UCI Transportation is proud to present BikeUCI Ambassadors, a volunteer program for cyclists to share the joys of riding, learn safe cycling practices, mentor and support new riders, create friendships, and most of all – have fun doing what you enjoy! Becoming an Ambassador is easy – just take a couple of minutes to fill out the sign-up application on our bike website. This is a great opportunity for you to help strengthen our cycling community. We look forward to watching our bike community grow! Please email biking@uci.edu for any questions about this opportunity.

This program will allow Ambassadors to partake various roles around campus, including becoming a certified bike educator, assisting in Bike Festival activities, handing out safety gear, and more.

Erin Choi - Graduate Commuter

“Since I was an undergrad, I’ve commuted by bike to and from campus and wherever else I needed to go. But beginning to commute on bike wasn’t necessarily the easiest thing to do even though I’ve had a bike since a kid. There were many things that I had to learn on my own such as riding alongside cars on the road, learning about how to recognize road conflicts that could lead to a dangerous situation as a cyclist, learning about proper lighting and visibility during the night, etc. I would like to be able to share this knowledge with the biking community at UCI to make cycling around here safer and more enjoyable.”

Norbert Tsi - Founding Member

“I started biking back when I was in high school. Ever since then, I fell in love with the bike. When I bike, I feel like I am a part of that tradition, and would like to share this honor with as many people as possible. I have extensive knowledge about the mechanics of bicycles and the motivation to help build a stronger biking community.”

Noah Kouchekinia - Commuter

“I am enthusiastic about biking both as a recreational activity (Bike-packing, touring, cruising) and biking as a practical means of transportation. I am reasonably well versed in bike maintenance, and am eager to bring more people into the UCI biking community.”

Viraj Shaj - Road & Mountain Bicylist

“I have been using a mountain bike for over 5 years now. During my undergraduate studies in India, I used to bike everyday for lectures, events, extracurricular and sport activities as well as for close distance commute. I enjoy making friends with people who love biking. I also love to attend and volunteer for workshops and seminars on cycling which seem really prevalent in the Bike UCI community. Really excited to be a part of this team.”

Receive an exclusive BikeUCI Ambassador shirt when you sign up! Made out of breathable fabric with reflective detailing, sport Ambassador pride when you ride!

BikeUCI Ambassadors earn points by attending programs, taking Bike League classes, and volunteering at BikeUCI events, which allow them to advance through the rankings eventually becoming a Platinum Ambassador! BikeUCI Ambassadors all begin at the Bronze level in the program.



Malina Miura ’25

Rafael Gallardo ’23

Jasmine Zuniga ’23

Michelle Lei ’24

Abhishek Panwar ’22

Pratudh Mangalakattu ’22

JR Bernardino

Noah Kouchekinia ’27

Kiervie Ymille Balantay

Rana Amin

Zicong Ni

Rafael Prikladnicki
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Platinum Members

Norbert Tsi ’19
Founding Member
League Cycling Instructor

Jennifer Choi
League Cycling Instructor

Heinz Yu | Staff
Founding Member
League Cycling Instructor
Bicycle Advisory Group

Colleen Dong | Alumni
League Cycling Instructor
Gold Members


Christopher Gee | Staff
Founding Member
Smart Cycling Certified

Dean Abernathy | Faculty (OCC)
League Certified Instructor

Gabriella Salinardo ’20
Smart Cycling Certified

Lalia Derak
League Cycling Instructor

Marc Perkins | Faculty (OCC)
League Cycling Instructor

Omar Hamido | Staff
Founding Member
League Cycling Instructor

Paul Martin | Alumni
Founding Member
League Cycling Instructor

Praveer Sharma | Faculty
Founding Member
League Cycling Instructor
Bicycle Advisory Group

Roy F. Duvall | Alumni (OCC)
Founding Member
League Cycling Instructor

Tania Reyes ’18
Founding Member
League Cycling Instructor

Trevor Lien ’18
League Cycling Instructor

Turner Dahl | Staff
League Cycling Instructor

William Go
Smart Cycling Certified

Gery Orlando Juarez ’21
Founding Member
Smart Cycling Certified

Cristina del Campo Campos | Faculty
Smart Cycling Certified

Nha-Thinh Nguyen ’19
Smart Cycling Certified

Maria Ruvalcaba | Staff
Founding Member
Smart Cycling Certified

Linda Murphy | Staff
Founding Member
Smart Cycling Certified

Minela Georgee Silva Cole ’21
Smart Cycling Certified

Jason Park | Staff
Founding Member
Smart Cycling Certified

Tracie (Welser) Yulie | Staff
Founding Member
Smart Cycling Certified
Silver Members

