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.

John Berger - Vice President 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.

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.

Lori Zaharek - Marketing Director Lori has spent over a decade in Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations. She currently handles and oversees Community Relations, Development, Scheduling and Marketing for Survive the Drive...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.

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.

Bob Sharp - Board Member since 2011 Bob Sharp is a six-time national Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) champion, IMSA GTU champion and racing partner of the late Paul Newman...click on image for full bio.

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.

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.

Fernando Licopoli - Project Manager 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.

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.

Adam Burrows - Board member since 2012 Accomplished and active racecar driver, manager and designer of manufacturer ride and drive programs, coach and consultant. In addition to working for Skip Barber Racing and as a driver coach representing iRacing.com, Burrows career as a consultant in the automotive marketing industry has seen him working with scores of manufacturers through the last decade... please check back for bio

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

Don Drislane - Board Member since 2012 Don Drislane has over 15 Wins and 20 Top Fives with the Skip Barber Race Series. In 2004 and 2005 he was the SCCA Formula Ford Champion and the NARRC Formula Ford Champion and has two top ten finishes in SK Modified at Stafford Springs... click on image for full bio.

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.

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.