Our Team

Phil Hall

President. Phil Hall delivered prescriptions for a pharmacy by bike as a 15-year-old and has never stopped riding to work, school, shops, and just for fun, since then. During his 40 years of year round commuting in Vancouver, he was a member of the Downtown Cycling Network, VACC/Hub Cycling, and helped organize the staff cycling group at Vancouver Public Library. Since retiring and moving to Nanaimo four years ago, he has been riding for transport and recreation on both e-bikes and regular bikes. Phil advocates for roads, networks, and connections that make it an easy and satisfying experience for anyone who decides they want to ride to where they wish to go.

Charlotte Cavalié

Vice President. Charlotte Cavalié pedaled into Nanaimo in 2024, all the way from France (well, not literally). Growing up in a country known for baguettes and epic bike races, she got around by walking, cycling, and carpooling—mostly out of necessity. Along the way, she developed a strong appreciation for practical, people-friendly transit. These days, while she could afford a car, she’d rather spend that money on travel. A firm believer in giving people real transportation choices, Charlotte is excited to see Nanaimo embracing bike-share and scooter-share options—and sees big potential to expand them, especially for those who can’t drive, like teenagers, seniors, or people on medications that make driving unsafe. With a background in communications, journalism, and public relations, she brings her media skills to the Board of Directors to build stronger public connections and advocate for more sidewalks, bike lanes, and safer streets across Vancouver Island.

Jesse Woodward

Secretary. Jesse is a life long cyclist and resident of Nanaimo for 20+ years. Having attended Vancouver Island University, he works in community media and graphic design today. He brings his broad experience in non-profit organizing to the Nanaimo Area Cycling Coalition and looks forward to improving safe infrastructure for cyclists and other vulnerable road users in Nanaimo and surrounding communities. Founding Member.

Calen May-Tobin

Treasurer. Bio incoming.

Alex Stanciu

Director at Large. Alex is a 24-year-old event organizer and DJ based in Nanaimo. A graduate of Vancouver Island University, he holds both a Tourism Management degree and an Event Management diploma. His passion for events and community-building began at a young age, fueling the drive to create memorable experiences for diverse audiences. As the founder of Astro Events, Alex merges entertainment, advocacy, and collaboration through projects like GoByBike and creative local festivals such as the Bicycle Film Festival. His boundless energy, coupled with a commitment to innovation, helps businesses and nonprofits flourish by delivering dynamic, community-focused events that bring people together. Founding Member.

Peter Stary

Director at Large. Peter Stary spent 37 years with the City of Vancouver as a Transportation Specialist, where he served as their Bicycle Program Coordinator for 18 years before retiring in 2015. He has also served as a director with the BC Cycling Coalition. Today he is retired and resides in Qualicum Beach.

Rebecca Anthony

Director at Large. Rebecca is a life-long cyclist who has been using her bike as her main mode of transportation since 2013, and has been car-free for over a year. She started biking to work during a “GoByBike Week” and then just kept on pedalling! As a teacher in the Nanaimo area, she has a passion for spreading the benefits of cycling to the youth in our community and desires to get kids cycling on safe streets. Rebecca believes that advocating for separated biking/walking paths is an important piece of that puzzle. She brings her background in union activism to the table, as well as having been a GoByBike leader in schools and workplaces.

Danny Hall

Director at Large. Danny Hall may have grown up in Alberta, but it was during his summers on Vancouver Island where he learned to cycle. During his time in university and living in Victoria where he lived largely car free, it changed his perspective on the forms of infrastructure that should be prioritized for a good community. This perspective was strengthened and was clarified through exposure to other communities through travel and the growing online pushback to our car-centric society.

Today Danny lives between Parksville and Qualicum and rides his bike to both communities for his work as a substitute teacher. This experience has inspired him to champion cohesive, safe, and useful cycling infrastructure network across the Regional Distract of Nanaimo (RDN). This goal is also why he has worked/is working with Strong Towns Nanaimo to advocate for this and other related goals that make the RDN a better place to live.

Frank Seier

Director at Large. Frank Seier is a retired lawyer, specializing in aboriginal rights and environmental law, and more recently, business and human rights. He is a lifelong cyclist (recreational, commuting and bikepacking), last having owned a vehicle 20 years ago. He recently returned to the west coast, and a new home base in Nanaimo, after 10 years in Europe, living and/or cycling in some of the world’s great cycling cities (Copenhagen, Basel, Paris, etc.). He is a strong believer in integrated, cycle-friendly public transit (including ride-share, bus, ferry, train, and airplane) and would like to support, through his participation in the NACC, Nanaimo’s development as a15-minute city, where all the goods and services that residents require are easily accessible by a 15-minute walk or bicycle ride. He’s also keen to help Nanaimo become a hub for bikepacking on Vancouver Island through better long-distance off-road connections up- and down-Island.

Caitlin Lepla

Director at Large. Bio incoming.

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Past Directors

Joel Canfield

President. Joel Canfield was awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal for his decades of human rights and cycling advocacy. Joel is a HUB Cycling, Bike Right Certified Instructor, and he has attended the Cycling Embassy of Denmark's, Bikeable City Masterclass, in Copenhagen, DK. Joel is the co-leader of GoByBikeBC Team Copenhagen. Other volunteer roles include, City of Nanaimo Volunteer Park Ambassador, City of Nanaimo Community Policing Volunteer, 529 Garage Volunteer Ambassador, and Nowik Bikes for Kids. Founding Member.