Cascade Members, Meet Your 2027 Board of Director Candidates

The Cascade Board of Directors represents the voice of its Members and is responsible to the membership. Their role is to ensure that Cascade’s resources are used to the greatest benefit for Members and the larger community.

For 2027, we have seven seats up for election. Over the past months, we’ve received great nominations. After review, the search committee is happy to present four returning candidates and three new candidates to the Cascade Board of Directors. If elected (or re-elected), directors will serve a three-year term beginning in 2027.

The candidates are:

• Eugene Cho - Current Director Candidate
• Luke Distelhorst - Current Director Candidate
• Marlene Druker - Current Director Candidate
• Mary Hoshizaki - Current Director Candidate
• Ben Truelove - Prospective Director Candidate
• Jackie Craver - Prospective Director Candidate
• Steve Mullin - Prospective Director Candidate 

Candidate Bios 

Eugene Cho, Current Director Candidate

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Eugene grew up and went to school in the Chicago metro area, where he was utterly dependent on his bike and public transit to get around. He moved to the Seattle area in 2004, where he quickly found kindred spirits in Cascade Bicycle Club members. He lives in Seattle and works in Tacoma.

Eugene is a daily, year-round mixed-mode cycling commuter and has volunteered as a Cascade Outrider since 2015. You may have seen him on rides in his Outrider uniform, with a full-sized floor pump strapped to his back (though he now carries a more compact, but considerably heavier, battery powered pump). He has participated in gigantic recreational cycling events all over the world and loves the idea of cities shutting down traffic and celebrating cycling.

Through all of that traveling plus the disassembling and reassembling of bicycles, he picked up the hobby of building and upgrading bicycles. He has built or revamped 40 bicycles that are used on the road by himself, friends, and family.

Eugene is excited to bring enthusiasm and energy to the Board from a rider/volunteer perspective, to help spread awareness of the physical and mental health benefits of cycling, and to work with others to make bicycling safer and more appealing to everyone. Off the bike, he's a surgeon with Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. His real love is teaching, and he is on the faculty of the General Surgery Residency and Advanced GI Surgery Fellowship programs. 

Luke Distelhorst, Current Director Candidate

Luke Distelhorst is a Senior Community Engagement Planner at King County Metro who lives in Edmonds. He previously worked at Community Transit in Snohomish County and spent 10-plus years doing corporate communications. Luke also serves in various community volunteer roles, including as an affordable housing Commissioner for the Housing Authority of Snohomish County (HASCO). 

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After growing up cutting his teeth (and shins) on the BMX dirt jumps of Lower Woodland in north Seattle, Luke lived abroad for 10 years and had a long break from regular bike riding. Returning to Snohomish County and two wheels in adult life, his passions are now focused on advocating for safe and accessible bike-walk-roll infrastructure to create better transportation options in communities across Washington state. 

Luke can most often be found around town on his Tern GSD e-cargo bike, sometimes with a precarious amount of groceries bungee strapped down. Outside of the city, he enjoys long gravel rides in the mountains and visiting Washington’s many landscapes.

Marlene Druker, Current Director Candidate

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Marlene Druker rides a bike and believes the world would be a better place if everyone did! Some of Marlene's happiest times as a young adult in her hometown of Montreal were spent commuting and exploring on her mint green Peugeot with downtube shifters and white handlebar tape. 

The first time someone explained the concept of a century ride to her she wondered why anyone would ever do that, but since her first one in 2015, she has done several a year, including STP, RSVP, and Flying Wheels. Her current main bike is a Specialized Diverge with all the bells and whistles. She also still takes her less fancy Fuji touring bike on short trips.

Marlene is a graduate of the McGill School of Architecture and a Washington State Registered Architect. She commutes by bike from her home in Gig Harbor to her office in Tacoma nearly every day. She has been a Cascade Ride Leader for about a decade and also helps to train new ride leaders. During her first three-year term on the Cascade Board, she served on the Development Committee and also on the Board of Washington Bikes.

Having seen how people's lives and their communities can be made happier and healthier when more people get around without private motor vehicles, Marlene strives to help others discover and develop their love of cycling. Marlene is grateful to the club for providing these opportunities and aspires to continue to help Cascade fulfill its worthy mission. 

Mary Hoshizaki, Current Director Candidate

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Mary brings a wealth of accounting and auditing expertise to Cascade after 45 years as a CPA. She has experience with small businesses and more recently with biotech companies. She is well-versed in managing government grant accounting and compliance. Early in her career, she was an auditor for many nonprofit clients. She is familiar with cashflow management, budgeting, forecasting and taxes.  

Around 2009, Mary rediscovered bicycling by participating in Cascade's Free Group Rides program and the Cascade Training Series. Since then, Mary has ridden RSVP and STP dozens of times, as well as Chilly Hilly, Kitsap Color Classic, and Flying Wheels. She has also enjoyed many Cascade Tours such as Lake Chelan, Walla Walla and Port Townsend. Her vacations are often spent doing bike tours with her partner on their tandem.  

