Ryan Deroche
Ryan has been mountain biking and enjoying nature since he was a young boy. In March of 2011 he suffered a spinal cord injury while riding his bike. Since then he has reach many goals and milestones, many of them reached at Empower SCI 2012-'13 including getting back on a bike and back on the trails.
Kelly (and Tom!) Spellman
Kelly took up mountain biking back in 2012 and has been loving the trails ever since. Dedicated to working with individuals with spinal cord injuries throughout the year as an amazing occupational therapist, she loves helping people return to what fuels their passion. Kelly was one of the founding members of the Knobby Tire Ride and Roll and has been a driving force and avid volunteer for Empower Spinal Cord Injury since the beginning!
Carrie Callahan
Carrie Callahan loves the outdoors and is passionate about giving people the opportunity to find their own way to access nature and all of its therapeutic value. A physical therapist specializing in working with individuals with spinal cord injuries and an avid mountain-biker, she has been a part of Knobby Tire from the start, and is current President of Empower Spinal Cord Injury. During her career, Carrie has specialized in fitting, fixing, and "spec"-ing out wheelchairs, and loves to put this knowledge to use with other adaptive sports equipment, including cycles.
zoe Norcross
Zoe Norcross was one of the founding members of the Knobby Tire Ride and Roll. She has been an integral part of the Knobby Tire organization and preparation and has been an asset to the team. She brings to the table a passion for adaptive sports, vast knowledge and understanding of adaptive cycling, and a willingness to listen and connect to others.
LAUREN KLING
After growing up in a decidedly flat and farm-filled area of South Jersey, Lauren came to Boston for college, discovered the joys of mountain biking, and has been happily brapping around the woods ever since! She was lucky enough to meet Carrie at a mountain bike event while still a student in a physical therapy graduate program, which led to initially becoming involved in Knobby Tire as a Ride Leader the first year of the event. Now Lauren is a physical therapist working in a complex pediatric setting and has enjoyed moving into a Co-Organizer role at Knobby Tire for the past few years.