OUR TEAM
TANYSHA DELTON
Finance & HR Manager
Tanysha was born and raised in South Los Angeles. She has a Master’s in Business Administration from Pepperdine University, specializing in General Management. She graduated from California State University, Dominguez Hills, with a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting. After holding positions at Santa Monica College, Learn4Life, Bank of America, and DJSKEG Inc, Tanysha is excited to join the BikeLA team and enhance the quality of life and the future of biking around Los Angeles.
ELI AKIRA KAUFMAN
Executive Director
Eli Akira Kaufman has been a bike commuter since elementary school and always prefers to navigate the place he lives and works on two wheels. He has over a decade of leadership experience with stints as a chief communicator and program lead at Film Independent, GOOD, and River LA. Prior to joining the BikeLA team, Eli worked at Swell Creative Group where he helped produce a successful campaign to pass Measure W, LA County’s Safe, Clean Water Program. Eli earned his MFA at UCLA’s School of Film, Television, and Digital Media with a concentration in Directing, and has a BA from Oberlin College where he played four years of Varsity Lacrosse. He is a founding parent of the IKAR Early Childhood Center Garden, and coaches his son’s AYSO soccer team – Go Silver Eagles! His ideal weekend in Los Angeles involves being outside as much as possible in a kayak, working in his garden, and of course on his bike with family, friends, and colleagues. Eli is grateful to make his love for bicycling, the most sustainable, equitable, and joyous transportation option his contribution to a more liveable Los Angeles for everyone.
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Email - eli.kaufman@bike-la.org
EMILY FULLER
Program Coordinator
Originally from rural Oregon, Emily has called LA home since 2018. She holds a BA from Oberlin College where she enjoyed (and probably took for granted) the benefits of living in a bikeable and walkable small college town. She also holds a Master’s degree in Journalism from USC and has produced multimedia stories about everything from the inequitable distribution of green space in the city, to how the homeless use transportation and the ongoing development of the street vendor permitting system. After a few years working on documentary films, she is excited to transition to community based advocacy work to contribute to improving safety conditions for people who bike in LA and empower more people to choose greener transportation options. She enjoys cycling with friends and cycling groups, running, hiking and taking advantage of the incredible music, film and food scenes in Los Angeles.
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Email - emily.fuller@bike-la.org
MICHAEL NAJERA
Program Manager
Bringing experience in community-based urban design, Michael has contributed to many transit projects, city plans and visions across Los Angeles. His experience ranges from leading design documentation, and managing team work flows to developing illustrative diagrams, hand-drawn sketches and facilitating community workshops. Michael’s graphics have served as vital tools for communicating planning and design elements ranging from urban design, first/last mile and station access to local agencies, jurisdictional staff, community based organizations and stakeholders. His fluency in Spanish allows him to engage in bilingual design conversations to help build a community’s understanding of design challenges and solutions.
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Email - michael.najera@bike-la.org