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There are numerous people who donate their
time, effort and talents to make Road 2 Recovery a success. The following
is a list of our Board of Directors. Some of them are well-known in the
motorcycle industry. Others you may not have heard of before. All are
greatly appreciated.
Bob Moore, Chairman/Founder: Bob
was the 1994 World 125cc Motocross Champion and the 1985 125cc West Supercross
Champion. After retiring from professional racing, Bob managed the FMF
professional motocross team. Since 1999, Bob has been a sports agent representing
many of the top professional riders. He currently works for WMG Management,
an athlete representation and marketing agency. Bob is married and has
two boys. Bob founded Road 2 Recovery in 2000.
Bob Walker, President/Co-Founder:
Bob has worked in the sports marketing industry for the past eighteen
years. His work has included working for NBC Sports, The Olympics, PGA
and Senior PGA Tour events and numerous sports marketing consulting projects
for corporations and special events. Bob oversaw the annual fundraisers
for both the Mike Utley Foundation and the Royce Clayton Family Foundation
for many years. He is currently President of Connexions Sports & Entertainment.
Bob co-founded The Road2Recovery Foundation with Bob Moore and Jimmy Button
in 2000. Bob grew up racing motocross, is married and has two boys that
he enjoys riding motocross with.
Shane Trittler, Vice-President:
Shane’s racing career started on mini’s in 1978, winning
several amateur titles. He turned pro in 1989 and raced the AMA Motocross
and Supercross series, plus a season in Europe racing GP’s. Shane
competed in Freestyle events in 2000 and 2001. In 1993 Shane started the
Castaic Lake Motocross track and in 1996 promoted the first ever Freestyle
motocross event. Shane continues to promote racing as the concessionaire
of the Hungry Valley Motocross track in Gorman, CA.
Jimmy Button, Director/Co-Founder:
Jimmy was a former professional motocross/supercross rider for Yamaha,
Honda and Suzuki prior to an accident in 2000 that forced him to retire.
After being in the industry for more than twenty years, Jimmy looked nowhere
else but his community to devote his time. In late 2000, Jimmy helped
found R2R with Bob Moore and Bob Walker which arose in response to Jimmy’s
life changing injuries. In 2001, Jimmy co-founded Action Sports Management
, ASM where he began the job of representing professional riders in all
aspects of motorcycling. Today Jimmy is Executive Director of WMG Management
and manages many of the world’s top motocross and freestyle motocross
riders as well as developing amateur riders.
Charles Baldwin, Director: Chuck
has been involved in motocross for most of his life, from working at a
local shop for a number of years to spending most of his weekends racing
within district 15. Now working in the Pharmaceutical industry, Chuck
has made a point to give back to the sport that has brought him so many
great memories and friends. Recently organizing the Indianapolis go-karting
race during the supercross series, Chuck has shown his commitment to helping
all those who compete in this great sport.
Todd Jendro, Director
Adrian Hunter, Director:
Bruce Stjernstrom, Director
Chuck Miller, Director is the manager of all American Honda’s motorcycle racing teams and has already accomplished a number of championships in his short stint at the helm of the Honda racing. A multi-time Baja champion and ISDE gold medalist in his own right, he has personal motorcycle racing experience that gives him a well-rounded view of the amateur and professional racing environments. He knows the riders perspective and the complete aspect of a corporate environment and hopes to assist the foundation grow the riders and promoters awareness of safety aspects and give those with a catastrophic injury some hope of protection if such a major injury occurs.
Doug Frisbie, Director
Keith McCarty, Director
Kurt Nicoll, Director Between 1983 and 1997 Kurt was a professional Motocross racer with 7 National Championship titles in UK and 4 vice-world champion titles having raced for factory Kawasaki, Honda, and KTM. In 1998 Kurt became Racing Manager for KTM in the UK, and in 2001 assumed the position of Race Team Manager for the KTM World Championship Team. Today Kurt is Worldwide racing manager for KTM, responsible for all KTM race teams including World Championship Road Race MotoGP, Supercross, Motocross, Endurance, Off Road, Supermoto and Dakar Rally.
Rodger DeCoster, Director
Terry Baisley, Director
Brian Orton, Director is a Seattle-based investment advisor with Kibble & Prentice, a mid-sized financial services corporation focused on all aspects of wealth management. Brian has over 17 years experience working with high net worth individuals, families, athletes, corporations, and celebrities in investment management - and has considerable experience with disability insurance planning. Many of Brian’s clients are factory-level professional motorcycle racers in both supercross/motocross as well as road racing.
