Monica Barczak joined the Tulsa Bike Share board in June 2019. She is passionate about working for equal access to health and education opportunities for all.  While not a native Tulsan, she has developed a deep understanding of the community through professional roles with Ascension St. John, CAP Tulsa, the Office of the Mayor, and the City Council Office. She has been a proud member of the boards of DVIS, Iron Gate (including serving as Board Chair) and Workforce Tulsa. She is a member of Leadership Tulsa Class 62, a volunteer for Bike Club, and a past volunteer for Reading Partners.  She’s been in a number of local theater productions, and of course, spends as many hours as possible riding her bike. She raced for Bicycles of Tulsa for 7 years and has participated in many of the local charity bike rides.

Grayson Barnes is a partner at Barnes Law PLLC. He moved to Tulsa before he was old enough to ride a bike and has spent all of his life here less school and travel. He strives for Tulsa to compete on a national scale by facilitating the legacy of a thriving oil and gas industry all while recognizing the need for the city to diversity its industrial portfolio and its offerings to fellow Tulsans.

Larry Mitchell was born at a very young age, and chose the bicycle as his preferred means of transportation at the age of 4, when Santa Claus gifted him with a Schwinn Cruiser.

He is a life-long cyclist, and sees the bicycle as an answer to many of our pressing urban issues.

Larry has been an active member of the Tulsa Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee for 8 years. He worked as a volunteer at the Tulsa Hub for several years, and was a board member for 3 years. He has attended 2 League of American Bicyclists summits in Washington, DC. Larry has enjoyed seeing some of the cities in the USA and abroad that have the best cycling infrastructure, including Seattle, Portland, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam.

As for the question of how many bikes someone should have, Larry prefers the ‘N plus 1’ formula.

Growing up in rural Southern Indiana, Tonja and her brother caught the cycling bug riding dirt trails they crafted in their neighborhood. Moving to attend The University of Tulsa in 1986 she fell for the city’s outdoor vibe, especially at River Parks. She met her husband Tim, a passionate cyclist, in 1999 at Tulsa’s Oktoberfest. Active lifestyles for them both include cycling and volunteering to support local non-profit organizations and their associated festivals and events, primarily Tulsa Wheelmen, German-American Society Tulsa (GAST), Route 66 Marathon, and Tulsa Tough. Tonja is Community Relations Director for River Parks Authority and Festival Director for Tulsa Oktoberfest. She serves on the boards for Tulsa Downtown Lions Club, GAST and Tulsa Oktoberfest, Inc.

Growth comes from overcoming the things that stand in the way of your goal.

I graduated from Tulsa Central High School, the last class to graduate from the PSO Building in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. I served three (3) years in the United States Army. I graduated from the Oklahoma State University of Technology in Okmulgee, Oklahoma.

In 2018, I was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. After a regime of natural health treatment and cure of my cancer, I found a Freedom that had once been lost; I lost that life of working and that life of seeking to acquire material stuff. I became Free of my self-imposed shackles. I found the Freedom to shine my light, as bright as possible. I found that to live a life of Service is to live a life of Freedom. To be Free is to live your best life. I choose to live my best life. I choose to be a light in this life.