Staff

Contact Us

1612 K Street NW, Suite 1102
Washington, DC 20006
202-822-1333 

For membership or education questions, please email membership@bikeleague.org.

For questions about Bicycle Friendly America, please email bfa@bikeleague.org.

Media inquiries, please contact Steve Taylor at stevetaylor@bikeleague.org or 202-822-1333, ext. 222.

For all other inquiries, please call 202-822-1333 or email one of the staff below. 

Bill Nesper
Executive Director
202-621-5444

Bill first joined the League in 2002 and brings a depth of knowledge of all of the League's programs and work throughout the country. Bill started at the League as a membership assistant and since has directed the Smart Cycling and Bicycle Friendly America Programs before being appointed Executive Director. He holds a BA in History from the University of Florida and an MA from George Mason University.   

Kevin Dekkinga
Membership Director
202-621-5449

Kevin comes to the League with years of experience in membership and development, most recently with Chicago's Active Transportation Alliance where he managed their membership operations and programming and also started their first Junior Board.  Kevin is a proud LCI and has a deep passion for both local and national advocacy. He loves turning casual bicyclists into fervent advocates and is happy to answer your membership questions anytime. A lifelong Midwesterner, Kevin is adjusting to the climate (and hills!) of Washington DC. He's a graduate of Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI. When not in the League's office, he can be found cheerfully pedaling his longtail cargo bike with his two-year-old son in-tow. 

Alison Dewey
Education Director
202-621-5443

Alison leads the League's Smart Cycling program and the annual National Bike Summit. She has held multiple positions with the League since joining the organization in 2008.  Hired initially to create and launch the Bicycle Friendly Business program, she also managed the Bicycle Friendly University program for two years and helped establish the Bicycle Friendly State program. She was the Director of the National Bike Challenge in 2014. Before 2008, she worked for Massachusetts-based Landry’s Bicycles, where she spent two years managing a store and two years as Marketing Coordinator. She also served three years on the board of the Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition. Dewey has a MA in International Relations and Communications from Boston University and is a graduate of St. Olaf College. She spent three years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal, where her bicycle was her primary mode of transportation. She enjoys riding with her family and commutes to work by bike. 

Lorna Green
Operations Director
202-822-1333, ext 260

Lorna, as the Office Manager and Bookkeeper, manages the League’s day-to-day operations.  With more than 30 years of accounting experience, Lorna has worked for a variety of for-profit and non-profit organizations. As the mother of two grown sons, she's working right now to incorporate bicycling into her exercise routine.

Ken McLeod 
Policy Director
202-621-5447

Ken manages the Bicycle Friendly State program, provides technical assistance to advocates working on state and local legislation, and conducts research on a variety of topics, with an emphasis on how technology will affect the future of bicycling. He also works as part of the Active Transportation Leadership Institute to connect League programming with bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations throughout the United States. Ken joined the League in 2012 after graduating from William & Mary School of Law and he is a licensed attorney in the state of Virginia. He has a bachelor's degree from Pomona College in Claremont, CA.

Amelia Neptune
Bicycle Friendly America Director
202-621-5457 

Amelia oversees the Bicycle Friendly America program, which includes Bicycle Friendly Community, Bicycle Friendly Business, and Bicycle Friendly University. Before joining the League in December 2013, Amelia was the Campus Bicycle Coordinator at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (a Bronze Bicycle Friendly University!), where she experienced the BFU program from the campus perspective. Before that, she worked in communications at The Nature Conservancy’s worldwide headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. Amelia has a Bachelor’s degree from Pitzer College in Claremont, CA and a Master’s of Science in Environmental Sciences and Policy from Johns Hopkins University.

Steve Taylor
Communications Manager
202-822-1333, ext 222

Before joining the League, Steve worked for the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia (BCGP), where he helped launch the Safe Routes Philly youth education program; he then went on to lead BCGP’s adult education and volunteer programs. Steve has also served as a bike industry rep and helped to start Philadelphia’s first pedicab company. He has written on biking in the Delaware Valley for Philly Pedals, the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy and Philly Voice. Steve has a Bachelor’s of Science in Languages from Georgetown University, has completed The George Washington University’s Publication Specialist Program and has studied food writing at the French Culinary Institute.

Caron Whitaker
Director, Bike Walk Action
CLW Consulting, LLC

Caron is both the Director of the Bike Walk Action coalition of national, state and local organizations working in bicycling and pedestrian advocacy, and the principal of CLW Consulting. She has more than 15 years of experience in congressional and government relations, campaign planning and policy, and strategic planning with background in non-profit management. Over the last eight years she has focused on Active Transportation, most recently as the Vice President for Government Relations at the League of American Bicyclists. Prior to joining the League of American Bicyclists in 2012, Caron served as the Campaign Director for America Bikes where she coordinated and implemented their federal policy agenda. Before that, she worked for the National Wildlife Federation on smart growth, international policy, and community engagement. In addition, Caron served as a Community Land Use Planner for the State of North Carolina Division of Coastal Management, providing technical assistance to local governments and staffing a stakeholders’ council responsible for revising state planning regulations.  She has a Masters in Environmental Management for Duke University, Nicolas School of the Environment and a Bachelors of Arts from Williams College.