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Board
of Directors:
ORBA's Board of Directors is made up
of businessmen in the off-road industry
who receive nothing for their service
but the satisfaction of knowing they are
helping to protect OHV recreation and
thereby ensure the future of their
business and all off-road businesses. |
Chairman
of the Board:
» Cory Hove, Owner, Alba Action
Sports, Poway, CA (Founder) |
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Hove bought
Alba Action Sports in 1991. Alba is a
full line motorsports dealership that
specializes in the off-road segment. He
currently races a Honda TRX450 in the
Best In The Desert series. He grew up in
Apple Valley. As a young boy he was
obsessed with dirt bikes then moved on
to 3-wheelers and ATVs. He is married
and has two children Patrick 28 and
Kalin 25. The family spent many weekends
camping and riding in the desert. Cory's
wife Jenny recently fell in love with
jeeping so now weekends are split
between riding and jeeping. |
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Secretary:
» John Pederson, Owner,
Southern Motorcycle Supply, San Diego,
CA |
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Chief
Financial Officer:
» Tracy Hopper, President,
Fiber-Tech, Santee, CA (Founder) |
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Fiber-Tech is a family
owned business. Hopper's father Richard
started it in 1968.Tracy started working
there when he was 13 years old. His
first duties included making fiberglass
parts for Baja bugs and welding bumpers
and frames. When he was 21 he moved to
the "front office" where his
duties included inventory control, sales
calls and retail counter sales. Over the
years he took on other tasks such as
purchasing and employee management.
Tracy has been riding motorcycles since
he was 10 years old. His first
motorcycle was a 1971 Yamaha 60. He
still rides motorcycles with his family
but recently finished building an
Alumicraft prerunner. |
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Board Members |
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» Greg Adler, President of
Transamerican Auto Parts Wholesale, 4 Wheel Parts
Wholesalers, ProComp Suspensions |
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» Don Emde, Don Emde Publications, MIC BoD, AMA National BoD |
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» Revelle Harrison, KTM
North America, Inc., Amherst, OH |
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Harrison started his career with
KTM in 1998. Currently he is the National Sales
Manager and General Manager of KTM's west coast
office in Murrieta, CA. Harrison is married and
has two young boys. In his free time he enjoys
racing Grand Prix and Motocross, as well as
camping and trail riding at many of the OHV areas
in Southern California. |
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» Steve Myers, Toyota of
Escondido; owner International Racing Consultants |
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» Jim Ryan, Ryan
Communications Group, Santa Ana, CA |
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Ryan has been in the off-road
market for 31 years. He started out in advertising
sales for Cycle News in 1977. He was with Petersen
Publishing in various positions on various
magazines from 1980 until going to Primedia in
2001 as their off-road group publisher. He has
been the Off-Road Group Director at Advanstar
Communications, Inc. from 2003 to the present. In
that position he has been responsible for Dirt
Sports Magazine, Off-Road Expo, Off-Road.com,
Off-Road Impact and Off-Road Business. Ryan joined
the ORBA Board in 2004. |
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| » Loren
Snyder |
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In 1989 Snyder was one
of the original founders of Pro Comp Suspension.
Pro Comp is a leader in the light truck, SUV and
4WD truck industry engineering, manufacturing,
marketing and distributing on- and off-road
suspension systems and accessories world-wide.
Based out of San Diego California, Snyder has been
on the ORBA Board of Directors management team for
approximately six years and in 2008 was elected as
Chairman of the Board. Along with his industry
involvement, Snyder shares in the passion for off-roading
and is actively involved with professional and
amateur off road racing as well as recreational
off-roading. He has passed this passion along to
his family as well. He has two daughters, one of
which currently races in the Championship Off Road
Racing Series and the other currently works in the
industry while also attending USC with a broadcast
journalism major to focus on bigger and better
things within the Motorsports industry. |
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» Jason Tolleson, SEMA,
Diamond Bar, CA |
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Tolleson is the Government and
Public Affairs Manager for the Specialty Equipment
Market Association (SEMA). He is a graduate of
Brigham Young University-Hawaii, where he majored
in political science. Upon moving to Washington,
D.C., he began work as a legislative aide on
Capitol Hill. More recently, he served as a
lobbyist representing local governments and
transit agencies before joining the SEMA
Government Affairs Office in 2004. Tolleson serves
as the director of SEMA's grassroots lobbying
program, the SEMA Action Network, as well as the
primary contact for the association on land access
issues. In this role he coordinates legislative
and regulatory activities with other industry and
end-user OHV organizations. |
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» Randy Weisser, Owner,
Off Road Warehouse, San Diego, CA |
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In June of 2007 Weisser purchased
ORW. In addition to being the owner of ORW, Randy
is a real estate developer and owner of Unique
Lighting Systems in Escondido, CA. |
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» Tim Williams |
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