The American Voyager Association is governed by a board of directors consisting of a minimum of five members. Board members are volunteers and receive no compensation for their services.
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Mike McGee
(Chairman and Treasurer)
(Safety/Rider Education
Directors)
Mike: AVA.Chmn@gmail.com
Bio
Mike
McGee became Chairman of the AVA in 2013. He is a retired traffic homicide investigator and a police
motorcycle instructor. He rode police motors 8-10 hrs. a day
for about
15 years. In 2001, Mike bought a Voyager XII and has been part of the
AVA ever since. In 2005 Mike joined the
board as the "Safety & Education" Director. He has been writing
safety articles for the Voyager's Voice ever since.
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Kevin and Holly Wanner
(Magazine Editors)
Kevin: kew427@comcast.net
Bio
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Ken & Tina Knight
(Merchandise Directors)
Ken: the2knights@comcast.net
Bio
Ken and Tina have been married for 22 years. Ken started riding on a Yamaha 80 in 1971 at 6 years old.
His first street bike was a Honda CB900 Custom. He put over 150,000 on that while in the Marine Corps
Band. Ken bought an '86 Voyager new and rode it a few years. Tina moved from Germany to the US and ran
a gift shop for the 2nd Armored Division Association at Fort Hood, TX. They met and Ken took Tina on her
first motorcycle trip thru Western Canada and Washington State. After the kids were a little closer to
graduation they started shopping for another Voyager XII. They joined the AVA forum before purchasing
another XII and joined the AVA not long after picking up the bike. Their first Rally was Logan, Ohio in
2013 and they joined the Board in 2014 as Merchandise Directors.
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Chris & Deb Tritch
(Chapter Development &
Membership Recruitment Directors)
chrstritch@gmail.com
Bio
Chris and Deb have been riding together since 2008. Chris started riding in 1974 when his
father purchased a used 1964 Honda 300 Dream. The first Voyager XII Chris bought was a
1995, which he purchased in 2002. They have taken many motorcycle trips, with one of their
first major trips being the 2010 Ellicottville, New York rally. Since that time, Chris has
purchased quite a few additional Voyagers. They have been AVA members for thirteen years
and joined the AVA Board as Membership Directors at the Shelburne, New Hampshire rally in 2023.
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Jim & Karol Moore
(Webmaster)
webmaster@amervoyassoc.org
Bio
Jim started riding in 1976 on a Kawasaki F7 and also during this year he started working
at a Kawasaki dealer in Ames, Iowa. He has owned many motorcycles all Kawasaki's, well, except
for one, which was a Yamaha YZ250. In his younger days, he liked riding on the street and the dirt.
But as he got older, the street won him over. In 2008, he purchased a 2003 Voyager 1200. He has ridden
many long distance rides on this motorcycle. One of his long distance rides was certified as an Iron Butt,
1500 miles ridden in 24 hours, which when completed was actually over 1600 miles. He joined the
AVA in 2008. The first rally attended was in 2009 in Santa Fe, NM. He joined the board as the Webmaster while
attending the 2015 rally in Estes Park, Co.
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