Officers
Michael Burns
CyclingSavvy Instructor
West Chester, Pennsylvania
While a childlike joy first connected me to riding and tinkering with bikes, I’m still growing in my understanding of cycling as a freedom practice. From my youth, I’ve cycled in several disciplines, including daily commuting, road racing, mountain, touring, fixed gear, gravel. In graduate school (2007-13), I shared my mechanic experience at a local bike co-op, which led me to a broader understanding of how bicycles can be instrumental to a more sustainable, just, and equitable society. In 2019, I completed CSI training and immediately connected CyclingSavvy to these ideals. I look forward to spreading the message.
michael@abea.bike
Randy Profeta
CyclingSavvy Instructor
Irvine, California
Randy has been an active cyclist since 1998 when he and his family relocated from New Jersey to Southern California. In 1999, Randy started doing 24-hour mountain bike races with his three sons. Since then, he’s become an active participant in endurance cycling events and spends many training hours on the road. A professional instructor, Randy loves to share his passion and knowledge of cycling with others.
"If we want to grow our sport, it’s essential that both new and experienced cyclists learn how to be safe, be predictable, be relevant while riding, and enjoy their time on the bike. Riding should not be stressful; it should be stress-relieving! CyclingSavvy helps make the riding experience enjoyable and safe."
Randy and his son, Dan, operate Trail’s End Cycling Center in Irvine, CA.
Directors
Karen Karabell
CyclingSavvy Instructor
St. Louis, Missouri
When I went to Orlando in 2011 to check out CyclingSavvy, I had been using my bicycle for transportation for well over a decade. I was already certified by another organization as a bicycle safety instructor. While I had heard amazing things about CyclingSavvy, I thought at most I might pick up a tip or two. Little did I know how little I knew. CyclingSavvy has transformed my bicycling, as well as my perspective on our public roadways. Discover what transportation freedom truly means!
Beth Black
Savvy Cyclist
Irvine, CA
Beth Black brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to ABEA, drawing from her educational background in Social Ecology and writing from UC Irvine, a California teaching credential, as well as her past co-ownership of a prominent e-bike store in Seal Beach, California. She is the founder of the Bellemont Project, which provides strategic solutions for e-bike safety. And she authored The Caring Parent’s E-Bike Survival Guide, the first in a planned series of books on e-bike safety.
In 2025, she spoke before Safer California and the American Trauma Society on behavior management, improved enforcement, infrastructure innovations and other e-bike safety initiatives that offer much-needed comprehensive solutions.
She supports only the best in cycling education. “I trust ABEA’s world-class programs to educate riders and raise public awareness, so we can all move into a future that embraces micro-mobility,” she said.
Beth’s expertise will allow her to further develop ABEA’s media profile beyond the cycling community. She will work toward more accurate recognition of ABEA as the nation’s leading authority in bicycling education, designed and delivered by experienced professionals.