Staff and Volunteers

Geraldine Carter, Co-Founder and Director

Geraldine has explored all the continents, leading bicycle tours and hiking trips. She traveled from Bhutan to Bolivia, Patagonia to Prague, Istanbul to Antarctica, sometimes on foot, but mostly on two wheels. She has recently combined her passion and concern for the environment with her intuitive understanding of logistics and bicycle tours to co-create Climate Ride. Geraldine graduated from Cornell University, but traded her talent for solving differential equations for a life of travel, exploration and civic engagement.

Caeli Quinn, Co-Founder and Director

Caeli earned her B.A. from Northwestern University and then hit the road on two wheels. She spent 10 years traveling the globe, leading biking and hiking trips. While pedaling in China and Burma, she observed the effects of climate change and dirty coal plants firsthand.  Caeli decided that it was critical to address America's role in the climate crisis and advocate for a transition to clean energy.  Inspired and determined to positively affect the issue and to help propel the US to a green economy, she co-founded Climate Ride.  One bicyclist at a time, she believes, we can change the world. 

 

Blake Holiday, Ride Director

Blake has been in love with the bicycle since he was a kid riding on his blue beach cruiser. Since then, he's pedaled all over the world as a bike tour leader. Blake has a strong affinity for the arts, entertainment, the environment, and building community. He has headed up many organizations the world over, with experience in corporate development, strategic marketing and event management. In 2005, he won First Night International's prestigious Prism Award for Creative Excellence for his vision and commitment. He holds a degree in Communications from Loyola Marymount University.

Tim McLaughlin, Outreach Coordinator

Tim spent four years leading bicycle tours in the western United States, mostly in Northern California, and has helped to produce a variety of charity bike tours. When he’s not getting the word out about Climate Ride California, you’ll find him leading urban bike tours in San Francisco or studying at the Presidio Graduate School, where he’s learning how a good bicycle infrastructure makes an urban environment more sustainable and livable. If Tim ever finds himself with a few weeks of free time, he'd really like to ride his bike from Copenhagen to Paris, with a stopover in Amsterdam.

David Kroodsma, Outreach Coordinator

After earning a masters degree from Stanford University studying the science of climate change, David embarked on a two-year global warming education campaign, all based on his bicycle. David biked from California to the tip of South America, giving talks in Spanish and English and appearing in national media across 16 countries. He recently was chosen as the HuffPost Hopenhagen Ambassador to the COP15 Conference. David believes that by joining Climate Ride you will be becoming part of the solution, and asks you not to underestimate how much a bike ride can transform your life.

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