Meet Members of Our Logistics Support Team

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Say hello to our first official support driver. Will is no stranger to this ride. In 2011, he and a team of supporters from Santa Clara, surprised us and flew  back to New York to meet us as we arrived at the FDNY Firefighter Memorial. Will is a Retired Volunteer Reserve Firefighter from the Santa Clara Fire Department. Will was a dedicated public servant as a volunteer just to help out his community. 

His  career was in the private sector and has since retired from that career. He is never just sitting still as he is very involved with projects that help to make him the giver he is. One of his bigger hobbies is flying and he flies his own plane for many different reasons. He is also a sports car enthusiast and loves to drive fast. Or at least look like he's driving fast!

His skills as a driver will come in handy and I'll have to put a block behind the accelerator to help him maintain support driver speed. Very glad to have him along on this ride!

I would like to thank Matt for helping us with logistical needs in the Chicagoarea. Matt is a firefighter for the City of Chicago and a leader in their bicycle club “Ignite the Spirit. With his help we look forward to a new and exciting  route which will include a couple of familiar stops. Their group also rode with us for a couple of days leading into and out of Chicago. He had worked it out so that CFD had come out to support us. What an awesome experience

I am 56 years old, retired from San Mateo Consolidated Fire Department as a Shift/Ops BC.  I started in the fire service when I was 18-19 as a Volunteer Firefighter with the Foster City Fire Department.  I was hired in 1989 as a permanent Firefighter.  I was promoted to Captain, where I spent and spent 12 years in the spot and then promoted to Battalion Chief.  I have also served as a line safety officer on many out of county deployments.  I retired in 2021 after 32 years as a professional Firefighter. 

I’ve always enjoyed cycling, but stopped riding for a long time due to some injuries and other obligations.  Recently though I have just started riding again and really enjoy it in retirement.