Officers
Ed Walton- President
Blue Max Cycle Club
St Louis, MO
Ed is a proud resident of St. Louis, Missouri, where he currently serves as President of the Mid-America Conference of Clubs (MACC). Prior to his election, Ed served as Vice President of MACC and brings with him years of experience fostering collaboration and community across the region’s leather and kink organizations.
Ed is also the President of Blue Max Cycle Club, celebrating over a decade as a full member of one of St. Louis’s longest-standing leather clubs. His dedication to the leather community is further reflected in his associate memberships with clubs throughout the Midwest and South, including the Corn Haulers Levi and Leather Club (Des Moines, Iowa), HOIST (Memphis, Tennessee), Conductors (Nashville, Tennessee), Argonauts (Green Bay, Wisconsin), Rudis (St. Louis), and the Atons of Minneapolis (Minnesota).
In 2017, Ed proudly held the title of Mr. Northwoods and went on to represent the title at International Mr. Leather (IML) 2018, placing in the top 20. His travels have taken him across the U.S. and internationally, including a memorable visit to Dublin Leather Weekend in Ireland.
Known for his warmth, leadership, and approachable spirit, Ed actively mentors and supports individuals new to the kink and leather scene. He believes that the community offers so much more than shared interests—it’s a space for lifelong friendships, chosen family, and personal growth.
MJ - Vice President
Trident International Windy City Leather Club
Chicago , IL
Ray Lemons - Treasurer
Blue Max Cycle Club
St Louis, MO
I became a member Blue MAX C.C. at the January meeting in 1996 and became an Honorary member in August 2014 after 18 ½ years.
In January 1999 I was voted in as Treasure through August 2005.
In 2009 I was voted in as President until August 2014.
I am an Associate member of the Argonauts, KC Pioneers, Conductors, The wolf Pack, and the Corn Haulers. And the following deceased clubs (Louisville Night Wings, Gateway MC, Atlanta Panthers, Leo of Omaha)
In August of 2015 I was voted in as the MACC Treasure.
My Husband Samuel Lord and I live in Clarksville, Tn.
Kelvin Amburgey-Walton - Secretary
Conductors
Nashville, TN
Born in SE Kentucky and got the hell out as soon as possible, Moved to Nashville TN in 1992 to perform in Theatre and Dance Companies in the area. He became an associate member of Conductors after helping the club with several Run shows and then Pledged and became a full member. He has served as Run Captain, Secretary, Vice President and President of the Conductors during his time with the Nashville Club.
He is also an Associate Member of Iron Eagles, Rangers, Corn Haulers, Hoist, TN Leather Tribe and The Raptors of Middle TN.
He is also a member of Team Friendly Tennessee as well as a Saint with the Music City Sisters.
Community is all important in the LGBTQIA+ world and Kelvin has always been a part of multiple areas within this world.
Rob Ridinger - Historian
Trident International Windy City
Chicago, IL
Rob was born in a small town east of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania soon after the solar nebula ignited and attended Pitt for his undergrad and graduate work, focusing on the fields of anthropology and German and library science. Two years at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland for master’s work were followed by three incredible years working as a librarian in the Peace Corps at the National University of Lesotho in southern Africa. Once back in the northern hemisphere, he landed a faculty position in the library of Northern Illinois University and has been there since 1981, writing much on LGBT history and literature.
Rob’s leather life began in the early 1980s in northern Ohio and after a few years break resumed in the early 1990s, when he served as one of the three founders of Trident International Windy City and its longtime secretary. It was at his first runs that he became aware that there was no written history of the MACC and with the encouragement of MACC President Peter Thomas started assembling one in late 1993. The position of Historian pro tem was created at the autumn meeting of the MAC in Atlanta, Georgia on November 2, 1996, Ridinger was confirmed in this office at the summer 1997 MAC meeting at Oberons in Milwaukee on June 20. The badge of historian was awarded to him at the officers’ meeting on the evening of April 17, 1998 in Kansas City. Within the MACC, Rob established associate memberships with many of the clubs, and could often be seen at runs checking out the host clubs’ trophy cases, tracking the elusive past of the conference.
At IML 1996, he met with Anthony DeBlase and was invited by him to travel to Portland, Oregon to give a paper on the MACC history project at that year’s Living in Leather. Soon after, he joined the group of people organizing the Leather Archives and Museum under the direction of Joseph Bean and was eventually elected to the Board of Directors, a post he still retains.
He loves science fiction, space music, good beer, bad bears, awful puns, singing in the choir, and traveling to visit his leather family-the rest changes without notice…..beware……
