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| ALEX |
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Founding Member of Ribbon Riders and Assistance Coordinator
Riding Experience: Rides a brand new 2010 Hayabusa. I’ve been riding for the better part of 30 years
Most Memorable Ride: Any road without traffic lights and no speed limit
Personal: Married 15 years to a great guy who also rides a 'busa. One brother and two sisters who ride
Interests: Besides riding with a great group of women or my family, I enjoy sewing, going to movies, working in my gardens, camping and running with my two great danes
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| CARMEN |
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Founding Member of Ribbon Riders
Founding Member of USO Motorcycle Benefit Ride
Riding Experience: Rides- 2005 Honda VTX 1300. Started with a 750Honda Shadow 8 years ago
Most Memorable Ride: Riding to Niagara Falls, Canadian Side
Personal: Wife and mother of 5 daughters (2 mine/3 step) ranging from 18- 26 yrs of age. Grandmother to 2 boys and 1 girl. (and another on the way!)
Career: Travel Industry for a little over 18 years currently at Universal Orlando, Guest Contact Center Management Team
Interests: Spending time with my family, riding my motorcycle, raising awareness and money for breast cancer and our troops |
CHRIS
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Founding Member and President of Ribbon Riders
Riding Experience: Rides- 2005 Heritage Softail. Riding for 7 years
Most Memorable Ride: Riding in Sturgis and the hills of Tennessee
Personal: Mother of 2 fantastic career women, Heidi and Nina. Girlfriend to Artie.
Career: Buyer at Universal Studios Orlando
Interests: Spending time with Artie and my fellow Ribbon Riders/ enjoy Nascar and football. Cruising to Anywhere/ Working with other women to help other women
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| "D" |
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Ribbon Riders Member & Iron Butt Goddess
Member of Seminole HOG
Riding Experience: Rides a 2001 Purple & Red HD Fat Boy. Started on a 883 Sportster, that I had for all of 4 months before "trading up". Started riding in July 2005 (at age 50; it's never too late!). Have logged more than 50,000 miles; most recently a 1,000 mile Iron Butt ride.
Personal: Married for 22 years to a wonderful man (and my best friend) who rides a 2003 Heritage Springer. Although no human children, I am the mother of two fur baby Westies, Bailey and Bianca.
Career: VP Quality & Risk Management for Lakeside Behavioral Healthcare, Inc, a private, not-for-profit community mental health center and psychiatric specialty hospital serving severe and persistently mentally ill adults and children in the Central Florida area and the Baker Act Public Receiving Center for Orange County.
Interests: Riding and traveling with family and friends. Shopping, theatre and the arts, reflecting how blessed I am to find such wonderful friends with such passion for riding and good causes.
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| ELAYNE |
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Charter Member of Ribbon Riders and Fund Raising Queen
Member of Orlando HOG
Riding Experience: Rides- 2001 1200 XL Sportster. Riding for 8 Years
Most Memorable Ride: Ride to Pensacola when the state of Florida was covered in forest fires
Personal: Mother of 5 Kids with Fur (dogs!) and two with feathers (birds!)
Career: Supply Management and Legal Contracts
Interests: Animals and Animal Causes, Volunteering, Tree Hugger - Save the Planet, Organic, Traveling, Breast Cancer Awareness
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KAREN
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Founding Member and Safety Officer of Ribbon Riders
Ladies of Harley Officer & Photographer for Seminole HOG Chapter
Riding Experience: Rides- 2009 Softail Deluxe. Riding for 5 Years
Most Memorable Ride: Riding my own to Milwaukee for Harley Davidson 105th Anniversary 2008
Personal: Mother of 4 Awesome Sons
Grammy "K" to 2 Beautiful Granddaughters & 2 Handsome Grandsons
My Mother "Doris" is a 7 year survivor of Breast Cancer
Career: Insurance Underwriting in the Public Entity Market
Interests: Spending quality time with Family / Breast Cancer Awareness / Motorcycle Riding Safety / Discovering new Backroads on my Motorcycle / Camping RV Style / Cruising to Anywhere
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| LISA |
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Founding Member and Treasurer of Ribbon Riders
Member of Seminole HOG Chapter
Riding Experience: Rides- 2007 Harley Davidson Road King. Riding for 5 Years
Most Memorable Ride: Any ride is memorable
Personal: Married to David and have 1 son and 2 stepsons. Grandma to 1 granddaughter & 3 grandsons. My stepmother, Jean, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 and is now cancer free at 82
Career: Vice president/bookkeeper for the past 17 years for a plastering contractor in Orlando
Interests: Riding my motorcycle, breast cancer awareness, hanging out with the greatest ladies in the world, any kind of crafts |
| LYNNE |
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Charter Member of Ribbon Riders and Iron Butt Goddess
Member of World Champion Central Florida Drill Team
Riding Experience: Rides- 2003 Softail Deuce and 2006 H-D Streetglide
Riding for 4 Years
Most Memorable Ride: They are all memorable. All totally different experiences. From the first ride to Atlanta to my first Iron Butt to NC and back..and then making it to D.C. in 11 hours..that was cool. Oh and those Dragon Tail experiences...wow. Too many to write about..ask me
Personal: The most amazing sisters, brothers, mother and dogs a person could wish for.Being Irish- I am part of a large family, 5 sister and 3 brothers ... all of which are my best friends. Member of The World Champions Central Florida Drill Team (What a great group of lads).
