Board of Directors
Jake Bayless
Jake Bayless is a life-long resident of Sonoma County. In addition to being one of the founders of CATF, he is the co-founding President of CAMTB, he was co-founder of REMBA (Redwood Empire Mountain Bike Alliance), and he participated in the organizational merger with the Sonoma County Trails Council in 2021, becoming a co-founder of the newly merged 501c3 organization; The Redwood Trails Alliance, RTA, which now serves three counties of Sonoma, Lake and Napa. As CAMTB and CATF have grown in size and influence, Jake has focused his volunteer time on these efforts.
Jake fell in love with his wife on a moonlight mountain bike ride on Mount Saint Helena; they have two active sons participating in NorCal NICA league races. Their whole family loves to ride bikes in places like Annadel, Salt Point State Park, Montana de Oro, and Jackson Demo Forest. Jake’s regular job is programmer/analyst for the City of Santa Rosa, and he’s always looking for a better map.
Matthew Blain
Matthew is the Treasurer of the California Trails Foundation and also serves on the board of the California Mountain Biking Coalition and SF Urban Riders.
Matthew Blain grew up on the trails in Philadelphia’s Wissahickon Valley and has been interested in trail issues in the decades and cities since then.
In 2008 he moved to San Francisco and became more involved both in Mountain Biking and bike advocacy, becoming chair of the local MTB group SF Urban Riders in 2015. In addition, he is part of the SF Crosstown Trail Coalition and the Bay Area Ridge Trail SF Trail Advisory Group.
Austin McInerny
Austin believes immensely in the power of cycling to transform the lives of individuals and the culture of entire communities. Starting in elementary school and continuing thru his entire life, Austin has ridden all types of bikes both recreationally and competitively and has toured by bike the Tyrolean Alps, northern Greece, the Pyrenees, various regions of Spain, Argentina, Chile, and extensively in the United States.
Along with his wife, Austin coached a high school mountain bike club for many years and served as the president of the National Interscholastic Cycling Association “NICA” for nearly eight years. Having played a major role in growing NICA into the largest youth mountain biking organization in the United States, BICYCLING Magazine named Austin one of the “New Heroes of Cycling” in 2016. Austin continues to serve on the board of directors for NICA and the Be Good Foundation and has assisted numerous organizations craft strategic plans and undertake advocacy campaigns.