Anthony (Tony) Cherolis joined Central Indiana Cycling in April 2025 as Bike Indianapolis and CIBA had just merged.  Soon after joining the organization, Tony led the effort to choose a name for the merged group – Central Indiana Cycling – based on member brainstorming and survey results.

Tony started in aerospace related engineering but shifted over to nonprofit work in 2015, co-founding the BiCi Co. community bike shop and DIY / teaching mechanic programs at the Center for Latino Progress in Hartford, CT. While working at the Center for Latino Progress, Tony also co-founded a regional transit and active transportation advocacy program, the Transport Hartford Academy.

Having grown up in the Midwest (nearby in Southwest Ohio), Tony is now close to his roots and family in the area.

Tony says, “Indianapolis and the region have a great start at building out a connected, safe multiuse and rail trail network. We’ll be pushing to connect safe active transportation routes to all neighborhoods. We are aiming for 10% of trips to be taken by bike in 2035. Let’s get it done!”

I started with Bike Indianapolis as the Project Coordinator in 2022, assisted in the merger of Bike Indianapolis and CIBA in 2025 and continue in the role of Project Coordinator in the newly branded organization, Central Indiana Cycling.

My background is in Police Administration and Psychology with a MS in Criminal Justice. I spent my early professional years in law enforcement and victim advocacy within the criminal justice system. My interest in cycling began as a recreational road cyclist in my teens and this experience has grown to include mountain biking and bike commuting.  Joining Bike Indianapolis and now the newly merged organization, Central Indiana Cycling, has allowed me to pair my love of sports with my interest in advocacy, sustainability and transportation accessibility for all.

Jyoti A. Verderame, Editor of the Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, Indianapolis Public Library

2026 Board President

NITE Ride Committee Member

As a longtime board member, I’m excited and honored to begin another year serving Central Indiana Cycling. I joined the former iteration of this club more than a decade ago as a way to rehab a hamstring injury sustained while running. Fellow runners suggested that cycling would stretch out my muscles and enable me to quickly resume my passion. Instead, I discovered a new passion. With that discovery came a new group of friends who encouraged me to become involved with the organization hosting our weekday and weekend rides.

And here I am, a decade later in awe of the impact that our cycling organization has made in the community. I look forward to contributing to the continued success of Central IN Cycling and can’t help but be thankful for the day I pulled my hamstring.

Andrew Gremos, Principal, Ramboll

2026 Board Vice President

Co-Chair, Membership, Development, and Fundraising Committee

I am an environmental professional with a multi-national Architecture, Engineering, and Consultancy engaged in the sustainable redevelopment of environmentally challenged  properties.

I am honored to serve on the Central Indiana Cycling board as cycling has always been a passionate pursuit. Being part of this board enables me to contribute meaningfully to our vibrant cycling community. It’s a wonderful opportunity to give back by fostering more rider engagement through advocacy and programs that empower both novice and experienced bicycle riders.

As an active commuter cyclist of over three decades, I am interested in the prospect of influencing critical infrastructure improvements. Enhancing safety and accessibility for all riders is a priority, and I am keen to be involved in efforts that advance driver/rider education which will lead to safer and more harmonious road use. Serving on the board allows me to merge my personal passion with communal responsibilities, driving initiatives that promote healthier lifestyles, environmental benefits, and building a more connected community through cycling.

2026 Board Treasurer

RAIN and NITE Ride Committee Member

My day job is riding my bike. Before retirement I was in corporate accounting, mostly in the automotive industry.

I joined the board because of my passion for fitness and supported weekend touring rides. I’ve been the non-repeating fitness ride coordinator on and off for the past 20 years, and I felt it important to have that part of our club represented on the board. Since joining the board I’ve also gotten involved in both the Ride Across Indiana (RAIN) and NITE Ride committees.

Rose Scovel, AICP, Senior Planner, Rundell Ernstberger Associates

2026 Board Secretary

Committee Member – Membership, Development, and Fundraising

As a kid I rode a bike to get around the neighborhood. When I lived in Muncie I got a new bike and was a Ranger on the Cardinal Greenway, even though I didn’t ride very far. In 2009 I started training for the American Diabetes Association Tour de Cure. The plan was to do the community ride on the track, but that day I decided to do the 50K road ride. From there I got started in triathlons, finishing my first at Go Girl (Eagle Creek) that year. I have now finished RAGBRAI three times, the RAIN ride, Amishland and Lakes several times, many century rides, more than a dozen half Ironman races, and Ironman Louisville. I am a USA Triathlon Level 1 Coach.

My career as a professional community planner means that I work with communities at the intersection of land use, transportation, and economic development on a daily basis. I have been fortunate to work for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization (IMPO), as well as doing consulting work for a few firms. I’ve done non-motorized transportation planning work in Indiana and Michigan. My experience as a cyclist and runner informs how I approach infrastructure.

