Staff
Doug Franz has been a competitive cyclist since an early age. He has degrees in theater and engineering, and uses both to show his students the elegance and magic of the modern bicycle. Besides being the president of CCBW, he is also responsible for the power and control systems that keep the lights on in QVC’s studios.
Lesa Franz is a long distance cyclist doing 100km and 100 mile rides each weekend during the bicycling season. In her teens she played team sports and qualified as an alternate Junior Olympian in track and field in her home state of Idaho. As an amateur athlete she understands what is involved in improving one’s self to reach a goal. She is currently the President of the Brandywine Bicycle Club.
Professionally, Ms. Franz has over twenty-five years experience in business and accounting. She is the Assistant Controller of Kennetex, a textile company in Kennett Square. She holds a business degree from Wayland Baptists University and a Masters in Arts Administration from Drexel University. Ms Franz has worked with several local non-profits by establishing good business practices, coordinating development and fundraising, and preparing SWOT analyses – Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival; Chester County Arts Studio and Chester Springs Studio (Art Partners).
Fred Sharpe has over 30 years experience working in recreation with special needs children and adults. He has planned sports activities, social events, bike safety events, and fund raisers for a wide range of non-profits in the Philadelphia area. In addition to the planning, he has a long history of running and training groups in recreational activities.
Fred’s interest in biking started with John King asking him to take care of his bike during the time he was away at the University of Miami. His good friend Big Jim Mosley started to participate in all types of biking events in the Philadelphia area with Fred trying to keep up. (We not only had traditional sports, but cycling to share with each other also.) We soon found out that being Black and riding was not a new thing at all. Cycling has a history of people of color participating at all levels. This activity is like other positive activities a way to meet nice people and have a healthy life style, in Fred Sharpe’s view point.