Career: Teacher, Integrated Listening Specialist and MSF Certified Motorcycle Instructor
Interests: Riding. Riding. Riding. Music of all sorts. Traveling. Teaching people how to ride (MSF).Shoes and jeans addict. Anything that can hold my attention interests me. Learning to love the color pink.
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| MARIA |
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Founding Member, Vice President and Web Mistress of Ribbon Riders
Editor of CurvesAhead.net and Co-host of Cycle Rider Radio
Riding Experience: Rides- 2004 1200C Sportster. Riding for 6 years
Most Memorable Ride: Summer Trip 2007- attended Myrtle Beach Bike Week, Rolling Thunder and Laconia Bike Week, all within a month.
Personal: Florida Native, single (but taken). My Aunt, Elfreide, is currently in treatment for breast cancer.
Career: Human Resources Manager
Interests: Spending time with my wonderful family, fabulous boyfriend and Ribbon Riders, promoting breast cancer awareness, traveling, attending motorcycle events, web design, photography, yoga, snorkeling/scuba diving, hitting the road for a nice ride to "no-where"
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MARY
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Charter Member of Ribbon Riders
Riding Experience: Been on back since 1975
Personal: Wife, Aunt to 3 nieces - Great Aunt to 6 - 4 boys / 2 girls
Career: Manufacturer Representative for 20+ years - takes up most of my time
Interests: Scuba diving/ Sailing
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| MEL |
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Ribbon Riders Member & Iron Butt Goddess
Member of Seminole HOG
Riding Experience: Riding since 2007. My first bike was a 2003 Honda Shadow with custom paint. From there I upgraded to a 2004 Fat Boy in 2008 and just recently purchased a Street Glide - finally…a radio and locking saddlebags!
Most Memorable Ride: On my own: Riding the “Tail of the Dragon” and “The Snake” with great friends. My absolute favorite ride (even though I was on the back) was riding the Pacific Coast Highway in California from Half Moon Bay, north of Bodega Bay and into Wine Country. The scenery is a breath-taking and crossing the Golden Gate Bridge on a motorcycle is absolutely amazing!
Personal: Married to my best friend Matt. We have 2 “kids” with four-legs and furry paws.
Career: Project coordinator for the Power Industry.
Interests: Spending time with my family and friends, saltwater reef aquariums, riding my motorcycle, traveling.
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| NINA |
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Charter Member and Volunteer Coordinator of Ribbon Riders.
Personal: Married to Dustin. New bride in October 2009!
Career: Human Resources Manager at Universal Studios
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PAMELA
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Founding Member and Secretary of Ribbon Riders
Member of Seminole HOG
Riding Experience: Rides 2005 Harley Softail Deluxe. (I bought it with 7 miles on it, now it has more than 50,000). Riding For 5 years, my first bike was a Honda Shadow
Most Memorable Rides: HOG Posse Ride in 2007 – cross-country from Wilmington, DE to Portland OR. Other favorites - riding in Rolling Thunder in 2008 and Riding to Milwaukee for the HD 105th anniversary celebration. Our all-girl Iron Butt in September 2009.
Personal: Married to Bob for 18 years.
Career: Financial services industry
Interests: Motorcycle vacations, travel, reading, spending time with good friends, discovering new restaurants
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| STACEY |
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Member of Orlando HOG
Riding Experience: Rides 2007 Harley Softail Deluxe. Took the rider’s edge course summer of 2006
Most Memorable Ride: First long distance trip to Alabama leaving on a Thursday when it sunny and 78 degrees, then cold front came through; rode home on Sunday when it was 22 degrees.
Personal: Wife to Phil for 8 years, 2 Step-adult children (Matt and Jessica) Matt rides a 2009 Street Glide, 3 brothers who all ride; also known as Aunt Stacey to 7 nephews and 1 niece. Can’t forget I am also a mother to a dog (Sadie), a cat (Fantasia) and a bird. (Davidson)
Career: Site Coordinator
Interests: Spending time with my Family, making new friends, discovering new back roads and taking time to enjoy the old ones.
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| YAMANY |
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Charter Member of Ribbon Riders And Breast Cancer Survivor
Riding Experience: Ride as a passenger on my husband’s Suzuki SV1000s.Looking forward to getting my license soon!
Most Memorable Ride: Riding through the loop at Ormond Beach!
Personal: Married for 20 years to my amazing husband and best friend Michael. Mother of 5 wonderful children 4 boys and 1 girl. Grandma to a beautiful granddaughter 2 ½.
Career: VPK teacher at Kids Together Preschool.
Interests: Spending time with my wonderful family. Going to church and worshipping the Lord and being involved for awareness for breast cancer
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