The then USA Cycling CEO Gerard Bisceglia attended the 2005 edition. Former professional racer and current pro team manager Jonathan Vaughters was a guest speaker at the pasta dinner at the 2004 Beanpot. Mark Abramson, former president of the USA Cycling Board of Trustees, was a long time Beanpot attendee as he was the long-time conference director for the Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conferencen (ECCC). He was conference director during the Beanpot's significant years of 2004-2007. Prior to that he was a member of the Tufts team and organized & raced in the Tufts crit existing prior to the modern iteration of the Beanpot.