occasional work at his local bike shop. Matt joined the board in 2007.


Paul Winkeller – Secretary
Paul Winkeller, on the left, was NYBC’s first executive director and is now a consultant living outside Albany. On the right is our most recent past executive director, Joshua Poppel. This photo was taken in Amherst, MA, halfway on a two-day bike trip from Albany to Boston during late summer, 2007.

Web Designer
Paul Adkins Designer/Advocate, Organic Haus.
Paul has a long history as a cyclist and activist. Paul has lived in Ithaca, NY; Slatyfork, WV; Palo Alto, CA; and Missoula, MT. He designed the websites for Adventure Cycling, the League of American Bicyclists, and the National Center for Bicycling & Walking. Paul previously served on the NYBC board. He now resides in Eugene, OR. We are thrilled to retain his web skills for both our current NYBC site and new bicycletravel.nybc.net cyclotourism website.

Board Development
NYBC is actively seeking new board members and volunteers. We welcome activists, planners, and representatives from the private sector. Additionally, we are interested in working with individuals from agencies not traditionally aligned with bike-ped activities but who have a stake in transportation choices. Our board members do not necessarily represent the organizations they work for, but bring to NYBC experience from many different parts of their lives.

Are you interested in becoming part of NYBC’s leadership? Send an email to Richard de Sarra, acting president, at: rdscomm@rochester.rr.com.