MIC Elects 3 to Board of Directors

Two veteran industry leaders, Jeff Brown of EagleRider and Tim Calhoun of Helmet House, Inc., have been elected to join the Motorcycle Industry Council Board of Directors. MIC members also re-elected Andy Leisner of Bonnier Motorcycle Group to the board. The men will join the board for two-year terms.

Leisner, Brown and Calhoun join Vitrano, MIC Board Vice Chair Chuck Boderman, vice president, motorcycle division of American Honda Motor Co., Inc.; Secretary/Treasurer Jim Woodruff, chief operating officer of National Powersport Auctions; Eric Anderson, founder and president of VROOM Network; Derek Brooks, motorcycle product line manager, marketing/product planning at Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A.; Kerry Graeber, vice president MC/ATV sales & marketing of Suzuki Motor of America, Inc.; John Hinz, president of KTM North America, Inc.; Bill Jenkins, senior vice president sales and operations at Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.; and Mike Peyton, vice president of BMW Motorrad USA, on the board.

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The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum and Hall of Fame recently named Marilyn Stemp and Steve Piehl to its board of directors.

Stemp is a pioneering figure in the motorcycle industry, founding IronWorks Magazine with her late husband, Dennis, and becoming the first female editor of a nationally circulated, mainstream motorcycle magazine. She also revived their trade magazine, Iron Trader News; edits the monthly Kiwi Indian News; contributes to several powersports media outlets; and is the founding editor of Sturgis Rider Daily. Stemp is a noted editor and writer of several motorcycle-focused books. Her consistent support for charitable efforts in the industry include the annual Biker Belles Celebration, Las Vegas BikeFest and as campaign chair for the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum’s development plan in 2014. She co-founded the Flying Piston charity events taking place in Daytona and Sturgis each year and is a National Ambassador for All Kids Bike. Stemp was inducted into both the Las Vegas Motorcycle Hall of Fame and the Sturgis Museum's Hall of Fame in 2018, and in 2022 she was recognized as one of the Top 100 Women in Powersports by DealerNews.