SurvivetheDrive®
 

The SurvivetheDrive Team

Bob Green - President and Executive Director Professional Driving Enthusiast, Automotive Training and Traffic Safety Specialist, Motor Sports and Automobile Race Driving Instructor, Automotive Event Coordinator...click on image for full bio.

Susan Vreeland - Vice President Susan contributes on the board of several local not-for-profit community service organizations, heading up local fund raising drives. She is a real estate sales associate. Susan was the innkeeper at the White Hart Inn, and was a Funeral Director for a family operated business.

L. Joy Martorell - Secretary and Treasurer Joy's extensive professional experience is highlighted as the sales, marketing and hospitality director for the automotive industry's leading nationally recognized, Skip Barber Racing School and Lime Rock Park. Her extensive diverse experience includes director of sales, marketing and development in the non-for-profit world of independent retirement communities in the foothills of the Berkshires...click on image for full bio.

John Berger - Board Member since 2007 John is the CEO of StockShield, Inc., a specialized risk management firm. Prior to joining StockShield, Inc., Mr. Berger served as Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer and Director of Mergers & Acquisitions at Shawmut National Corporation, a bank that is now part of Bank of America...click on image for full bio.

Larry Dulude - Board Member since 2007 Larry is a career Marketing professional with 25 years experience in major corporations. For the last 10 years, he has built a strategic marketing consultancy serving companies in the Automotive and other markets. He has raced competitively for 30 years, and has instructed beginning race drivers and new street drivers.

Rich Gensheimer - Board Member since 2007 Rich is a veteran director and cinematographer. He has produced hundreds of commercials, broadcast sports segments, corporate productions and documentaries since the late ‘70’s. Several of his award-winning television programs continue to be shown and distributed to schools, museums and libraries and shown on the Public Television Network.

Tim Healey - Board Member since 2007 Tim Healey is the Director of Safety for The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Company. As part of his occupational safety efforts, defensive driver/driver performance improvement training is fundamental to his training programs. An active Professional Member of the American Society of Safety Engineers, and the Connecticut Safety Society...click on image for full bio.

Keith Johnson - Board Member since 2007 Keith, in his retirement, is the voluntary writer of Wheels an automotive feature articles for his local newspaper, the Lakeville Journal. Previously, he was a senior editor of Fortune magazine. He spent most of his career as a writer, correspondent, and editor at Time Inc. publications. He is a graduate of Exeter and Cornell.

Peter Marcucio - Board Member since 2009 Peter Marcucio is the newest member of the Survive the Drive team. He has been with the Connecticut State Police since 1997 and received numerous awards and recognition for his work with youth, MADD, D.A.R.E and domestic violence. Pete has special certification as a Police Academy instructor/trainer as well as DARE, defensive and precision driving, working with children and teenagers, Resident Trooper training and basic crime scene investigation. As one of the trainers for the high school programs for new drivers done at Lime Rock Park, Pete has been well received by the students, parents and faculty.

Judith Messer - Board Member since 2009 Judith Messer has been a welcome addition to the board as our publicist. She has covered many hours at the Survive the Drive Lime Rock Midway booth with her husband Pete sharing the Survive the Drive mission. Judy brings an “education” element necessary to the task of signing up schools for presentations. She has a BA from Boston University, a Masters from Western Connecticut State University and extended graduate credits from Central Connecticut State University...click on image for full bio.

Sam Posey - Board Member since 2007 Sam is an accomplished professional racecar driver of nearly twenty years. His career highlights include a fifth place in the Indianapolis 500, a win in the Twelve Hours of Sebring and racing at Daytona and Lemans. After retiring from the track, Posey became a race event commentator for ABC, winning an Emmy Award in sports writing for Trans Antarctica, the International Expedition. Sam is also an architect, designing many notable residences and commercial projects. Sam is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design...click on image for full bio.

Frank Weller - Board Member since 2007 Frank is a videographer and operates “Getting the Picture” a movie location search business. He has acted in several feature films. Frank also administrates “Equine Angels”, an animal rescue organization that provides adoption for Premarin mares and foals. Frank also ran “the Cow’s Outside” a leather products business for 30 years. Frank has traveled extensively with AmeriCares International for health crisis and disaster relief.

Richard Wiehl - Board Member since 2007 Rich is the president of Consumers Petroleum of Ct in Trumbull, Ct, a gasoline distributor serving Connecticut gas stations since 1936 and is the past president of the Independent Connecticut Petroleum Association and past Operations Committee chair for Petroleum Marketers of America. Rich is a current member of Sports Car Club of America

John Fitch - Honorary Board Member Honorary Board Member - John is the inventor to the “Fitch Inertial Safety Barriers”, the yellow sand filled barrels that you see that help absorb the force of impacts at dangerous intersections and off-ramps. John has received numerous awards for his efforts in traffic and race safety products and procedures. John is a celebrated race car driver from the 1950’s and ‘60’s...click on image for full bio.

Fernando Licopoli Fernando presently resides in Fort Myers Florida and South Jamesport, NY. He taught English, Media Studies, Script Writing and Television Production on both the secondary and college level. After leaving education, Fernando began an independent video and training consulting and development service for clients such as The Bank of New York, GTE, General Foods as well as the City and State of New York...click on image for full bio.

Lori Demaraies - Scheduling and Marketing Coordinator Lori has spent over a decade in Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations. She is currently the Scheduling and Marketring Coordinator for Survive the Drive and owns and operates a cleaning and gardening service...click on image for full bio.