Cruising the Loop Rider Bios
Genevieve Schmitt - Emigrant, MT
A true trailblazer for female motorcycle enthusiasts, Genevieve has worked in the motorcycle industry since 1993 and is recognized as one of the first journalists to create content specifically for female motorcyclists.
Her company, Solitude Ranch Communications, publishes WomenRidersNow.com, an online magazine about women and motorcycling. It also publishes TrikeRidersNow.com and ScooterRidersNow.com capitalizing on interest in those markets. Genevieve also writes a monthly column about women and motorcycling in American Iron Magazine, the number one V-twin motorcycle magazine on the newsstands.
Anne Tattersall - Enschede, Netherlands
Anne contributes to www.EagleRider.nl, a U.S. motorcycle rental directory and industry media site.
Pamela Joy Collins - Montoursville, PA
When Pam began her professional journalism career as a radio/television reporter, never did she realize her subject matter one day would veer from mundane political and local new beats to writing about the exciting two-wheeled lifestyle. But that’s because this self-professed news junkie/bookworm never envisioned herself on a motorcycle.
However, after learning to ride eleven years ago, Pam realized not only did motorcycling provide her with fascinating, exciting personal joys and experiences, but compelling story ideas as well. "It seemed a story appeared around every curve, and I just couldn’t ignore the reporter in me saying 'I have to write about this.'"
Pamela is a regular contributor to Roadbike Magazine, Keystone Motorcycle Press, and Women Riders Now.com. She has also written for Keystone Motorcycle Press.
Margie Siegal - Oakland, CA
Margie Siegal has been riding motorcycles even longer than she has been a freelance writer. Well-known for her interest in motorcycle history, her work has been included in Classic Bike, Rider Magazine, Motorcycle Collector, IronWorks Magazine (where she is the vintage editor) and Motorcycle Classics.
Margie also covers the retail side of the motorcycle business fo r Motorcycle Product News. Margie lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she can be found enjoying the scenic but challenging roads.
Deborah Anne Macdonald - Boulder Creek, CA
Debbie is the Production Manager at Thunder Press, the premier Harley-Davidson and American Motorcycle newspaper. Although she wasn’t a rider when she started with the paper 17 years ago, she had been riding on the back of her husband’s bike since their first date in 1978. She went solo in ’94 when she bought a 1972 250 two-stroke Aermacchi Harley.
She currently rides a 1987 Harley-Davidson FXRC, a 1997 Buell M2 Cyclone and a 2006 Harley-Davidson Road Glide. Clearly a Harley aficionado, Debbie covers related events, tests products, and road-tests bikes. “I really enjoy doing [these events] and can’t wait to do more,” she says.
Michelle Baird - Costa Mesa, CA
Michelle is a contributor and copywriter at Cycle News, America’s Weekly Motorcycle Newspaper.
She does bike tests of all types of street bikes and produces the new products and calendar sections, too. On the weekends, Michelle works for the MSF teaching the Basic Rider Course at Cerritos College in California.
Randy Ellen Twells - Santee, CA
Randy is a well-known motojournalist and National Accounts Manager for Quick Throttle Magazine, a CA-based monthly motorcycle magazine.
Diane Ortiz – New York, NY
Certified Instructor and New York City native Diane Ortiz has been involved in training and safety education for over 25 years. As a motorcycle journalist and editor she has road and track tested an array of motorcycles for various publications including Newsday, Midwest Motorcyclist, Full Throttle, WomenRidersNow.com and Accelerate. She has presented seminars on various aspects of motorcycling at the International Motorcycle Show and other venues, and has won local and national awards.
Diane was one of the "Dirty Dozen" riders who participated in the Adventure for the Cures dual sport ride in Colorado last August. Diane is also the president and founder of the Big Apple Motorcycle School, a motorcycle safety training and education organization she runs with her husband and fellow motojournalist, George Tranos.
Christa Neuhauser - Winston-Salem, NC
Publisher of RoadRUNNER Magazine, has been a motorcycle enthusiast since her early days. The first motorcycle she owned was a Yamaha TDM850, a sporty two cylinder, and today she enjoys riding her Triumph Speed Triple. Motorcycling is not only her passion but also her profession.
Relocating from Austria in 1999, she and her husband Christian founded RoadRUNNER Magazine, the perfect platform to share their love for riding and traveling with the motorcycling world at large.
The first issue was launched in Spring 2001, and soon became the nation’s premier motorcycle touring and travel magazine due to its high quality, informative and entertaining content, outstanding photography and dedication to motorcycle travel and rider safety.
Donya Carlson - Thousand Oaks, CA
Senior Managing Editor of Rider Magazine