Who We Are
Our Vision is to establish the greater Houston area as the best large urban city for off-road cycling.
Our Mission:
- Advocate for greater recreational trail access with public and private land owners and managers
- Build & maintain sustainable multi-use trails
- Educate the public on sustainable trail building, trail maintenance, and riding skills and safety
- Partner with the community to promote youth cycling
- Hold social events and races for the enjoyment of off-road cyclists and stakeholders
History:
GHORBA was formed in September 1999 when the Houston Area Mountain Bike Riders Association (HAMBRA) and the Memorial Park Mountain Bike Association (MPMBA) joined forces to save the trails in Memorial Park from closure to all cyclists. Over the years GHORBA has expanded trail interests to dozens of Houston Area mountain bike trails.
GHORBA is a non-profit 501c(3) corporation. It generates its operating revenue from your membership dues, organizing TMBRA series mountain bike and local races, and grants and donations from cycling and other businesses.
Board Of Directors
Have a message for the board? Send it to directors@ghorba.org
President, Bill Rustam
Bill lives on the west side and Anthills is his home base. He is a litigation attorney with a wife and two girls, and a weekend warrior with a passion for the sport, despite not racing much.
Bill wants to serve to help GHORBA continue to expand the trails in the Houston area and continue to see GHORBA operate as a relevant force in expanding and maintaining the existing trails. He is also working to promote the sport and redevelop the sense of community through skills clinics, races, group rides and a few fun events.
Vice President, Russell Adams
Russell Adams has served on the GHORBA board numerous times, twice as VP-Trails.
GHORBA has a lot of trail work challenges ahead of it as we incorporate new trails and additional mileage. Russell has some ideas on how to work through this and hopes that some of you will join his merry band of trail gnomes at a work party near you.
Treasurer, Carla Rowland
Membership Secretary, Amanda Fontela
Secretary, Marcus Jennings
Marcus moved to Houston in 2002 from England, a chance to continue a career in IT and the opportunity to discover some new trails. Previous to Houston, Marcus has lived and ridden in Ireland, Trinidad and Holland. He has traveled to ride trails from Morocco to Canada, hitting single track, forest trails, high alpine rocky paths and over grown lost trails in the rainforests.
Marcus lives on the west side of town with his wife and daughter and calls the Anthills his home trails. As a new member to the GHORBA board, Marcus will support and drive the addition of more trails around town, while working to preserve existing access and routes.
At Large
1. Bill Begnaud
2. Justin Dunn
3. Rafael Fontela (also Racing Director)
4. Kevin Highfield
5. Open
The following are heads of other functions:
Rides & Skills Clinics – Mike Strawn
Skills Clinic Chief Instructor – Jeff Shoemake
Webmaster – Veljko Roskar
Social Media – Fayza Elmostehi
GHORBA Board of Directors 2010-2011
GHORBA Board of Directors 2009-2010
GHORBA Board of Directors 2007-2009
GHORBA Board of Directors 2006
GHORBA Board of Directors 2005
GHORBA Board of Directors 2004
GHORBA Board of Directors 2003
GHORBA Board of Directors 2002
