Carl Anthony is the Managing Editor of Automoblog and AutoVision News. As the host for AutoSens Insights, he plays an active role in the thrice-yearly AutoSens conference for autonomous driving in Brussels, Detroit, and Hong Kong.
Alicia Elfving is the founder of TheMotoLady.com, the world's leading websites for women who ride, as well as the world's first Women's Motorcycle Show. Her book titled The Motolady’s Book Of Women Who Ride is a collection of motorcycle heroes, trailblazers, and record-breakers.
Tracy Powell is a veteran journalist with more than 20 years’ worth of writing, editing and project management in a variety of industries, including automotive, with more than 500 articles published. These days he operates his own publishing business, Powell House Creative Services, that involves ghostwriting and book production.
Frank Fanelli won “Bitchin’ Boot Camp” that landed him a job at Dave Kindig’s shop Kindig-it Design, and so started his career in the automotive industry after years of car restoration being his hobby and passion.
Zack Williams is the Head of Business Operations at Clasiq, an all-new, truly independent on-line classic car auction experience that is built by the community, for the community.
Mercedes Lilienthal is an award-winning photojournalist and PR/marketing consultant that creates unique content involving vehicular adventure travel, the automotive industry as a whole, and women making a difference within it. She and her husband Andy, run a blog site and related social pages called Crankshaft Culture.
Alex “Sharky” Ross owns and operates Shark Werks, a Porsche focused business he founded in 2005. Their 3.9 liter and 4.1 liter GT3 engines have been lighting up Porsche cars everywhere and you’ve probably seen them playing with Jay Leno and Joe Rogan in multitudes of online and print automotive publications over the past 15 and a half years.
Michael Mitchell is the Curator of Collections at the BMW CCA Foundation Museum. The Foundation is part of the BMW Car Club of America, an organization of over 60,000 members. Their vision is to be a living repository of BMW information and to benefit the motoring community.
Richard Truesdell has been an automotive photojournalist for over 25 years. He has photographed and collaborated on over 25 automotive books from all marques and genres. His latest venture, a collaboration with Mark Fletcher on the book titled 1970 Maximum Muscle cars .
Mark is a Muscle car collector that has experienced all makes of muscle cars of the late 60’s and early 70’s. 1970 Maximum Muscle is the second, of a three-book collaboration with his friend Richard Truesdell who not only assisted in the writing of this book, but was also the primary photographic contributor.
Stewart Bartley is Treasurer and Board Member of Old Town Festival of Speed and Style in Alexandria, Virginia. Today he is combining his professional real estate experience with his automotive passion to develop the Dominion Lux Garage Condominiums at Dominion Raceway and Entertainment near Fredericksburg, Virginia.
David Morris is Chief Merchandising Officer at CarParts.com. Car Parts is a technology-driven eCommerce company improving the way drivers shop for the parts they need.
Alex Ilie owns and operates A1 Detailing. He is an automotive detailer in Zurich, Switzerland. Originally from Timisoara, in Romania, he has lived in Germany where he honed his detailing skills at a Mercedes-Benz dealership. Through training he earned a multitude of detailing certificates with Ai Detailing and quickly expanded his business and client list.
Kirk is the Chief Operating Officer for Skip Barber Racing School and joined the racing industry after having served a distinguished 24-year career in the Marine Corps, the majority of which was spent in the Intelligence and Special Operations communities.
Garry Foster loves writing about and photographing historic automobiles. His love for the design and curves drove him to write a new book titled Chrome and Colour . His are stories about craftsmanship and design with the forward by past Cars Yeah guest and author Tom Cotter.
Paul DaCruz has worked in advertising, television, and publishing for over 30 years. He has held advertising positions with the Golden Gate Chapter BMW Club and the Pantera's Owners Club of America. Paul founded events including BAM3 - (BAY AREA M3) which were the largest gathering of vintage BMW E30 M3 cars on the West Coast. He has done work for Corvette Magazine, Bimmer Magazine, Excellence Magazine, and Sports Car Market Magazine.
