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Nate Byerley Board of Directors
Nate is CEO of Xtracycle Inc., an industry leading international cargo bicycle manufacturer and distributor. Nate's professional career in bikes began as a Worldbike volunteer. In 2001, he helped develop a cargo bike prototype for the developing world. Today, the prototype is featured in the Smithsonian's exhibit, "Design for the Other 90%." During Nate's extensive bike travels through Central America in 2004, he started a business focused on human-powered bike products for everyday sustainable living. This enterprise, known as the Juice Peddler, was acquired in 2008. Nate's inspiration comes from a deep-rooted love of bicycle travel mixed with a desire to find enterprising ways of monetizing bicycles in today's marketplace. Nate lives with his wife and daughter in Berkeley, CA. Nate's educational training is in creative writing. Go figure.
Ross Evans Founder and Board of Directors
At the age of 19, Ross travelled to Managua carrying with him bike tools, a welder and a question for his undergraduate thesis project. Alongside a group of war-disabled men, he set out in pursuit of a simple, cargo-carrying bicycle solution. What began in 1995 became two pioneering organizations - Worldbike, and it's altruistic "for-profit" sibling, Xtracycle. In the process, Ross discovered how to enable a beautiful machine (the bicycle) to meet more needs and desires than ever before. ID Magazine declared him one of the 40 most notable socially responsible designers in the world in 2000. Curious and catalytic, he's led a team of world-class eye surgeons to develop cataract surgical tools for Nepal, developed an award-winning construction toy and presented at the TED Conference. He is a Stanford-trained engineer, adventurer, inventor, humanitarian, yogi and design catalyst. Ross inspires others to do what we love to make a positive difference. He calls it "holishift".
Erik Froyd Board of Directors
Erik brings to Worldbike extensive experience in sustainable agriculture, value chain analysis, economic development and reporting system design. He serves on the Worldbike board because of his shared commitment to sustainable development, and the role that the (right) bicycle can play in improving livelihoods. Erik has over twelve years of corporate experience in business process analysis, project management and organizational development. He has an MBA from the Presidio School of Management and is co-founder of The DevDesign Compact, a consulting firm focused on "resilient development."
Kenton Harmer Board of Directors
Kenton brings to Worldbike extensive experience designing, implementing and monitoring appropriate and effective development programs. His career in development, emergencies, and disasters started with his own. Kenton was playing didgeridoo in a rock band in Taiwan when an earthquake destroyed his apartment and flattened the country's central region. Since then, he's worked in many conflict and disaster regions, including Sierra Leone, Liberia, Sri Lanka, and Louisiana. Kenton received an MBA in sustainable development. He is co-founder of The DevDesign Compact, a consulting firm focused on "resilient development." Kenton lives with his wife and didjeridoo in New York City.
David Zapol Board of Directors (Chairman)
David Zapol is a strategy consultant with FSG Social Impact Advisors in the San Francisco office. He and his wife Diana Laird have supported Worldbike since 2001, and David became a board member in 2008. At FSG, David advises foundations, corporations and community foundations predominantly in the areas of program strategy and mission investing in global health and development. David received his MBA and MPH from Columbia University and holds degrees from MIT and Stanford. Don't let David's dry professional bio fool you, he makes a mean souffle and his creme brulee is otherworldly.