Staff
Paul Boudreau
Executive & Technical Director: Paul Boudreau - paul@gpgloucester.com
As Executive and Technical Director, Paul is responsible for the overall direction and execution of the Gran Prix of Gloucester. He is also the point of contact between the host cycling club Essex County Velo and USA Cycling, and the UCI. Paul is also the Series Director for the Shimano New England Professional Cyclocross (NEPCX) series.
Personal: Paul has been racing cyclocross since 1994 (where his favorite race back then was the Plymouth Cyclocross Stage Race), started the ECV cyclocross practice, is the President of Essex County Velo (ECV) and has been the race director for Gloucester since its inception in 1999. Paul, when not racing cross or sampling the occasional Belgian beer, is a Senior Human Factors Engineer for a multinational computer technology corporation and lives in Beverly, MA with his wife Karin and their two sons.
Chris McKernan
VP of Operations: Chris McKernan - chris@gpgloucester.com
As Operations Director, Chris’ duties are varied. He is a strategic planner working with Paul on the overall production of the event. Chris can best be described as the fire fighter – working on last minute issues before they become problems. Chris will also use his connections to secure sweet prizes for our non-cash categories as well as for our volunteer raffle.
Michele Harrison
VP of Operations: Michele Harrison - michele@gpgloucester.com
Michele’s main duty is to ensure the Gran Prix of Gloucester doesn’t put us all into debt. While financial tracking is her main duty she also takes an active role by making sure the Race Director isn’t slacking or letting anything fall through the cracks. Her A-type personality is a huge asset. Michele is also the Treasurer of Essex County Velo.
Personal: Michele started cross racing in 2006 after falling in love with the discipline while watching the Gran Prix of Gloucester. She also dabbles in racing on the road and in the woods. Her biggest cycling accomplishment to date is earning a belt buckle at the Leadville 100. During the day, Michele is VP of Investor Relations and Corporate Development at a large St. Louis-based Restaurant company. Michele lives in Beverly, MA with her husband Dick and daughter Maggie.
Patrick Cochran
Volunteer Coordinator: Patrick Cochran - patrick@gpgloucester.com
For some, tracking volunteers can be a little like herding cats. Using a patented spreadsheet technology, Patrick tackles volunteer coordination with gusto!
Personal: Patrick is an uber newb when it comes to bicycle racing, but after kicking off his road career with a stage race and finishing 6th overall, the obsession began. 99% of his work week is spent as an IT Consultant specializing in Apple’s, 1% he spends making killer cappuccinos at Atomic Cafe, 6% doing freelance graphic design, and the other 4% is spent staring at cycling blogs… and yes, that does equate to 110%, because he’s that awesome.
Marge Curry
Production Director: Marge Curry - meg@gpgloucester.com
As Production Director, Marge’s duties focus on making sure that the show aspect of the Gran Prix of Gloucester goes off without a hitch. Vendor coordination, club row hospitality, assisting the announcers, prize sorting and running the award ceremonies are among the items in Marge’s court.
Personal: Relatively new to the sport, Marge has been racing cross since 2010 and road racing in 2009. When not riding, Marge is sailing in the weeknight frostbite leagues, involved with local charity organizations, skiing in the far reaches of New England, or traveling for her job with an information services company.
Jason Knauff
Registration & Results Director: Jason Knauff - jason@gpgloucester.com
The Registrar is the rock star of the Gloucester staff. No one else gets flown in across the country on our dime for their services. I’m not kidding. Moving to Chicago doesn’t get in the way of Jason manning the computers and working his spreadsheet magic. Jason massages our registration data to produce accurate start lists for the race officials and works with John Frey our scorer to provide accurate results.
Personal: Born and raised in Baltimore, MD (another hotbed of ‘cross racing), Jason began racing mountain bikes towards the end of high school and soon found his way onto a road bike. After moving to Boston, MA at the end of 2001 Jason switched wholly to racing on the road with ECV while maintaining his “dirty” roots. It was while in Boston Jason witnessed his first true CycloCross event at the 2004 GP of Gloucester and has been helping out with the race ever since. Jason now races on a full carbon Ridley with Zipps and is the series director for the Chicago Cyclocross Cup, a 12 race series in and around Chicago boasting more than 550 riders at each race. Jason is also the race director of the new UCI C2 New Years Resolution race taking place 12/31/11 & 1/1/12 the week before USA CX Nationals. If you think the East and West coasts are hotbeds of CX, you need to experience the center of the country where participation (both on and off the course) is exploding. Jason is a 8th degree Excel Ninja, man-baker, admitted sweet tooth, and lives in Chicago with his wife Mrinal (@MsChiCrossCup) and adopted retired greyhound Beatrice.
Sherri Curcuru
City Liaison: Sherri Curcuru - sherri@gpgloucester.com
Sherri is the City Liaison representing the Gran Prix to the City, ensuring we continue to have a strong relationship with Gloucester and spreading the word of Gloucester far & wide.
Personal: Sherri is passionate participant dabbling in running, cross and road racing, and lifting. All which give her license to employ her expert cooking skills to get to her real passion….EATING. When not burning calories, Sherri is active volunteer in the Gloucester School system where she lives with her husband Steve, daughter Carly and two loony dogs Shelby and Lucy.
David Beaulieu
Kids Race Director: David Beaulieu - david@ecvcycling.org
As Kid’s Race Director, David handles all logistics for the ECV Kids Race series consisting of instructing volunteers, designing, and setting up kid’s race courses. Besides Gloucester, the series visits Wenham, Manchester, Beverly, Newburyport, and Topsfield each year. The series provides organized bicycle races for children age 5 – 12. The primary goals of the race series are to promote cycling as a fun & healthy lifelong activity.
Personal: David is a former competitive runner & racquetball player, who turned to cycling after a knee injury & has not been off his bikes since. Looking to race on something other than asphalt, Dave is excited to be racing cyclocross this fall. While not cycling, David lives in Beverly with his wife Christine & works as a consultant in the IT Healthcare field.
