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San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Announces New Executive Director
Brian Wiedenmeier is a regular cyclist who rides for both transportation and recreation.
San Francisco, CA— The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition announced Monday that Brian Wiedenmeier, the organization's development director for the past two years, has been selected as the new executive director.
Wiedenmeier, who will take over from interim executive director Margaret McCarthy on July 6, has overseen a 24 percent budget expansion at the coalition during his tenure as development director, officials said.
Wiedenmeier is expected to use his knowledge of coalition and city politics, as well as his experience at other nonprofits, to facilitate a strategic planning process to be launched later this year.
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"Brian's professional accomplishments and experience really stood out throughout this hiring process," coalition board President Brianne O'Leary Gagnon said. "He's committed to people biking and the city of San
Francisco and those passions-- along with Brian's track record of success-- are going to be a huge benefit to people who bike here."
A 10-year-resident of San Francisco, Wiedenmeier is a regular cyclist who rides for both transportation and recreation. He just completed his second 545-mile AIDS/LifeCycle Ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles
last week, coalition officials said.
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"It's really important to me not only that we continue improving biking in San Francisco, but that we do so in every single neighborhood of our city," Wiedenmeier said in a statement. "If you live in the Tenderloin,
the Bayview or the Excelsior, I want you to know that the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is here to help improve your streets to meet your hopes and needs."
Wiedenmeier was appointed after a seven-month search following the departure last year of director Noah Budnick.
McCarthy, the interim executive director, will return to her role as program director through July before departing from the coalition's staff.
"The organization is so lucky to have Brian stepping up as the next executive director," McCarthy said. "At a time when the popularity of biking is soaring in our city, the future has never been so bright for the
members of the SF Bicycle Coalition."
By Bay City News
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