2010 AFCT Leadership
   
Executive
 Director		 LtCol Joseph “Mad Max” Robinson, This will be his 6th consecutive RAGBRAI and first year as the Team Executive Director. He currently works at HQ Air Combat Command A4 fighter branch Langley AFB, VA. As a member of the Air Force team Mad Max has gone from support to rider to team captain to his current position. He put's about 2500 miles plus on his rig each year in preparation for RAGBRAI and several other cycling events. He began riding as a tri-athlete in the late 80's at the Olympic class distance. He has roots in central Iowa which makes RAGBRAI a homecoming event each year. He looks forward to riding with as many team mates and fellow RAGBRAIers as possible.
   
Deputy
 Director		 Lt Col Mark Gruenewald, DSN: 560-4543 Comm: 719 567-4543. Mark is a career Space Operations officer. He is in the Reserve Associate Unit supporting the Space Based Infrared System at Schriever AFB CO. If you have any questions about Space Operations, he is the guy to call. This will be his 7th consecutive trip to RAGBRAI and has been an avid biker since he was a kid growing up on Long Island. “RAGBRAI is such a great time, especially being a member of the most respected team there. You are treated like rock stars! It is a great venue to meet people from all over the country. The pie and pork chops are second to none!”
   
Director
 Emeritus		 Stu Carter, Lt Col, USAF (Retired). The AFCT will participate in its 16th RAGBRAI in July 2010. Known as the founder and father of today's Air Force Cycling Team, Stu Carter has been on the team since its birth and led it for 12-years. Stu was a member of the inaugural 28-rider AF Cycling Team, called “Team Aim High” in 1995, started by the Air Force recruiters, in Bellevue, NE. After the RAGBRAI in 1997, the USAF recruiters withdrew management and financial support of the team--in effect they killed the team. Stu stepped in, created a management team and a Tax Free Organization with the IRS, and garnered official AF sanctioning and sponsorship by then Air Force Secretary, The Honorable Dr. Sheila E. Widnall, and later by the next SECAF, the Honorable F. Whitten Peters. Both SECAF Widnall and SECAF Peters were AFCT riders. Stu institutionalized the AF Team, built it to what it is today (approx 120-140 riders annually), and was its Executive Director for 6-years. He still provides continuity and advice to the AFCT Team Director today. He is a serious rider and is a USCF licensed Master's Class Road Racer, a Time Trial specialist, and a former Military Cycling Champion. Only missing two rides of the AFCT’s past 15 (due to military commitments he missed 2002 and 2009). If he can make it this summer, 2010 will be his 14th AFCT ride across Iowa. “No One Comes Close” to that record.

   
Director
of Operations		 Colonel (Ret.) Bob Lindner will be riding his ninth consecutive RAGBRAI in 2009, having started with the Team in 2001. As a member of the governing board along with Stu Carter, Bob participates in Team Director selection, logistics planning, overall policy, and is the liaison to T. J. Juskiewicz, Director of RAGBRAI for the Des Moines Register. He graduated from the United Bicycle Institute courses in bicycle mechanics, hydraulics, suspension, wheel building, and advanced mechanics in December 2006. Bob hails from sunny San Antonio where the weather encourages year-round cycling!