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	Kate Rau, Founder and Director Kate started with SMBA in 1995 as the camp cook. She developed the junior rider and advanced junior rider program. She manages the SMBA coaching staff and is passionate about the benefits of positive youth development from the saddle of a mountain bike. Kate has a Masters Degree in Education and is the Snowsports Training Coordinator at Eldora Mountain Resort in the winter.
	Matt Fritzinger, NICA Director After a short career in the Mechanical Engineering field (Graduated from UC Berkeley in 1995) Matt discovered teaching high school mathematics a more rewarding experience. Before long he also discovered that his cycling experiences (15 years road and mountain bike racing, 8 years working in bike shops, organizing local races) lent themselves to coaching, and formed the Berkeley High Mountain Bike Club. The success of the club eventually led to founding the NorCal High School Mountain Bike Racing League (2001). After ten years of directing the NorCal League, Matt is now transitioning to his newly founded organization, the National Interscholastic Cycling Association.
	Lauren Haughey, Operations and Accounting Lauren's love of bicycles started early on in her life as an 8 year old wheelie popping, bigwheel skidding, log jumper. She spent much of her childhood summers trying to out perform her siblings in the art of tricycle and bigwheel log jumping - and on steep, fast descents in the neighborhood streets. After a few broken bones, she decided to move onto safer sports and spent her high school and college years competing in long distance running, swimming and soccer. It wasn't until after she finished college, married a cyclist and had a couple of kids that she started racing and riding bikes again. Lauren comes to the league after a 16 year career stint in ecommerce, a few years at local cycling magazine, Cyclocross Magazine - and most recently a year at local cargo bike company, Xtracycle, directing fulfillment operations.
	Mike Cruz, Program Assistant Mike graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA (go Steelers!) with a B.S. in Decision Science in December '07. Originally, he began college as a cello performance major, but quickly decided that wasn't his calling. After he transferred majors, he needed something else to occupy his free time, so bike racing it was. By his senior year, he was elected president of the Carnegie Mellon Cycling Club. That year they experienced tremendous growth as well as won the mountain bike conference title. Currently, he races for the Wells Fargo Cycling Team on the road and works for Trips for Kids in San Rafael, CA leading at-risk youth on mountain bike rides all over Marin County.

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