Cameron (he/they, Anchorage, AK) believes the kindness of humanity is best remembered after a week on the saddle. Having spent 13 years in various land management roles such as Cave Surveyor, Park Ranger, Park Law Enforcement, Environmental Educator, Public Affairs Officer, & Smokey the Bear, Cameron’s love for bikepacking is grounded in the shared awe and stewardship of our public lands. Today, in addition to his role as Routes Program Manager, Cameron runs a consulting business offering geospatial solutions to government and nonprofit partners as well as design and engineering services within the cycling Industry. Cameron is an accomplished filmmaker and photographer having had films in the Film By Bike Tour, been recognized as an Indie Film Maker of the Year by Bikepacking.com, and having published stills and stories with the likes of Redbull and The Radavist. He has a broad portfolio of bikepacking rides under his belt including the Baja Divide, Oregon Timber Trail, La Ruta Mala, and Montanas Vacias.
Emily (she/they, Richmond, VA) After a childhood full of studying paper maps, learning about indigenous cultures in Virginia, and enjoying multi-day paddle trips with her mother, Emily found a deep love of route building and sharing creative ways to experience a connection with the natural world by bicycle. Long distance cycling scratched the itch to see terrain change firsthand in an immersive way, but bikepacking deepened the experience, allowing her to really soak up the ecology thriving in the quiet of natural spaces and more remote places. She loves to yap about native plants, reptiles, amphibians, and the bugs you see while riding. Emily came to the cycling industry in 2013, sewing cycling hats, accessories and bags, but didn’t land in a bike shop as an employee until 2019. She started route building and banking beta in a more intentional way, sharing the joy of multi-day offroad rides with the community around her. Professionally, her goals have focused on improved pedestrian and cyclist infrastructure, trail and public land advocacy and stewardship, creating space and opportunity for marginalized riders, and developing creative fundraising pathways to ensure that these goals are met.
Danielle’s (she/her, Los Angeles, CA) interest in bikepacking started with transit accessible solo weekend trips from Philadelphia, and eventually built up her off-road skills and confidence – and found the importance of community – with support from groups like Women Bike PHL and Radical Adventure Riders. Committed to gender and racial access to the outdoors, Danielle was co-founder of WTF Bike Explorers’ (precursor to RAR) Mid-Atlantic chapter and is now active with the Wild Wolf Cycling Collective. Her professional experience includes developing bike and pedestrian infrastructure as a transportation planner, advocating for safe streets across Baltimore, and providing pro-bono architecture and planning services for community organizations. Danielle has a BFA in Industrial Design from Carnegie Mellon and a masters in Urban and Regional Planning from UCLA.
Noelle (she/her, Baltimore, MD) has built her life and community around bikes adventures and is thrilled to be able to channel that energy full-time leading Bikepacking Roots. She put her amateur route building skills to the test on a 4,200 mile solo bike trip from Baltimore through the Northeast and Maritime Canada. In recent years, she has immersed herself into bikepacking and is eager to support the creation of more opportunities for folks of all identities and skill levels to get out on bikes in wild places. Noelle’s diverse career has ranged from running a small medical non-profit in Guatemala to most recently providing programmatic and operational leadership for a national advocacy initiative at the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Noelle has a Masters in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University and a B.A. in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University.
