Photo © Susan Buck

Responsibilities:

• Continuing to develop an aggressive, independent national advocate for the advancement of motorcycling and its associated lifestyle which is financially stable and exceeds the needs of motorcycling enthusiasts.
• Monitoring and influencing federal legislation for any impact on the street motorcycling community at large
• Representing street motorcyclists by participating in federal research and advisory committees
• Protecting street motorcyclists from unfair or burdensome federal agency restrictions and regulations
• Ending discrimination against street motorcyclists
• Providing all street motorcyclists with direction and information to protect their motorcycling rights
• Promoting motorcycling safety, training and education
• Promoting motorcycle licensing and public awareness on American roads

Paulette Korte- Secretary

Experience and Qualifications:
Member of ABATE of IL, Inc., Currently the State Secretary.

Postions held in the past for ABATE of IL, Inc.: Safety & Education Coordinator for 6 years.Was the Assistant to Safety & Education for a year and a half before that. At the chapter level held these offices: Safety & Education, Treasurer, Secretary, Newsletter

Frank Carbone - Treasurer

Experience and Qualifications: Assist the Treasurer in maintaining a correct and complete record of the MRF's accounts, showing at all times the financial condition of the Corporation.

Experience and Qualifications: Past Positions with ABATE of CO: Products Manager, District 8 Toy Run Coordinator, Southwest Regional Director, State Treasurer

Tennessee
email: mrfogman@sbcglobal.net
phone: 918-859-6171

Experience and Qualifications: I belonged to ABATE of Kansas back in the federal blackmail days. In 1989, I moved to Tennessee and joined CMT/ABATE in 1997. I became the director of the Memphis Charter in 2001 and still hold that position. I was elected as Legislative Chairman of CMT/ABATE in late 2004. In 2005, we were successful with 7 pieces of legislation and a $15,000 grant from the Tennessee Dept. of Safety to be used by us to promote motorcycle awareness. We were honored with the MRFs State Legislative Award at the 2005 Meeting of the Minds. I joined the MRF in 2003 and became the designated Representative for Tennessee that year.

Experience and Qualifications: Keith Ball is a former Executive VP of Paisano Publication, Editor of Easyriders and Hot Bike, a Hamster member, master bike builder, Salt Flats record holders and author.

Darla Hampton - Assistant to the Director of Member Relations

Helen Wesson - Assistant to the Board for Product and Procurement

The Assistant to the Board for Product and Procurement is responsible for all products to be sold by the MRF. She is responsible for soliciting and procuring bids for products to ensure an open and competitive bidding process for all purchases by the MRF. In addition, she organizes and coordinates with other members of the Board of Directors the activities of the MRF as they relate to product sales and development

Photo © Susan Buck

Experience and Qualifications:
I am currently the Legislative Director for A.B.A.T.E. of MN and the MRF State Rep for MN, I am a former A.B.A.T.E. of MN Lake Chapter President and Sergeant at Arms. I have served on the A.B.A.T.E. of MN Roadnoise Committee (state news letter) and I am also a member of the St. Croix Valley Riders.

Experience and Qualifications:
Past and current positions:
ABATE of Ohio, Inc.- Executive Director, Chairman ABATE PAC.
Freedom of Road Riders, Inc.- State Legislative Coordinator, State Newsletter Editor, Central Committee Rep, Local #4 Vice President, Local Safety Officer.
MRF- Vice President of Government Relations, State Sustaining Motorcyclist Rights Organization Representative, MRFPAC Chairman, State Representative

I have been a member of ABATE of Wisconsin since 1990. I joined ABATE’s Legislative Committee at the same time. I have been chairman of that committee since 1991. In 2002 I was elected to the Board of Directors for ABATE of Wisconsin and have been re-elected every two years since.

I have held the position of Sustaining State Motorcyclist Rights Organization (SSMRO) Rep on the MRF BOD since September 19, 2003.

Teri Stobbs Ricci - Assistant to the Director of Events and Conferences

Illinois
email: teri@mrf.org
phone: 618-983-0058

Darrel Killion Webmaster

Tiffany Latimer - Office Manager
Assistant to the Director of Communications - PR

Margie Ferrucci - Assist. Ad Manager to Communications

Experience and Qualifications: I have been actively involved in bikers' rights since 1987. I served as State Coordinator for ABATE of Colorado from 1991 to 1994, and currently serve as Executive Director of BIKEPAC of Colorado.

Deborah Butitta - Ex-Officio Board Member

Buck Kittredge began his service on the Motorcycle Riders Foundation Board of Directors as Supporting State Motorcyclists' Rights Organization Board Member in 1995. Buck then served two years as Vice President before taking over as MRF President at the Meeting of the Minds in Lansing, Michigan in September of 2002. Buck's life was tragically and unexpectedly taken on April 20, 2003 in a single-vehicle motorcycle accident less than 10 miles from his home in Wisconsin. The exact cause of the accident remains unknown. Buck was 56 years old and leaves behind his beloved wife Carolyn and his two sons Jesse and Travis, as well as a worldwide family of motorcyclists' rights activists with whom he had served for many years.

Since 1966, Buck had ridden his various motorcycles through 49 states from his home base in Wisconsin. He first became involved with motorcyclists' rights when he became a life member of the American Motorcyclist Association. He was heavily involved with ABATE of Wisconsin starting in 1985, served as Executive Director of ABATE of Wisconsin from 1994-2000, and was well known for his lobbying efforts for motorcyclists' rights and safety in Washington DC beginning in 1991.

Buck's family was awarded a plaque at the 2003 Meeting of the Minds in Green Bay, Wisconsin commemorating his years of service to the Motorcycle Riders Foundation and naming him "President Emeritus" of the MRF.

I have been a member of ABATE of South Dakota since 1994. I have served on the State Board of Directors as my Chapter Representative. In 2003 I was appointed to be the lead of our legislative committee. That position subsequently became an elected state office that I have held, and serve on to date, as Legislative Officer for ABATE of South Dakota.
I joined the MRF BOD as one of the two Sustaining State’s Motorcycle Rights Organization Representative (SSMRO Rep) positions in January 2010.

Jim "Legs" Korte - State Representative Board Member