Lori Kessler
Vice-President 

Lori Kessler joined the VACC Board in 2010 and serves as the Vice President. With the VACC she strives to "make cycling accessible for daily life".

Lori is an architect and enthusiastic cyclist: she bikes to work daily, loves long-distance touring, and is a performing member of the B:C:Clettes. Past bike tours include northern Europe, Rocky Mountains, Arctic Circle, deserts, islands and more. Her architectural work focuses on sustainable design in public buildings: schools, community centres, art galleries, an animal rescue shelter. Lori is the LEED Coordinator for several projects (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design); she also serves on the Board of Directors for Commercial Driveís East End Food Co-op.

Lori has lived in Atlanta; Paris, France; Eugene; and, since 2003, Vancouver.

Ivan Chow
Treasurer

Ivan joined the VACC Board of Directors as the interim Treasurer in 2009, and is pleased to have been voted into the position in 2010.

As one of the only non-Vancouver-based board members, he brings the interests of the suburban cyclist to the forefront and as the committee chair for the Maple Ridge/ Pitt Meadows group, he has been able to work to improve infrastructure & cycling conditions directly in his home town.

Alexander Clarkson 
Secretary

Alex is a prosecutor helping to enforce Canada's environmental laws. He has an engineering degree & a law degree and he conducts hearings in both English & French. He is also a published legal author on the topic of environmental law. He has appeared before administrative tribunals, the Tax Court of Canada, the B.C. Provincial Court and the B.C. Supreme Court. He has worked closely with various environmental NGOs & government agencies across Canada & founded Hearth Vancouver, a community group that supplies free insulation to homes that
need it.

Alex has a strong belief that cycling creates cleaner, closer, and safer communities. He would like to see Vancouver as a model of sustainable and intelligent city planning. He sees cycling as an integral part of the solution to international environmental concerns as well as local concerns about the quality of life in our communities.

Arno Schortinghuis
Past President

Arno was born in the Netherlands of parents who cycled most of their lives. After he was weaned from the child carrier on his mother's bike, he started cycling on a men's CCM by angling his right leg under the cross-bar. He hasn't stopped since.

Arno currently splits his time between house-husband duties, software consulting, volunteer work and, of course, cycling. He has been active in many outdoor activities and has served on the executive committees of outdoor clubs and school parent advisory committees.

He believes that cycling contributes to both mental and physical health and that while a car may sometimes be quicker, cycling always takes less time.

Graham Anderson

Graham Anderson is passionate about Vancouver, civic politics, local transportation solutions, and building happy, healthy communities. He is a founding member of SHIFT Delivery Co-op, an urban delivery business that uses heavy duty cargo trikes to transport goods in downtown Vancouver. Graham is a Director and Secretary with the East End Food Co-op, and a past Director of the Grandview Woodland Area Council. He has recently completed a degree in Dialogue, Sustainable Community Development, and Economics at Simon Fraser University.

Phil Baudin
Executive Director of Modo The Car Co-op

Phil is the Executive Director of Modo The Car Co-op, an organization that provides car sharing services to over 7,000 members in Metro Vancouver. His interest in sustainability started with his community, moved to habitat conservation, and is now focused on transportation. He has worked on many volunteer boards and has extensive business experience, including senior management roles in a number of large service organizations. Phil lives in West Vancouver and is on the North Shore Committee.

Phil believes that cycling facilities are a critical component of the transportation infrastructure of a major city like ours and that we need significantly more infrastructure to achieve the potential for cycling in Metro Vancouver.

Colin Brander

Colin works in Information Technology for Parks Canada. Together with his wife Tammy, he is the caretaker of a traffic circle garden, involved in the rejuvenation of the Mount Pleasant area, and on the council of St. Michael's Anglican Church. He enjoys the outdoors, travelling, live music, and Canucks games.

Colin has been cycling since he was 10 years old, has cycle commuted when feasible for over 30 years, and cycled across Canada in 1983. He believes in sustainable communities and transportation choices, and wants to make a difference in the quality of life in the Lower Mainland.

Ken Ohrn

Ken is a former Canadian Forces fighter pilot and a Certified Energy Manager with two Engineering degrees. He has worked in information technology in the airline business and has run a technology consulting business focussing on information technology and energy management.

Ken strongly believes that cycling will and should become more prevalent in our mix of transportation options as fossil fuels become more expensive, less desirable, and less available. He feels it's up to organizations like the VACC and its partners to help prepare the Vancouver area for continued growth in cycling.

Ken started cycling for recreation, and then to run errands around town and to support his avid interest in photography. As he puts it: "I realized there was probably a lot to learn about urban cycling so I took the VACC's Commuter Cycling Skills course. I was so impressed by it that I joined the organization."

Jonathan Thar

Jonathan Thar moved to Vancouver in 1997 to study marine biology at UBC. He didn't really start experiencing the city, though, until after university when his bike also came west. Relative to any other mode of transportation, Jonathan feels infinitely more connected to and energized by our region when exploring the streets on two self-propelled wheels.