PUBLIC People

Dan Nguyen-Tan - PUBLIC Citizen
Dan has cookies on his desk because dessert is his middle name and bicycling is his game. A former paperboy, busboy, politician, finance guy, and top Girl Scout cookie buyer, Dan only wears bow ties on Tweed rides, but wears lots of sweaters.

Dawn Gordon - PUBLIC Goods
Dawn has a thing for number-related music, whether it's U2, Metric or Lamb's Fear of Four. In those rare hours when Dawn's not working, you can find her chilling in the Golden Gate Park or the beach.

Dean Bradley - PUBLIC Bike Whisperer
Dean knows JUST enough about bicycles to be dangerous. Rider. Photographer. Tinkerer. Traveler. Student of All Things Wheeled. Consumer of All Things Caffeinated.

Rob Forbes - Chief PUBLIC Servant
The idea for this company began when I took my first bike ride. I was four. I still remember the name of the girl next door – Gigi- who gave me my first lesson. That bike taught me to have fun and to pay attention to the world around me. I’m still trying to do that same thing. Thanks Gigi.

Sally Widdowson - PUBLIC Swiss Army Knife
Renaissance woman. Project hustler. PUBLIC space native.

NOELLE LI - PUBLIC Web Ace
Three coffees a day keep Noelle going. When she's not looking at the PUBLIC website, she is learning how to be a pilot.

Hannah Henry - PUBLIC Image
Hannah is a professional artist who also happens to be amazing jack-of-all-trades web genius. (Perhaps it was her previous training: waitress, shoe-shiner, photographer of prime ministers.) In addition to being able to juggle being a mom of three, taking photos for PUBLIC, and building our site, she can also wiggle her ears.

Laurel Collier - PUBLIC Affairs
Laurel dreams of headstands on a bike and adventures around the globe. She is a soccer guru and famous for her flip throw-in. When she isn't focusing on operations, she is playing in the parks of San Francisco.

Ali Valentova - PUBLIC Asset
Ali's mind-reading magic and awe-inspiring organizational skills keep us on time and on budget. She dreams of riding a blue diamond (D8) along the river Danube in her native Slovakia. She's not a fan of riding up big hills.

Scott Maddern - PUBLIC Stock
Scott is an uber-organized Bay Area local who runs our warehouse with fierce efficiency. Somehow he finds time on the weekends to play gigs with his reggae band.

Starla Teddergreen - PUBLIC Bike Racer
Involved in the bike industry for over a decade, Starla has ridden city streets all over the world as a courier and commuter, and tackled mountain trails for recreation. When she is not at PUBLIC sharing her love of bikes Starla is jetting off to race as a professional athlete in cycling.

Aaron Glick - PUBLIC Bike Builder
Originally from Silver Spring, Maryland, Aaron is a lifelong lover of bicycles. With over a decade of experience working in some of the countries best bike shops, Aaron comes to PUBLIC excited to share his passion for cycling and to get more people on bikes, more often.

Dave Nelson - PUBLIC Correspondent
After racing bikes in Belgium, Dave got a taste of the sweet life when he managed a bike shop in Hawaii. He brings to PUBLIC insider scoop on the bike world and a passion for growing with us. You can find him in the hip Mission District in San Francisco.

Cris Shirley - PUBLIC Assistance & Test Ride Captain
Cris comes to PUBLIC with quirky charm and Yale brains. He wrote and filmed his thesis on low-income community bike kitchens. When he isn't teaching newbies how to ride a bike, he is making art in Oakland.

Fidel Garcia - PUBLIC Inventory & Shipping
Fidel makes sure the right goods arrive to your door on time.

Jake Watters - PUBLIC Mechanic
Jake, a San Francisco native, comes to PUBLIC after a half-decade sojourn in America's Rustbelt. When he's not in our warehouse making sure your bike is ready to roll, you can find him eating tacos and roaming Bernal Hill.

Simone - PUBLIC Security
The ultimate watchdog, Simone protects us with her incredible cuteness. Her favorite ride is a Peterboro Basket.