Deb Pollack, publicist for boutique restoration house Singer Vehicle Design, has served the car community since the late ‘80s. A philanthropist at heart, since 2008 she’s teamed cars and camaraderie to support the challenges of Parkinson’s disease – most notably as founder of Drive Toward a Cure, a nationally-recognized 501(c)(3) charity dedicated to finding a cure.
Kasia ‘Kat’ Jones is new to the automotive scene. She made her debut 4 years ago with her 1950 Chevy fastback she nicknamed “Mel”. With Mel she’s learned how to do metal work, suspension work by installing an air bag system, engine work, and she has taught herself how to pinstripe.
Kendra Sommer owns and operates CWK Media and her brand ‘Crusin’ With Kendra’. She and her team travel around the world working with industry manufacturers, publications, automotive, and marine companies. Kendra’s flagship program will start airing on the XTRA Network, channel 255, on Direct TV soon.
April Morris is the Sponsorship & Communications Manager of The Peninsula Hotels Signature Events, organizers of renowned motoring events The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering and The Quail Motorcycle Gathering hosted annually at Quail Lodge & Golf Club in Carmel, California.
Allison Harding is the new Chief Operating Officer of Vintage Air. For the past three years, she has worked as a manufacturing engineer before transitioning into Special Projects Manager, where she focused on product development and design. She has a background in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University.
Recently appointed as the Marketing Director at Kahn Media, Rebecca Nguyen leads the marketing and project management efforts that drive top-tier results to their network and clients. Nguyen found her passion for automobiles through motorsports photography in 2012 and has provided media coverage for various media outlets, motorsports series and automotive events.
Michele Roe is the Owner and creative force at Stabin Cabin Airbrushing. For over 10 years she’s been designing and creating custom designs and paintings her creative designs on everything from motorcycles to aircraft, gumball machines to skateboards, automobiles, and even toilet seats!
Sophia Tsingos-Freehling, her friends call her Sofi, owns and operates GT-MOTO. Sofi and GT-Moto is also committed to supporting the fight for a cure for cancer, and is proud to donate a portion of all profits to support cancer research and those who have been affected.
Lyn St. James is named one of the “Top 100 Female Athletes of the Century” by Sports Illustrated . She has set 21 national and international speed records and competed in the Indianapolis 500, taking Rookie of the Year honors in 1992. She competed in 15 IndyCar races, 7 Indy 500s, twice at the 24 Hours of Le mans with victories at the IMSA Series at Watkins Glen, Road America, Daytona, and Sebring.
Courtney Ferrante is the Director of The Peninsula Hotels Signature Events, organizers of renowned motoring events The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering and The Quail Motorcycle hosted annually at Quail Lodge & Golf Club in Carmel, California. Today, The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering is widely regarded as one of the most preeminent motoring events in the world.
Emily Reeves and her husband Aaron produce and host their Flying Sparks Garage YouTube page. From building cars to flying airplanes they share their automotive filled lives with their loyal followers. They honeymooned on the Hot Rod Power Tour in 2007, a week-long road trip with thousands of hot rods.
Jaime Hjelm is the co-owner along with her sister Naomi of their automotive repair shop they call Wicked Wrench Company. She owns a fleet of taxis and is a taxi meter dealer, mother to twin 16 year old boys and competed on Motor Trends ‘Bitchin Boot Camp’ by Bitchin Rides, season 1 in 2020 with her brother Frank.
Melanie White is the president of Hellwig Products. Founded in 1946, Hellwig Products manufactures forged steel suspension products for a variety of vehicles including recreational vehicles, trucks, and SUVs and is an OE supplier for Oshkosh, Freightliner, and the United States military.
Laura Fisher is the Petersen Automotive Museum’s Archivist. As the archivist for the Petersen Automotive Museum, Laura describes her job as, “taking care of everything that is not a car” and acts as a conservator, librarian, archivist, and special collections caretaker for the Museum.