Brian is himself a rider and a racer, and grew up on motorcycles. He not only enjoys motocross and enduro, he also races supermoto and road race events in the Northwest. He is co-owner and a lead instructor for 2Fast Motorcycle Track Days & Instruction, and is also co-owner of “Seattle 100 Racing” - a motorcycle road race team that helps promote the annual “Seattle 100” fundraiser Brian started in 1999. All proceeds of the Seattle 100 are given to The NephCure Foundation, a successful not-for-profit foundation Brian co-founded in 1999 when his son was diagnosed with kidney disease.
Dr. Steve Augustine, Medical Director:
Dr. Augustine is the on-site track physician working with Road 2 Recovery.
He is the first physician to cover the Outdoor MX Nationals and was at
every round in 2001 with the help of Road 2 Recovery. He is currently
an Assistant Professor of Orthopedics at the University of Florida in
Jacksonville. He attended medical school at Ohio University and completed
his residency training at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
He then completed fellowships in both sports medicine and shoulder/knee
reconstruction at the Hughston Clinic in Columbus, Georgia.
Dr. Augustine has been riding and racing motorcycles all of his life
and understands the sport and the racer as an athlete. He actively competes
in the GNCC, FTR , Florida Trail Riders and SETRA , SouthEast Trail Riders
Association enduro, motocross and hare scramble events. The combination
of his sports medicine background and first hand knowledge of the sport
makes him the perfect doctor for the Road 2 Recovery project of developing
the on-site medical coverage program for the SX and MX events. He has
been instrumental in the development of a medical advisory board for the
sport and creating guidelines for the management of injuries at the races.
He volunteers his time and expertise and many local and national events
each year and performs injury research to improve the safety of the racers.
" Road 2 Recovery has allowed me to combine the two things I am
most passionate about: motorcycle racing and sports medicine. It is real
pleasure to be apart of group of individuals and a foundation that are
committed to improving the level of medical care at the races and promote
the safety and well-being of the racers. Everyone benefits from Road 2
Recovery's efforts in someway and I look forward to helping the racers
have a healthier career. We have made tremendous strides in improving
the quality of care the racers receive at the races now as compared to
the recent past, but further advancements must continue - such as implementing
the mobile hospital unit - to achieve the level of care we are striving
towards. I look forward to the future and what Road 2 Recovery will do
for the sport. "
Anita Button, Director of Operations:
Anita has been involved in amateur and professional racing for
over 30 years having attended nearly every race her son Jimmy was entered
in from 1978 until 2000. Anita volunteered for the R2R since its inception,
and has now joined the foundation full time since retiring from Qwest
Communications, where she worked for 35 years as a Project Manager. Anita’s
husband Jim Sr. has been in the motorcycle business for 36 years, and
continues to run a motorcycle dealership to this day.
Jenny Coombs, Events Director: Jenny
Coombs is an avid motocross fan and a graduate of Arizona State University
with a BA of Communication. A skilled communicator, she has worked with
Factory Connection Racing coordinating their hospitality program for two
years and is an ongoing event coordinator with Road 2 Recovery’s
numerous charity events. Most recently named the Greater Phoenix Chamber
of Commerce’s Employee of the Year for 2005, she currently works
at Arizona State University and is responsible for supporting and coordinating
programs and events for ASU Technopolis and the Edson Student Entrepreneur
Initiative. Jenny takes time out of her schedule to help out with the
sport she has grown to love.
Wayne D. Rozdolski, Treasurer: Wayne
has been a Certified Public Accountant for over 20 years and owns Wayne
D. Rozdolski, P.C., a professional accounting firm. He is the past treasurer
for Arizona Trail Riders. Wayne has been riding and racing motorcycles
since age 10 and still stays active trail riding and road riding. Wayne’s
daughter graduated Suma Cum Laude from W.P. Carey School of Business in
2006 and will attend dental school to become an orthodontist.
Davey Coombs, Director
Steve "Chappy" Hudson, Advisory Council:
calls Charlotte, North Carolina, home so that's where you'll find him when he's not traveling the country to and from races. Over the last 10 years, he has been Race Chaplain at the Motocross and Supercross Nationals held all across the country. He holds prayer meetings/chapel services at all the races during the Rider's Meetings and at various other times. He offers inspirational advice and fellowship through personal relationships which he develops through being all over the place at races. Steve has recently joined forces with Fellowship of Christian Athletes. The association between FCA and his SXMX Ministry will enable him to broaden his ministry and provide follow-through opportunities to local race attendees.
Phil Wussow, Advisory Council: Phil
is our Webmaster. He’s been a amateur motocross rider for many years
and an avid fan of the sport. Phil's full time occupation is a web designer
who does website development and maintenance for many of the top motocross
pros and motocross related organizations. He works for Primary Hub in
Scottsdale, Arizona. Phil donates his time to Road 2 Recovery. |
