Board Members
Melissa Dunstan – Trips for Kids and Safe Kids Director
Looking for some adventure, Melissa moved to Arizona in 1995 after completing her Biology degree from the University of Georgia. After some time in the Colorado River desert, she yearned for community and a more active lifestyle and moved to Flagstaff in 2001. She has served on the FBO Board since 2003. She is a recreational mountain and road cyclist and is active in many cycling advocacy groups, including the Flagstaff Bicycle Advisory Committee. She is also a board member of Summit Velo, FBO’s sister competitive cycling organization. As an example of her passion for the development of youth cycling in Flagstaff, she is the founder of Flagstaff’’s Trips for Kids program and the Director of the Coconino County Safe Kids Coalition’s Bicycle Safety Program.
Kim Duncan – Advertising Executive/Sponsorship Director
Kim joined the FBO Board in August 2006. She graduated with a degree in Interior Design from NAU. Kim enjoys all that Flagstaff has to offer, the community as well as the beautiful surroundings. She has extensive experience in sales and marketing as well as event design and coordination. She also volunteers for various non-profits in Northern Arizona including but not limited to The American Cancer Society, The American Heart Association, Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival, and of course FBO.
T.C. Eberly
Our newest board member joined up October 2008. T.C. is a member of the Flag Velo executive board and has recently shifted his focus from amatuer race promotion to community events. He adds a long history of event planning in Flagstaff including the Summit Center Classic and Arizona State Championship Road Races. In addition, he was a finalist in the 2008 NBRCDO (National Bike Rodeo Course Design Olympics). FBO looks forward to his help in upcoming events and fundraisers.
Dave Needham
Dave Needham was a late comer to cycling, it wasn’t until 2006 when he moved to Flagstaff that he got his first bike. It was only by coincidence that Dave met FBO after transporting the Safe Kids/FBO Bike Rodeo trailer to an event at an elementary school and they haven’t been able to get rid of him since. Dave now owns four bikes and rides competitively in mountain bike races around the state along with his two daughters Miranda and Hailey. As a member of the Flagstaff Police Department Dave uses his knowledge of the law to educate bicyclists, pedestrians, motorists and fellow officers about safety and the rules of the road.
Anthony Quintile
Is an 20-year bicycle industry veteran with experience in all things cycling from working as a bicycle messenger in New York City and San Francisco to managing 2 different Top 100 U.S. bicycle shops: Poison Spider Bicycles, Moab , UT, (Bicycle Dealer Showcase Top 100) and Absolute Bikes, Flagstaff and Sedona, AZ, (BRAIN Top 100). Currently he is the general manager of Absolute Bikes with locations in Flagstaff and Sedona, he is responsible for two high profile charity cycling events: The Taylor House Benefit Century Ride, and the St. Mary’s Food Bank Old Fashion Mountain Bike Race and he is a board member with Flag Velo, Inc., and Flagstaff Biking Organization, a highly successful and comprehensive cycling advocacy group.
Jack Welch
Jack Welch came to Flagstaff from St Louis MO to retire in 1876, just prior to the BNSF Railroad, on one of the first bicycles ever invented. He is one of the cornerstones to cycling and pedestrian advocacy in Flagstaff, and one of the old-timers to FBO. His endless enthusiasm, dogged spirit, passion and dedication to creating, maintaining and enjoying the scenic and cycling attributes of Flagstaff earned him the FBO Brick Award for 2008. Overdue and over-earned, the Brick Award for Jack recognizes his years of supporting bike issues, and Jack continues to fight for the Bicycle Friendly Community of Flagstaff.