Board of Directors
Martin Farnham
Chair
Term expires: June 2028
EXPERIENCE IN CYCLING AND VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
I'm currently Chair of the Cycling BC Board of Directors. I was the Cycling BC Board Treasurer for two years before that. From 2017-2021, I was President of Tripleshot Cycling Club in Victoria. I have been a member of Tripleshot since 2012. I did some grassroots racing a few years ago and hope to return to that at some point.
ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
I've served as Treasurer and Chair of the Cycling BC Board of Directors. I'm part of the leadership team (Graduate Director) in the Department of Economics at the University of Victoria. I serve on various committees at the University of Victoria and was recently elected to the UVic Senate for a term that begins in July 2025.
HOW DO YOU THINK YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TO CYCLING BC’s DEVELOPMENT?
Three years ago, I ran for the Cycling BC Board because I felt that the organization wasn't serving its membership optimally. I wanted to see the organization take a more collaborative approach and act to lift up clubs and other grassroots elements of our cycling community rather than govern purely from the top down. We've done a lot to change the organization in the last couple years and we have a great team on the Board working together to better serve our members.
One of the best things we've done in the last couple years has been to actively seek out member perspectives on how we can better support them as they grow our sport. Our members and clubs bring a passion to the sport that we should harness as much as possible. If I felt my work was done, I would step away from the board and move on to other things now. But there's more work to do and I'd love to help with it.
We need to think carefully about the system of our sport--how all the pieces fit together and how we can help the pieces work together better. And we need to think carefully about creating pathways into our sport and pathways to improvement for those who want to bring their cycling to a new level. That includes all of our members, from purely recreational riders who want to get safer, fitter, or faster to high-performance athletes seeking podiums and everyone in between.
EXPERIENCE AREAS (as per Cycling BC Wheel):
- Board Experience
- Governance
- Policy
- Accounting / Finance
Roxanne St-Pierre
Vice Chair
Scott Suffolk
Treasurer
Erin Tolfo
Director at Large
Charles Russell
Director at Large
Todd Hansen
Director at Large
Matthew Cooperwilliams
Director at Large
Steph Roorda
Director at Large
Kristen Elizabeth Anderson
Director at Large
Meet Martin Farnham
Term expires: June 2028
EXPERIENCE IN CYCLING AND VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
I'm currently Chair of the Cycling BC Board of Directors. I was the Cycling BC Board Treasurer for two years before that. From 2017-2021, I was President of Tripleshot Cycling Club in Victoria. I have been a member of Tripleshot since 2012. I did some grassroots racing a few years ago and hope to return to that at some point.
ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
I've served as Treasurer and Chair of the Cycling BC Board of Directors. I'm part of the leadership team (Graduate Director) in the Department of Economics at the University of Victoria. I serve on various committees at the University of Victoria and was recently elected to the UVic Senate for a term that begins in July 2025.
HOW DO YOU THINK YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TO CYCLING BC’s DEVELOPMENT?
Three years ago, I ran for the Cycling BC Board because I felt that the organization wasn't serving its membership optimally. I wanted to see the organization take a more collaborative approach and act to lift up clubs and other grassroots elements of our cycling community rather than govern purely from the top down. We've done a lot to change the organization in the last couple years and we have a great team on the Board working together to better serve our members.
One of the best things we've done in the last couple years has been to actively seek out member perspectives on how we can better support them as they grow our sport. Our members and clubs bring a passion to the sport that we should harness as much as possible. If I felt my work was done, I would step away from the board and move on to other things now. But there's more work to do and I'd love to help with it.
We need to think carefully about the system of our sport--how all the pieces fit together and how we can help the pieces work together better. And we need to think carefully about creating pathways into our sport and pathways to improvement for those who want to bring their cycling to a new level. That includes all of our members, from purely recreational riders who want to get safer, fitter, or faster to high-performance athletes seeking podiums and everyone in between.
EXPERIENCE AREAS (as per Cycling BC Wheel):
- Board Experience
- Governance
- Policy
- Accounting / Finance