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Ralf Hotchkiss
Wheelchair-rider;
engineer, inventor; Whirlwind co-founder; currently Whirlwind Chief Engineer
and principal instructor in Whirlwind wheelchair design class; Women Pushing
Forward (formerly Whirlwind Women) Advisory Board member; for 35+ years
a wheelchair-designer - builder - trainer; 1989 MacArthur Foundation Fellow
and recipient of countless other honors and awards; has worked in 42 countries
teaching people who need wheelchairs how to build and maintain them for
themselves.
Chris Howard
Chris graduated
from Brunel University, UK, with a B.A. in Industrial Design in 2002.
Having spent time living in San Francisco as both a student and a graduate,
he worked as a volunteer before formally joining the Whirlwind team in
May 2003 as Designer/Draftsman/Shop Manager. Since then he has been involved
in a number of projects including the on-going development of the Whirlwind
“Liviano” wheelchair and training manuals for its manufacture, repair, and use.
Bob Incerti
Bob
Incerti, Instructor in wheelchair design and fabrication. Graduate of
SFSU Design and Industry Department. Vietnam Veteran. Career in residential
construction. Lived and taught outdoor education in Kenya and Lesotho.
Has volunteered in outdoor education in the SF Bay Area for 25 years.
Has worked with Whirlwind in both a volunteer and employee capacity since
1998.
Marc Krizack
Lawyer,
organizational development specialist, and activist for disability rights. Currently Whirlwind Director
of Operations since 2003, Marc has worked on and off with Ralf Hotchkiss
since their initial collaboration in Nicaragua in 1983. A former wheelchair
mechanic at the UC Berkeley Disabled Students Program in the late 70’s
and early 80’s, throughout the 90’s he worked closely with
the disabled community in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, Russia where
he helped transform a disabled sports club into Russia’s first independent
living center, helped set up a wheelchair factory, and helped establish
the first university level disabled students program in Russia at Novosibirsk
State University.
Alida Lindsley
Alida is a product designer with a degree from Stanford, and is currently In charge of Whirlwind's program on international wheelchair standards for developing countries. Previously, she worked for Beneficial Designs in the design and development of a universal design canoe seat. She also assisted on design projects including wheelchair cushion testing devices and equipment and wheelchair seating components.
Jamie Noon
For over 10 years, Jamie Noon has been providing clinical and technical training in wheelchair seating and mobility in the US and in developing countries, including Russia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nicaragua, Mexico, Tanzania, China, and Colombia He has worked as a seating and mobility clinician at the Rehab Engineering Center at Stanford. For 20 years he has been developing innovative seating designs and commercial products in the US and Europe. He consults with commercial and non-profit organizations throughout the world.
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