2003 Board of Directors


	2003 Board of Directors

2003 GHORBA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jeff Nielsen President

Jeffrey T. Nielsen, Executive Vice President for the Houston Contractors Association (HCA).

I am a native Houstonian who has spent the last twelve years in public service working on various political campaigns and referendums. I spent the last six years working on City Council for Council Members Sanchez, Roach and most recently Bell. Through my position with the Contractors Association I maintain close relations with all City and County elected officials and their staffs. I am the Treasurer for the construction industries political action committee HOUCONPAC. I also hold a spot on several local boards and committee’s namely, The Houston Realty Breakfast Club (HRBC), Houston Construction Industry Coalition (HCIC), Construction Workforce Coalition (CWC) and I am an active member of the Greater Houston Partnership participating in the Transportation, State and Local Government Relations, and Clean Air sub-committees. I am the President of my homeowners association, Greentree Civic Association and have held that position for the past four years. I am an avid mountain biker and have enjoyed the sport for the last 12 years. I am a member of the International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) and I am a past Treasurer, current President and co-founder of the Greater Houston Off Road Biking Association (GHORBA). I am happily married to my wife Lisa for the last nine years and together we have two beautiful daughters, Brogan 6 and Avery 3. You can email me at jnielsen@houstoncontractors.org

Kelly Strader VP Trails

Kelly Strader is a 3rd generation native Houstonian. He lives on the west side of Houston

with his 2 lovely bikes. After spending 5 years on the road becoming a road rally expert he purchased a mountain bike due to a good price. With several TMBRA races under his belt and a few psycho-cross races he has retired to the woods to be with the trails he loves. His trail-worker toolage was began at an early age when his Dad thought it would be fun to teach him to drive by doing tractor work at Seabrook Sailing Club. He has been known to say "You really don't know what water management is till you have to put a slight grade on a 2 acre lot by eye knowing that your Dad is going to sight it with a level and make you do it over if it is wrong" Contact Kelly at kstrader@yahoo.com

Current favorite quote "Water is my new best enemy"

Mike Lutomski Treasurer

Mike has been a Rocket Scientist at NASA for the

past 17 years. Mike started riding a $100 modified 10-speed with 26" wheels and a single speed coaster break back in college riding to class in over ice, sleet, and snow. Decades later he was introduced to the "official" sport of mountain biking and downhill racing while living in Moscow Russia. There he learned the "art" of biking year-round in rain, snow, and mud (did I say mud?). He also learned how to curse in Russian when falling down large crevices and hills surrounded by natural hazards. Upon returning to America where there were more than 37 bikers and actual bike trails, he learned about Cross Country Racing, how to ride trails that were dry, what a closed trail was, and even trail maintenance from IMBA. Mike rides, races, and camps with his three children around Texas. Mike wants to promote mountain biking activities in Houston, ensure access to existing and new trails systems, & encourage sustainable trail maintenance. Contact him at lutomski@concentric.net.

Cynthia Stewart Secretary

Cynthia hasn't sent in a bio so I'll do it for her. She is a wife, mother, bookeeper, our secretary and a damn good racer. She won the beginner class in the fall series before moving up to sport where she finished 3rd overall. Cynthia has stepped up to assistant race director for the Big Ring Challenge and also serves on the Board of Directors for TMBRA. She also helps big time with the GHORBA Sprockids Program and can be found at most events.

Jamie Hendrixson Membership

Jamie took over membership from Kirsty midway though the 2003 season. Jamie is a Purdue graduate and a licensed Landscape Architect here in Houston. She is an avid biker and advocate for biking. She is one of the founders and Directors of the Houston Sprockids program and is in her first season of racing in the TMBRA series as a beginner class racer. She can be reached at Jamie@ghorba.org

Keith Porter Events Evangelist

I got drafted, OK, I volunteered to be interim Events Coordinator after the previous director resigned to spend more time training and working. My first project was the Fat Tire Festival, a labor of love. I had a blast working with everyone putting that together. Well, they decided to keep me so I guess I did OK. The next project was putting a new website together and you can see those results. Now maybe I can get back to my job, Events. Easter brings us a road trip to ride the Womble in Arkansas and then the Race in the fall. You can reach me at porterka@sbcglobal.net and don't forget to visit my website www.mtnbikerider.com

Christina Case Fund Raising

Chris has been President for nearly 4 years and is in her final year. She set the bar pretty high for her successor. Chris is an engineer by trade and works for Enbridge Energy, a natural gas and crude pipeline transportation company based in Alberta, Canada. Chris rides for West End Bicycles in the TMBRA mountain bike series and dabbles in the Cyclo-cross series. Chris is a tireless worker that does it all, trail-work, advocacy, fund-raising, rider, mother (to her dog) and friend to all. Contact Chris at jayhawkrider@yahoo.com