Meet Team New England Riders
Officer Jason Kooken
Jason is an Officer with the Amesbury Police Department in MA. He has been a police officer since 2001. Jason is a 20 year veteran of the Coast Guard (9 1/2 years active and 10 1/2 years reserve), where he is a Chief Petty Officer with Sector Boston's Enforcement Division. He enjoys surfing, triathlons, and the outdoors. Jason has a 16 year-old son, Andrew.
Officer Martha Parkhurst
Martha is a Police Officer for the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. She has been an Investigator since 1985. Martha is also a certified Firearms instructor with the Massachusetts Municipal Police Training Committee. Martha enjoys skiing, triathlons, the outdoors and spending time with her animals.
Officer Benjamin Lavine
Ben is an Officer with the Boxbough, Massachusetts Police Department. He is also an Officer with the New Hampshire Marine Patrol. He is an instructor for the Massachusetts Municipal Police Training Committee at the Reading Police Academy in Reading, Mass. Ben likes cycling, running, triathlons and travel. He spends many off duty hours as a volunteer, coach and mentor with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team in Training program.
Officer Maureen Nelting, (RET.)
Maureen is a retired federal agent from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development/Office of Inspector General for Investigations. Maureen likes to travel, bike, participate in physical fitness activities, and do volunteer work.
Officer Christopher Davis
Chris is a officer with the State of New Hampshire for the NH State Liquor Inspection Department.
Special Agent Nicole E. Ferry
Nicole is a Special Agent, for a Class I North American Rail Road Police Department in West Springfield, MA. She has been a police officer since 1998. She spent 10 years in the Army National Guard as a Military Police Officer. She is an Emergency Medical Technician. Nicole enjoys the outdoors, traveling and has a 9 year old son, Tim and is married to her best friend, John.
LT Commander Doug Atkins.
Doug is a LT Commander with the United States Coast Guard. He is currently stationed at Air Station Cape Cod where he is an MH-60JJayhawk helicopter pilot. Doug has previously been stationed at Air Stations in Sitka and Kodiak, Alaska. Before the Coast Guard, he spent 9 years flying helicopters for the US Navy and worked for 5 years as a Corrections Officer for the Essex County, MA Sheriff's Dept. Doug enjoys hiking, cycling triathlons and spending time with his wife Elise and their 3 boys.
Sergeant Lauren Tirone
Lauren is a Sergeant for the UNH Police Department in Durham, NH. She have been a police officer for 14 years, and spent the first 8 years as a police officer for the City of Titusville in Titusville, FL. Lauren is also a call firefighter for the Town of Durham, NH and an Emergency Medical Technician. She enjoys hiking, skiing, snowmobling, playing ice hockey and flying.
Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Ben "Parliament" Flewelling
Ben has been with the U.S. Coast Guard for 4.5 years and is currently stationed in Alaska. He is married and enjoys: cycling, working on his 1933 Pontiac Sedan, Mountain Biking, and playing with his daughters; Kendall and Hanna.
Steve
Steve is a police officer with the New York City Police Department.
He has been with the department since 1999. Steve is currently in the
Coast Guard Reserve and works in engineering at Ft. Wadsworth in Staten Island, NY. He enjoys spending time with his wife Tania and beautiful 2 yr old daughter Cassandra.
Team New England Out and About in DC 2009
"How far you go in life depends on your
being tender with the young, compassionate
with the aged, sympathetic with the striving
and tolerant of the weak and strong.
Because someday in your life you will have
been all of these."
~George Washington Carver
being tender with the young, compassionate
with the aged, sympathetic with the striving
and tolerant of the weak and strong.
Because someday in your life you will have
been all of these."
~George Washington Carver
