Pride MC

An officer at the State Correctional Institution at Dallas located in Pennsylvania, was hit by a drunk driver and left with a bruised brain stem. He had expired his sick leave time and had no income to pay rent or bills. In an effort to raise some funds for the officer, some Corrections employees who rode motorcycles came up with the idea of a benefit run. The run was a huge success.

A few weeks later while sitting around a campfire, Charlie Coleman, Linda Wodyka, Paul Robison and Ed Lanyon talked about the run that they had just put on and pondered that there were other Correctional Employees that might be in the same predicament. If one person could benefit from this action then if we organized as a club we could have a reserve on hand and could assist others in their time of need. The wheels were in motion as ideas spilled into the embers of the campfire for hours. When the evening was over a plan of attack was in place. Included was Jack Callaghan whose idea it was to form the original run. Jack took the idea of the “Pride” as our name and created the symbol that is now our back patch. The original set of by-laws was drawn up and from there the idea was brought to a public forum where it was met with favorable response. At that venture it was determined that an Executive Board should guide the new club and an interim Board was elected. Ed Lanyon as President, Tom Miknich as Vice President, Art Comparetta as Treasurer and Rich Snyder as Membership Chairman. Thus completing the circle of the eight (8) Founders.

Past Pride MC National Board Presidents
2001 - 2005	Ed Lanyon
2005 - 2007	Mark Kilmer
2007 - Present	Woody Groner