We are seeking new members to serve on our Board of Directors!
We are currently seeking 4 new individuals to join our Board in the Spring of 2026.
Read on for more information to see if you or someone you know may be a good fit.
The Bikepacking Roots Board of Directors is made up of passionate individuals who act as representatives of the organization and advocates for the bikepacking community and the landscapes through which we ride. The Board is responsible for overseeing the fulfillment of the organization’s mission, strategic planning, financial oversight, and contributing to organizational growth through dedicated committee work and fundraising.
We’re seeking new Board Members whose experience, expertise, perspective, and passion will help us fulfill our mission. Specifically for this recruitment, we are looking for members to contribute to our Development & Communications Committee or our Advocacy Committee.
- For our Development & Communications Committee we are looking for individuals with skills and experience to contribute to our fundraising efforts to support our growing organization.
- For our Advocacy Committee, experience with public lands, conservation and/or other areas of bike travel advocacy is helpful as we strengthen our Regional Advocacy Stewards program and work to deepen our advocacy impact at the national, regional and local level.
Additional valuable skillsets include:
- Strategic thinking and visioning
- Connections in the cycling community and industry
- Cultivating inclusive, diverse, and equitable communities
- Recreation and route infrastructure development
- Photography, videography, art, design, or web development
- Public relations, marketing, and communications
- Non-Profit management/leadership
- Accounting and finance
Who is Bikepacking Roots? We are a national non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and advancing bikepacking, growing a diverse bikepacking community, advocating for the conservation of the landscapes and public lands through which we ride. We value human-powered adventure and an inclusive, engaged, and informed membership that makes a positive impact as we explore by bike.
Bikepacking Roots is committed to supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion in the bikepacking community. To this end, we encourage applications from diverse individuals with a variety of perspectives, identities and lived experiences that will enhance Bikepacking Roots’ ability to create a more diverse, welcoming, and inclusive culture and community in the sport of bikepacking. As we expand our programming throughout the United States, we also hope to increase the geographic diversity of our Board.
Expectations
- The full Board meets every other month via video conference.
- Additionally, we ask that all Board Members join one of our three working committees, which generally meet on the opposite months of full Board meetings. We are looking for new members in all of these committees. Our current committees include:
- Executive Committee (President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary)
- Development and Communications Committee
- Advocacy Committee
- We expect Board Members to commit to an average time commitment of at least 4 hours a month and we ask that members make a commitment to a three-year term for Board membership.
- We hope that all members can join us for an in-person board gathering, to be held in early November in Las Cruces, NM in conjunction with the Dangerbird.
If you think you may be a good fit for this leadership role with Bikepacking Roots, we invite you to apply at the link below. We also encourage you to share this call for applications throughout your networks and with other people you think might be a good fit. Also, if you have applied before and are still interested, we welcome you to apply again in this round so that we know you are still interested.
Please submit applications by Friday March 6th.
We hope to set up interviews with top candidates in April and onboard new Board Members by May.
If you have any questions, please reach out to us at [email protected].
