Our Team

We are an organization of cyclists, educators, and community leaders who believe we can make an unquestionable difference in the lives of children by opening their minds to new possibilities and arming them with greater self-esteem.

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Anna Shea

Executive Director

Anna was born in Denver and grew up exploring the Front Range hiking, biking, and skiing. She has a BA in Linguistics from Lawrence University in Wisconsin, and a MS in Organizational Leadership from Regis University in Denver. She has always been drawn to bikes and has worked in the bike industry off and on for 10 years, eventually landing in the nonprofit world at Lucky to Ride. There she gets to focus on the important aspects of cycling like access, education, and most of all fun. Anna continues to ride all manner of bikes, and loves sharing her enthusiasm for two wheels with everyone at Lucky to Ride.

Megan Wayne

Development Manager

Megan moved to Denver in 2014 from Buffalo, NY and Indianapolis. Like so many, the outdoors and mountains kept calling her until she finally made the move to Colorado. Megan has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Dayton in Sports Management and has spent over 20 years working in nonprofit. She loves being a part of Lucky to Ride and seeing the long-term impact the organization’s programs have on its youth participants. She sees the power of biking and how learning to ride can change a young person’s life allowing for greater freedom and independence. When not at Lucky to Ride, Megan can be found trail running, hiking, volunteering or hanging out in the mountains.
megan@luckytoride.org

Fernando Ibarra

Lucky Bikes Service Manager and Former Youth@Work Intern

Fernando is a Colorado native and grew up near Lucky Bikes Re-Cyclery. He started at Lucky Bikes Re-Cyclery through our Youth@Work program where he first developed his excellent bike mechanic skills. Fernando has excelled as a bike tech since joining the team and brings energy and a positive attitude to work every day. As a graduate of Youth@Work, Fernando realizes that he can be an example for the new Youth@Work Interns that work in the shop. When he’s not at Lucky Bikes, Fernando is either on one of his bikes riding or hanging out at the shop.
fernando@luckybikes.org

Ryan Rogers

Programs Manager and Mountain Bike Team Coach

Michael Martinez

Lucky Bikes Mechanic

Youth@Work Interns

Lucky Bikes

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Jodi Tompkins

Board President

A Colorado native, Jodi grew up in Grand Junction. She graduated from Colorado State University and had a successful career in pharmaceutical sales. Now retired, Jodi focuses on nonprofit work with the Wild Animal Sanctuary, different political campaigns, and volunteering with Lucky to Ride. She notes how fortunate we are to live in Colorado with so many great places to ride. Jodi discovered Lucky to Ride years ago when she donated a bike at Lucky Bikes Re-Cyclery. She loves the organization’s mission and believes it goes well beyond a bike ride; it’s the freedom, the great outdoors, the friends and the healthy lifestyle. Jodi and her husband enjoy spending time with family—especially the two grandkids. They are often out cycling, traveling, and going on cycling adventures.

Will Soper

Secretary

Will joined the board in 2021. Will currently practices law as a real estate attorney for the Denver-based firm Davis Graham & Stubb LLP. However, in his previous career as an urban planner, he focused on bicycle-, pedestrian- and transit-based transportation projects. Long an advocate for expanding access to multi-modal commuting options, Will firmly believes in the mission of Lucky to Ride: get kids on bikes. As a new parent himself, Will and his wife are excited to share their love of all things outdoors with their daughter, whether it is skiing, biking, hiking or camping.

RYAN AMIRAULT

Director

Ryan joined the Lucky to Ride board in 2018. Growing up in Plymouth, Massachusetts, Ryan earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 2004. Professionally, Ryan is an independent digital marketing consultant focused on marketing strategy, social media and e-commerce. Ryan has been mountain biking since the early ’90s and credits the bicycle for completely changing his life for the better. He 100% believes in the mission of Lucky to Ride. His motivation to join the board was to give back to the organization so more kids could experience the fun and freedom of biking and have a positive, life-changing experience like he had. You’ll find Ryan riding with his wife and daughter on trails or around Denver.

Trevor Boss

Board Chair

Trevor is a Colorado native who graduated from Colorado Christian University in 2018 with a degree Business Management. At CCU, Trevor played basketball for two years and was the Director of Intramurals for the last two years. He is an AVP at FirstBank and has been with the company since 2018. Growing up in Elizabeth, CO, Trevor and his two younger brothers would ride their bikes everywhere they went. After college, he renewed his love for biking by mountain biking with his wife and friends by riding throughout the state. Trevor’s love for Colorado, being outside and active led him to Lucky to Ride, where is proud to serve the organization to get more kids on bikes.

Andrew Goodwillie

Board Emeritus

Andrew grew up exploring the woods outside of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He graduated from Miami University Ohio with a degree in Marketing. Andrew founded Trips for Kids Denver Metro in 2004 while teaching elementary school. While mentoring a student, he realized that his young friend’s troubles seem to melt away whenever he was hiking or biking out on a trail. This experience, and his desire to help underserved youth, inspired him to found the Denver chapter of Trips for Kids. The organization has expanded to include many different youth programs under the Lucky to Ride name. Andrew continues to support the mission as a board member, outreach ambassador, and enthusiastic cyclist. Andrew loves riding bikes and playing ball with his three adventurous, fun-loving boys.

ALINA ACOSTA

Treasurer

Alina grew up outside Chicago where her biking career started on hand-me-downs from her older brothers. After completing her undergraduate degree at Harvard she joined the Harvard Teacher Fellows which brought her to Denver in 2017. She has worked as a high school math teacher in Denver Public Schools ever since and absolutely loves it. Alina joined the board in 2021 and feels lucky to connect more young folks to cycling and the outdoors through serving on the Lucky to Ride board. When Alina isn’t at school you can find her road biking, mountain biking, or generally running around outside in the front range.