Before moving to Portland in 2011, Lois co-owned four bicycle stores in Ohio, started a tiny non-profit that produced the first Sunday Parkways-type event in the U.S. and was the field coordinator for Bicycling Magazine’s BikeTown program.

“BikeTown was the best job on the planet because I gave away hundreds of bicycles to people in over 30 cities to see if a bicycle could change someone’s life. My life in Portland is very low-key compared to my life in Cleveland.”