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There are many more volunteers and personalities that have made a huge difference in developing and staging WNBR events around the world. This is just a start.

Listed alphabetically:

Aurora Danai has been the coordinator of the Chicago ride since 2004. She a poet and a writer and is active in Chicago Critical Mass and THONG (Topless Humans Organized for Natural Genetics. Aurora developed the first WNBR t-shirt design in 2004. She is the first credited with thwarting police from stopping a WNBR event during the WNBR Chicago 2004 ride.

Daniel Johnson helped Conrad with initial development of WNBR in 2003. Helped with initial Web site design with Conrad. Helped promote the idea of having rides during the middle of the day. He currently helps with admin, art, global organization. He is currently the coordinator of the Seattle ride. In 2006, he introduced the idea of doing a yoga sessions and bodypainting in public parks before and during the ride. Like Jesse, he has also worked with City Departments in the planning of the local ride. He also co-founded Body Freedom Collaborative (BFC) which initially hosted WNBR in Seattle in 2004 and The Organic Living Party/Work Less Party USA which has hosted the event since 2005.

Marte Kinder is the organiser of WNBR Newcastle (Australia) and is very active in the local Critical Mass.

Nick Sayers is a graphic designer for web and print, based in Hove, UK. He has been heavily involved with the main WNBR Web sites and is also the Brighton & Hove (UK) coordinator for World Naked Bike Ride 2007!

Conrad Schmidt came up with the idea of WNBR in 2003. He is the principal global coordinator. He is also the Vancouver and Canada coordinator. Conrad has provided much of the initial script writing for the forms which have made it very easy for individuals to start up their own rides all over the world. Prior to WNBR, Conrad had organized the Naked Bike Rides of the group Artists for Peace/Artists Against War (AFP/AAW)[4] which took place in the early part of the same year, as well as other high-profile political/media events leading to the creation of The Work Less Party of British Columbia. He is the author of the book Workers of the World Relax. Conrad developed the first WNBR calendar in 2004 and the first global WNBR film in 2006.

Jesse Schust was the 2005 and 2006 UK and London coordinator for the WNBR. He also started a general Help discussion page in order to help eachother through discussion.

Corky Stanton, Founder of ClothesFree International, has donated web hosting space for the main WNBR domain name Web site and has helped with technical support.