Stephanie Patterson Cline, Quality Engineer at ASTEMO

NITE Ride, Committee Member

Stephanie lives in Indianapolis with her husband, Darrell and adult children. She was the first woman to earn a BS in Electrical Engineering Technology from Prairie View A & M University and went on to earn an MS in Ag Econ from Purdue University and an MBA from Indiana University, Kelly School of Business. She somehow managed  to raise kids and obtain a black belt in Karate, while working in various Procurement, Engineering and Supplier Management roles.

Stephanie is an avid biker, yogi, knitter and reader and is probably doing one of those 3 things while this is being read.

Cam Starnes, Partner – Taft, Stettinius, & Hollister

Committee Member – Membership, Development, and Fundraising

Cam Starnes is a partner in the Indianapolis office of Taft Stettinius & Hollister where his legal practice centers around economic development and public finance. Originally hailing from a small town in Indiana, Cam grew up riding his bike through neighborhoods and driveways and yards between friends’ houses and later got into mountain biking. Intrigued by non-automobile means of city transportation from time studying abroad in Europe and averse to paying for a campus parking pass, Cam put city tires and panniers on his mountain bike and started commuting across downtown to law school. He quickly found the bicycle to be an ideal means for exploring neighborhoods and parks and otherwise finding his way around the city.

Cam often says he fell in love with Indy from the seat of a bike and his mission as a board member of Central Indiana Cycling is to help others experience and love their own communities in the same way. A frequent bike tinkerer, Cam made his way from mountain bikes to fixed gear urban cycling to skinny tire road biking before largely settling on an affinity for lugged steel bikes that run squishy tires and can carry stuff. He has less time to ride than he would like in recent years, but is still passionate about positive and safe bike and pedestrian infrastructure and about the joy and wonder one can experience moving around the world on two wheels. Further, he has the professional privilege of working on many development projects which enhance, connect to, and/or otherwise benefit and benefit from trails, greenways, and other forms of bike infrastructure in terms of how they relate to the built environment. He is pleased to serve on the board with many dedicated, like-minded individuals.

Hilly Hundred Weekend, Committee Member

Pedal and Park, Program Coordinator

Rides Committee – Repeating Rides Coordinator

I’m a semi – retired architect, and director of the Pedal and Park program which is now a part of Central Indiana Cycling.

As for why I’m a member of the board and have been for many years, I have an ongoing interest in. and commitment to, facilitating cycling as a fun, healthy, and environmentally conscious method of transportation and sport.

Kevin Whited, City of Carmel – Accreditation Administrator

Co-Chair, Membership, Development, and Fundraising Committee

I’ve been riding bicycles for most of my 58 years and feel a strong responsibility to give back to an activity that has enriched my life for so long. I’ve also spent more than 30 years working in the transportation sector, much of that focused on improving bicycling in cities across the country.

In addition to my public- and private-sector work, I’ve managed and worked with several bicycle advocacy organizations in Indiana and Georgia. I joined the board of Central Indiana Cycling in January 2025 and am excited and honored to utilize the skills I’ve honed over the last 30 years to advance the mission of making cycling in Central Indiana safer, more enjoyable, and more inclusive. Please join me by becoming a member of Central Indiana Cycling because without your financial support, this organization doesn’t exist.

Carlos Lemus, Emerging Tech Systems Architect

Central IN Cycling, Chair – IT and Tech Committee

Member, Advocacy Committee

I have been moving around primarily by bike since 2021, and in that time I’ve found both a sense of freedom and a strong community among people working to make the Indianapolis metro area more walkable, bikeable, and safe for everyone. Cycling has reshaped how I experience the city: how neighborhoods connect, how public space is used, and how transportation choices can strengthen communities rather than divide them.

I am thrilled to serve on the Central Indiana Cycling Board, where I hope to apply my background in technology leadership, systems thinking, and project management to support the mission. Professionally, I work as a senior software engineer and technical lead, specializing in large-scale infrastructure, coordination across stakeholders, and turning complex ideas into practical outcomes. Outside of work, I’m deeply involved in neighborhood advocacy and local urbanist efforts focused on safer streets, better public spaces, and people-centered design.

Indianapolis has the potential to become a world-class city for everyday cycling: not just for recreation, but as a safe, practical, and joyful way to get around. I’m excited to continue building momentum toward that future.

Steve Nisi, Deputy Public Defender, State of Indiana

Member, Advocacy Committee

Steve Nisi is Indiana born and raised. He currently works as a Deputy Public Defender for the State of Indiana primarily representing youth in juvenile proceedings. Outside of the office he pursues his passion for cycling and commitment to seeing every Hoosier housed in a safe and habitable home.

Cycling stole his heart as a child, and he hasn’t looked back since. Although Steve’s love for cycling started with the pure joy of riding, he has come to appreciate the enormous potential the world’s most beautiful invention—the bicycle—provides individuals and their community. Bicycles are much more than just a piece of fitness equipment or a toy. They are a solution to the most pressing transportation and climate issues of our time.