Amy Castro
Smart Cycling Certified

Andrey Miroshnikov ’19
Smart Cycling Certified

Connie Malone | Staff
Smart Cycling Certified

Eugene Jeon ’22
Smart Cycling Certified

Sastha Kanagasabai Palaniappan | Graduate Student

Guramit Malhotra ’21
Smart Cycling Certified

Joanna Itoh | Retired Staff
Founding Member
Smart Cycling Certified

Joshua Gu
Smart Cycling Certified

Juan Rodriguez | Staff
Smart Cycling Certified

Julianna Bayley | Staff
Bicycle Advisory Group
Smart Cycling Certified

Kevin Li ‘ 19
Smart Cycling Certified

Mario Quintero Salazar | Staff
Smart Cycling Certified

Natyeli Yepes ’19
Founding Member
Smart Cycling Certified

Parinaz Sadri-Moshkenani
Smart Cycling Certified

Rena B. Goldstein
Smart Cycling Certified

Richard Carles ‘ 19
Smart Cycling Certified

Sabine Knurath | Staff
Founding Member
Smart Cycling Certified

Tiffany Zai
Smart Cycling Certified

Vivian Lu ’19
Founding Member
Smart Cycling Certified

Wenqui (Melody) Ni ’19
Smart Cycling Certified

Zachary Lu ’17
Smart Cycling Certified

Connie Cheng | Staff
Smart Cycling Part Certified

Sarah Hanashiro ’20
Smart Cycling Part One
Lacey Bratten ’20
Smart Cycling Part One

Michael Sarkisian ’20

Limin (Ricky) Xu ’21
Founding Member
Bronze Members


Aaron Echols | Staff

Adam Guerrero

Adam Roberts

Alec Vis ’19

Alexander Schein ‘ 19

Ali Youmagul | Graduate Student

Alonso Rafael Rojas

Alyssa Stanford | Staff

Amos Zerah

Anton Burtsev | Faculty

Armin Schwegler | Faculty

Ashley Salas ’19

Brenda Pitcher | Staff

Cameron Arista | Graduate Student

Chen Li | Faculty
Founding Member

Christian Eno | Staff
Founding Member

Christopher P. Liu ’21

Damian Hii ’19
Founding Member

Dana Moe Austin ’21

David Csuka ’22

David Scott | Staff
Founding Member
Smart Cycling Part One
Bicycle Advisory Group

Doug Tully | Staff
Smart Cycling Part One

Dylan Largent | Staff

Eladio Acuna | Staff
Bicycle Advisory Group

Elinor Satsuki Austin ’22

Ella Csuka ’20

Erik Castillo | Staff

Ezequiel Andrade | Graduate Student

Gloria Simpson | Staff
Founding Member

Hallee Caron | Graduate Student

Irie Jimenez ‘ 19

Isabella Karina Garcia ’22

James T. Chiampi | Faculty

Jasmine Davalos ’19

Jason Dark | Faculty
Founding Member

Jason Gan | Staff

Jason Ryba | Staff

Jiarui (Jerry) Tao | Graduate Student

Joseph Grotts ’18
Founding Member

Josh Gladieux | Staff ’08

Kaijun Di | Faculty

Kamber Lamoureaux | Staff
Founding Member

Karen Bonilla ’20

Kevin Huang

Kevin Nguyen ’19
Founding Member

Kevin Tobin
Founding Member

Kimia Ghasemian

Kelly Savin | Staff

Lam Tran 

 Rachel Mcconnell | Staff

Luis Angel Sanchez ’21

Mary Ezzat | Staff

Maryam Farahani ’21

Matt Deines | Staff
Founding Member
Bicycle Advisory Group

Michael Huang | Staff

Michael Smy | Faculty

Michael Walako | Staff

Michelle McCullough | Staff
Smart Cycling Part One

Michelle Tran ’21
Smart Cycling Part One

Michelle Zuniga

Mohsen Rajaei
Founding Member

Mojtaba Sadeghi | Graduate Student

Paul Dong-Wilson ’21

Rocco Fragomeni | Staff

Sammi Trinity Chook ’22

Samuel Soon | Staff
Bicycle Advisory Group

Eric Choi | Graduate

Sean Cheng | Staff

Seunghyun Kim ’22

Shalom Valdivieso ’19

Sheefteh Khalili | Staff 

Shinho Park ’19
Founding Member

Stephane Muller | Staff
Founding Member

Steven Allison | Faculty
Founding Member
Bicycle Advisory Group

Thomas Slagle ’20

Tracy Kasten

Van Wifvat
Founding Member

Vanessa Reann Lopez ’12 | Staff

William Portocarrero ’21
Founding Member

William R. Molzon | Faculty

Youjin Kim

Yunqi (Jerry) Shi ’21

Zisong Wang | Graduate Student

Matthew Wallace

Carrie Metsgar | Staff

Zhibin Zhou | Graduate Student 

Nona Varnado

Jorge Diez | Alumni

Tony Chen ’21

Haeun Shin ’21


Juan You | Alumni

Joia Capocchi | Staff

David Thai | Staff


Mariko Horie | Staff