Meet Our Team

Grant Boothman

Board Member

Joined in 2019 after four months volunteering in Sierra Leone. Commerce degree graduate from University of Victoria. Lifelong cyclist from Vancouver Island.

Jeff DePree

Board Member

📍 Denver, CO

Joined in 2025. Develops apps and websites for non-profits focused on international development and outdoor recreation. Regular international bike tour participant.

Gavin LaFave

Board Member

📍 Madison, WI

Joined in 2020. Worked in bicycle retail across Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Utah for a decade. Previously served on a summer youth camp non-profit board.

Craig Lorch

Advisor

📍 Seattle, WA

Owner of Total Reclaim recycling company. Has donated storage space and shipping support since VBP's founding year.

Jamie May

Board Member

📍 Park City, UT

Joined in 2021. Professional background in green energy, electric vehicles, and software development. Avid cyclist for 25+ years. Organized Park City's inaugural VBP bike drive.

Ron Morris

Board Member

📍 San Francisco, CA

Joined in 2025. Director of OMNES Education San Francisco Campus. Career spans more than two decades across Europe and the United States. Currently collecting bikes in the Bay Area.

David Mozer

Advisor

📍 Seattle, WA

Director of the International Bicycle Fund and co-founder of Bike Works in Seattle. Invaluable adviser to the project since the first shipment in 2000. Designer of ibike.org resource library.

Abdul Karim Kamara

Country Manager

📍 Lunsar

Started cycling industry work at age 11. Became one of the country's most skilled mechanics and joined the Sierra Leone National Cycling Team. Promoted to Country Manager in 2015. Operates a major bike shop in Lunsar.

Abdul B Kamara

Head Mechanic

📍 Lunsar

Trained as a teacher and accomplished bicycle mechanic. Manages quality control and maintains school bicycle library fleet.

Ben Conteh

Program Manager

📍 Lunsar

Native of Lunsar. Started with VBP in 2014 as monitoring and evaluation officer. Now serves as primary program trainer and site coordinator. Member of Lunsar Cycling Team.

Ebenezer Somiah

Program Coordinator

📍 Accra

Coordinates VBP's programs in Ghana, overseeing operations and ensuring smooth delivery of services across the country.

Moro Musa

Lead Trainer

📍 Accra

Working with VBP since 2003. Promoted to lead instructor in 2012; helped develop the One Day Workshop curriculum. Operates a shop and onion farm. From Upper East region.

Abokyi Samadu

Lead Trainer

📍 Accra

Joined VBP in 2002 as trainee instructor. Promoted to lead instructor in 2012. Manages local market purchases and tool sales. From Northern Region.

Samson "Akapo" Tuffour

Lead Trainer

📍 Asueyi

Joined in June 2012. Skilled mechanic capable of repairing various machines. Based in Asueyi with family.

Abdul Fatawu Iddrisu

Learn to Ride Coordinator

📍 Techiman

Joined VBP in February 2013. Opened his own bicycle repair shop in 2001. Lead Learn to Ride instructor responsible for gathering program reports and photos.

Prosper Dzandu

Warehouse Manager

📍 Dodowa

Joined in August 2013. Talented Kente weaver and bicycle mechanic. Manages warehouse inventory and operates his own shop. From Volta Region.

Dauda Isseku

Staff Mechanic

📍 Kasoa

Joined in August 2014. Previously worked as bicycle mechanic in Central Accra's Tudu market. From Northern Region.

Abdul Rahim Haruna

Trainer

📍 Accra

Joined in May 2014. Comes from a family with 20 members of his extended family working in bicycle mechanics. From Upper East Region; moved to Accra in 2011.