Paulette Pinkham - 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

Dave Anderson - 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

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 MRF’s 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.

Sarah Muckenhoupt - Assistant to the Director of Member Relations

Experience and Qualifications:
I managed the DC office for 2.5 years beginning in 2005. When moving on in another position in my field. I offered to stay involved with the MRF as a volunteer Assistant to the Director of Member Relations.

Director of Product and Procurement - Vacant

Helen Wesson - Assistant to the Director of Product and Procurement

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.

Justin Downs - Assistant to the Director of Communications - IT

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

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.