Management Team

Lisa Miller, Executive Director

Lisa graduated from the University of Washington with a B.S. degree in Psychology, focusing on performance and motivation. Combined with her work experience as an Accountant, Lisa learned that project management is where she excels.  In 1999 Lisa purchased her first mountain bike and discovered that not only did the fitness and confidence gained by riding help her professionally, but that the bike also brought a healthy balance to her life. Lisa’s passion for riding led her to found the Indie Series, a cross country mountain bike race series, which at the time was the only one in the state. Lisa has served for several years on the board of Seattle Cyclocross and manages a race team called Ragnarok Racing. Still racing mountain bikes as much as possible, Lisa also races cyclocross and enjoys road cycling, running marathons, and skate skiing.

Lauren Haughey, Operations and Accounting

Lauren’s love of bicycles started early on in her life as an 8 year old wheelie popping, bigwheel skidding, log jumper. She spent much of her childhood summers trying to out perform her siblings in the art of tricycle and bigwheel log jumping – and on steep, fast descents in the neighborhood streets. After a few broken bones, she decided to move onto safer sports and spent her high school and college years competing in long distance running, swimming and soccer. It wasn’t until after she finished college, married a cyclist and had a couple of kids that she started racing and riding bikes again.

Lauren comes to the league after a 16 year career stint in ecommerce, a few years at local cycling magazine, Cyclocross Magazine – and most recently a year at local cargo bike company, Xtracycle, directing fulfillment operations.

Mike Cruz, Program Assistant

Mike graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA (go Steelers!) with a B.S. in Decision Science in December ’07. Originally, he began college as a cello performance major, but quickly decided that wasn’t his calling. After he transferred majors, he needed something else to occupy his free time, so bike racing it was. By his senior year, he was elected president of the Carnegie Mellon Cycling Club. That year they experienced tremendous growth as well as won the mountain bike conference title. Currently, he races for the Wells Fargo Cycling Team on the road and works for Trips for Kids in San Rafael, CA leading at-risk youth on mountain bike rides all over Marin County.

Chris Spencer, Programs Manager

After Graduating from UC Santa Cruz with a B.A. in Global Economics, Chris got back to his roots and started working at the NorCal League. Starting in 2002, Chris raced in the League for three years as an independent for Roaring Mouse Cycles. In 2004 with the help of his coach, Dario Fredrick, Chris took his success in the League as encouragement to race the NORBA National series. He placed 3rd in the Junior Expert National Finals at Durango, CO and in the National Championships at Mammoth, CA. While taking a sabbatical from competitive racing at UC Santa Cruz, Chris stayed involved by coaching high school athletes. Chris says, “My current interest in racing is expanding opportunities for all high school athletes.”