Mary is a long-serving member of the Free Group Rides Committee, keeping our riders and ride leaders safe and our rides free and inviting to all. She has been the series director for the Midweek Eastside Evening Training Series (MEETS). MEETS rides are arguably the most popular and well-attended rides within our program. Collectively, MEETS riders trained for STP and RSVP by riding over 2,700 times this past year.  

Mary was also instrumental in building our Women and Nonbinary program from the ground up.  As a founding member, she recruited over 10 ride leaders to help lead rides specifically created for women and nonbinary folks and also helped organize social hours and classes for women and nonbinary riders at Cascade.

Ben Truelove, Prospective Director Candidate

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Ben can be recognized by his unicorn horn, tutus and custom jerseys. He believes in the power of bicycles to create independence, opportunity, and hope. Raised by a single parent on low income, he was fortunate to be in the Big Brother program, because his “Bigs” were great role models but most importantly taught him to ride a bike. Bicycling opened up a world beyond his neighborhood and helped create dreams that set him on a path to college and a successful career. 

Today, Ben is passionate about giving people the same encouragement, confidence, and opportunities that his mentors gave him.

Ben earned a BFA in Graphic Design from UW and spent his career first creating CD art during the Grunge Era, and then at Microsoft designing products including Windows and OneDrive. However, he is most proud of his pioneering work in accessible design tools and training. Now retired, he devotes his time to mentoring youth, cycling, and creative endeavors.

Ben is a longtime Major Taylor Project volunteer, an Outrider, and an STP and Kitsap Color Classic ambassador. Ben believes that Cascade has a unique opportunity to support a wonderfully diverse range of people who enjoy safe, fun and rewarding bicycle experiences. Ben would like bicycling to have a full seat at the transportation table and be an integral part of our communities across the state.

Jackie Craver, Prospective Director Candidate

Jackie is a lifelong community‑builder whose passion for cycling has shaped her personal, professional, and civic life for more than 25 years. She began seriously cycling after moving to Seattle, using her bike as a way to meet people, explore the outdoors even in inclement weather, and build a sense of belonging in a new city. What started as a social outlet quickly became her primary mode of commuting, exercising, and eventually racing — both on the road and at the velodrome.

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Cycling has been a catalyst for Jackie’s career as well. She landed three of her favorite jobs while riding her bike, including an executive‑level role in the cycling industry at Zwift where she focused on supporting and strengthening the global cycling community. Her professional work reflects the same values she brings to her riding: connection, empowerment, and expanding access to the joy of movement.

Jackie’s commitment to cycling extends across multiple regions around the world, deepening her appreciation for how bikes bring people together across cultures. Closer to home, she has been an active Cascade Member since 2009, a Champions Club donor, and an enthusiastic participant in Cascade programs and events. Her favorite rides are Revel Revolution, Ride for Major Taylor, Pedaling Relief Project, Emerald City and those surrounding Bike Everywhere Month.

Jackie especially likes rides that expose new riders to all that cycling can offer. She brings deep personal and professional cycling experience, global perspective, and unwavering enthusiasm for the cycling community. Across every chapter of her cycling journey, Jackie’s passion remains constant: she rides for enjoyment, for connection, and for the sheer love of being on a bike. 

Steve Mullin, Prospective Director Candidate

Steve Mullin is the recently retired long-time president of the Washington Roundtable, an organization composed of senior executives of major private sector employers who work to effect positive change on public policy issues that support economic vitality and foster opportunity for all Washingtonians.

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Before joining the Roundtable, Mullin built a career in public policy and government, holding positions with several Seattle-based public affairs consulting firms. He served in policy and political roles for Senator Dan Evans, Governor John Spellman, Senator Slade Gorton, and Lt. Governor Joel Pritchard, as well as on the nonpartisan staff of the Washington State Legislature. In addition to leading the Roundtable, he has been an active member of Washington’s civic and nonprofit communities, serving as chair and in other leadership roles with organizations focused on healthcare, workforce development, transportation, and social services, including current service on the board of the YMCA of Greater Seattle.

A lifetime resident of the Seattle area, Steve spent many hours of his youth exploring northeast Seattle on his prized Schwinn Stingray. He spent most of his adult life, however, as an avid runner and converted to cycling a decade or so ago on the advice of the good doctors at UW Sports Medicine. He has participated in several Cascade events, including RSVP, Flying Wheels and the Chelan Tour, and looks forward to more time exploring Washington state and beyond on his bike during his retirement years. 

Vote When Your E-Ballot Arrives

Electronic voting will be available to all Cascade members beginning on Nov. 3. Keep your eyes out for an email from Cascade Bicycle Club with your personalized voting link, and review your cascade.org account to keep your email address up to date. Please contact Cascade if your membership is active and you did not receive your personal e-ballot.