Join the Bike Santa Cruz County Board!

Do you care about safer streets, better bike routes, and making it easier for everyone in Santa Cruz County to get around on two wheels?


Bike Santa Cruz County is looking for a few new leaders and emerging leaders to join our working board of directors.

We’re especially hoping to bring in voices that reflect people from 

  • South County

  • UCSC or Cabrillo students or faculty

  • Parents of school-age kids

  • E-bike and bargo-bike riders

  • Youth and Students

  • Latino community members

  • People passionate about transportation equity and community connection.

What You’ll Do

  • Spend about 2 hours a week helping with projects, advocacy, or events

  • Attend monthly board meetings (usually in the evening)

  • Participate in Bike Santa Cruz County activities  rides, tabling, campaigns, and community events

  • Commit to a 2-year term helping guide our work and direction

Skills & Perspectives We’re Looking For

Experience or interest in a few areas is a big plus:

  • Lived experience biking in challenging or unsafe conditions

  • Fundraising, donor relations, or event sponsorships

  • Community organizing and coalition building

  • Communications, social media, and storytelling

  • Transportation equity and safe infrastructure advocacy

  • Legal, finance, or nonprofit governance experience

  • Video, tech, or digital outreach skills

Why Join?

  • Learn to be an advocate for safer biking and sustainable transportation

  • Gain hands-on nonprofit experience and learn how a community organization runs

  • Build leadership skills in coalition building, fundraising, teamwork, public speaking, and more

  • Connect and work with local leaders in government, transportation, and environmental justice

  • Shape real projects from new bike lanes to community events that bring people together

Whether you’re a seasoned community leader or someone just beginning to find your voice, this is a place to learn, contribute, and grow alongside others who care deeply about Santa Cruz County.

Sounds interesting to you?

 Send a short to director@bikesantacruzcounty.org if you have any questions or fill out our interest form here

Let’s make Santa Cruz County a place where biking works for everyone.

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