Rick Mayer has spent four decades as a business executive, entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. His diverse business career includes working in finance at Morgan Guarantee Trust; running scrap steel, shipping, and oil refining businesses in Barbados, Turks & Caicos, Belize, and Costa Rica; and managing an international trade and investment development program in Yemen, Guatemala, and Panama.Throughout his career he has been an advisor and private equity investor in a variety of businesses including biofuels, high-tech irrigation systems, internet media, entertainment, and sports. Rick is president of the MFUNd Inc., a family philanthropic foundation devoted to the task of creating a healthier and less toxic world through the support of sustainable food systems. Rick is the chairman of IDG Development, LLC, a real estate developer focused on creating the National Sports & Events Center in Coatesville, PA. The NSEC will be a multiple sports and entertainment venue anchored by a 200-meter indoor velodrome. Mayer is a graduate of Yale University and a lifelong cyclist. As a partner and the initial financial backer of World Cycling Limited and the TeamTrak Cycling League, Rick is dedicated to expanding the benefits of cycling to a wider audience in the U.S. and around the world.