Mike Dolan - Executive Director

Mike has been volunteering for many years. In 1990 he served on the Board of the Rainier Roadriders Bicycle Club as Vice President and in prior years was the Newsletter Editor and Tour Coordinator. That same year he was chosen as club representative to the Bicycle Federation of Washington (BFW), a statewide group established to lobby Olympia on bicycle safety legislation.

In 1991 he was the Transportation Coordinator for the League of American Wheelman Rally in Olympia while chairing the BFW Membership Committee. In November 1992 he was elected President of the Federation and spent two years working to improve Bicycle Advocacy and Education/Safety in Washington State.

In 1994 the Federation was approached by NOWBIKE, another northwest group dedicated to bicycle safety education, to discuss a possible merger. As President, Mike played a key role in the subsequent merger. The resulting organization had revenues from grants and operations totaling over $150,000 per year. In early 1995, the Bicycle Alliance of Washington emerged and has subsequently worked to pass the Cooper-Jones Act, which became law in 1998.

Mike stayed on the board until the fall of 1995. While serving on the Board of the Bicycle Federation, Mike was elected to the board of Cascade Bicycle Club of Seattle (over 6,000 members) and later assumed the treasurers position. Cascade's revenues at that time were approximately $850,000 and growing. During his time at Cascade (1993-1996), revenues grew to $1.2 million and retained earnings reached approximately 8 percent of gross.

Mike was treasurer of Ridgeview Estates Community Association from 1997 to 2008. During his eight year tenure the Board has completed a major water system improvement project and paved two miles of road.

Mike has also served on the Board of the Freeland Chamber of Commerce and Friends of Freeland where he served as Secretary and Chair of the Vision 2025 Committee. Mike is 63, married to his lovely wife and life partner, Tina with two wonderful daughters and three grandchildren. Mike taught skiing at Crystal mountain for seven years, bicycles year round, hikes, and enjoys trips in his motor home. He is a professional Wood Sculptor focusing on Northwest Indian Art and styles of the South Pacific with his first commercial sale in 1962. He also owns FSC Business Consultants, a consulting practice for small business, which he has run for the past 36 years.

Mike retired from Boeing in 2002 after 31 years. His last position was as a manager in Overhead Accounting for the Commercial Airplane Group.