MEET YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Bradley Baise / Events

Brad became passionate about road cycling in 2002. He moved to Bend in 2019 from the western suburbs of Chicago. Brad quickly joined the COWs and found many new friends.  He appreciates the beauty and challenges of riding in Central Oregon.  Brad enjoys both leading and participating in Club rides;  as well as just hanging out afterwards. 

Terry Belunes / Secretary

Terry returned to Bend after a 30 year career as an Environmental Scientist. After many years of white water kayaking, backpacking and mountain biking, Terry began road cycling in the 2000’s to stay active, enjoy the beauty of rural Oregon, and met new friends. Committed to safe and healthy cycling, Terry leads beginner rider orientations and the club’s Progressive Tuesday rides to help riders achieve their cycling goals.

Amy Bender / Treasurer

Amy relocated to Bend from Ashland with her husband Rhett in 2020. She is a former race director and cyclocross and road racer who now trains mainly to take bike vacations around the world. Amy enjoys road, gravel and easy mountain bike rides. She joined the COWS to meet new people to ride and socialize with. She is always looking for another hill to climb.

Frank came to Sunriver with his wife Karla in 2020 from Seattle WA. He was a member and ride leader with the Cascade Bicycle Club in Seattle and enjoys both road and gravel rides. Cycling has brought him some of his closest personal relationships, taken him on adventures around the world , and enriched his life in ways that are hard to express. He joined COWs in 2021 looking for new friends and to get involved in the Bend cycling community. With a the COWs focus on camaraderie, group rides and social events, Frank was motivated to join the board of directors.

Paul Brooksbank / Officer

Paul moved to Bend following his retirement in 2015. Paul worked as a Fire Captain in Las Vegas. Paul is married with three sons. Paul enjoys road, mountain, and cycle touring. Along with sail plane soaring,  restoring vintage motorcycles, and attempting to ski. Paul joined COWs in the spring of 2021 and enjoys both riding and drinking beer with the club, but mostly the drinking part because riding is hard. Paul looks forward to leading more rides and serving on your board with enthusiasm.

Tina Beyer / Officer

Tina moved to Bend in December 2018 following an earlier snowboarding trip. She’s a former fed from the DE/MD/DC area where in her job she listened well. She enjoys road biking, gravel and mountain biking as well as snowboarding and trail running. She joined COWS because of its reputation for fun rides and fun people and has enjoyed discovering both.

Therese Staiger / Officer

Therese is an ex-professional road bike racer. Prior to her professional cycling career she was a photo journalist for Time magazine covering many of the 21st most critical regions.  Therese met Brian while she was training for an ultra marathon race. While Brian dnf the ultra marathon, Therese took first place overall.  Feeling sorry for Brian, she agreed to date him.  After finishing her astrophysics PhD, Therese and Brian settled in Bend.