Chief Judge of 2024: Gerald Greenfield
Gerald Greenfield is a Life Member of the Classic Car Club of America. He is also a multi decade member of the Lincoln Owners Club, the Model A Ford Club of America, the Early V8 Ford Club, the Vintage Chevrolet Club, the Mercedes Benz Club and the National Woodie Club. He purchased his first Model A Ford in 1965 and is still active in the Model A Ford community.
Dr. Greenfield participates at numerous Concours d’ Elegance events around the country. He first showed a 1935 Lincoln LeBaron V-12 Convertible Coupe at Pebble Beach in 1987. He again returned in 1995 with his 1934 Packard which was awarded Best in Class. |
This Packard also won Best of Show at the 1994 Forest Grove Concours d’ Elegance. He is an Honorary Chief Judge since 2003 at the Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance. He has served as Chief Judge at The Pacific Northwest Concours d’Elegance which was held at The LeMay-America’s Car Museum in Tacoma, WA. and The Kirkland Concours in Kirkland, Washington. He also judges at The Cobble Beach Concours north of Toronto, Canada serving as an Honorary Chief Judge. He was honored to serve as Senior Judge at the 2019 Forest Grove Concours. He is a Master Judge in the Classic Car Club of America and has served as Head Judge at multiple CCCA Grand Classics and a National CCCA Annual Meeting.
Gerald’s current Classic is a 1934 Packard V-12 Club Sedan. His love and enthusiasm for collector automobiles does not stop with the Classics. His personal collection also includes a 1929 Model A Ford Roadster, a 1951 Chevrolet Deluxe 2 Door Sedan which he has driven since his days at West Seattle High School, a 1973 Corvette Roadster, a 2011 Mercedes SLS-AMG Gullwing Coupe and a 2024 Corvette Roadster.
Gerald currently serves on The Board of Directors for The LeMay-America’s Car Museum and chairs the Collection and Exhibits Committee.
Gerald’s current Classic is a 1934 Packard V-12 Club Sedan. His love and enthusiasm for collector automobiles does not stop with the Classics. His personal collection also includes a 1929 Model A Ford Roadster, a 1951 Chevrolet Deluxe 2 Door Sedan which he has driven since his days at West Seattle High School, a 1973 Corvette Roadster, a 2011 Mercedes SLS-AMG Gullwing Coupe and a 2024 Corvette Roadster.
Gerald currently serves on The Board of Directors for The LeMay-America’s Car Museum and chairs the Collection and Exhibits Committee.
FUN FACT: Gerald's current classic is a 1934 Packard V-12 Club Sedan.
HONORARY Chief judges:
JC O'Steen
Florida Bar Association, CCCA, AACA, ACD, CLC, BG, NCRS
FUN FACT: "I am a professional musician and sixth-generation cattle farmer/rancher."
Lilly Pray
A member for 20 years of the RM Porsche Club & RM Triumph Club
FUN FACT: "I always drive 'topless' unless I'm stuck in a coupe."
Paul Ianuario
A retired engineer and a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers & the Society of Automotive Historians
FUN FACT: "I am a recipient of the Lee Iacocca Award for preservation of the American automotive tradition."
Paul Sable
A university professor and automotive historian
FUN FACT: "I collect hybrid cars of the 1950s."
John Carlson
Retired after spending thirty years teaching antique auto restoration and fine art
FUN FACT: "I have been inducted into three Motorsports Hall of Fames and I'm a recipient of the prestigious Lee Iacocca Award. I am an International Chief Judge Advisory Group (ICJAG) founding member."
Florida Bar Association, CCCA, AACA, ACD, CLC, BG, NCRS
FUN FACT: "I am a professional musician and sixth-generation cattle farmer/rancher."
Lilly Pray
A member for 20 years of the RM Porsche Club & RM Triumph Club
FUN FACT: "I always drive 'topless' unless I'm stuck in a coupe."
Paul Ianuario
A retired engineer and a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers & the Society of Automotive Historians
FUN FACT: "I am a recipient of the Lee Iacocca Award for preservation of the American automotive tradition."
Paul Sable
A university professor and automotive historian
FUN FACT: "I collect hybrid cars of the 1950s."
John Carlson
Retired after spending thirty years teaching antique auto restoration and fine art
FUN FACT: "I have been inducted into three Motorsports Hall of Fames and I'm a recipient of the prestigious Lee Iacocca Award. I am an International Chief Judge Advisory Group (ICJAG) founding member."
TEAM JUDGES:
Kim Barnes
Area of Expertise: British, Corvette, Muscle cars, Porsche, postwar American, Luxury 60s FUN FACT: Started a business in elementary school restoring and selling Schwinn Krate bicycles. Ellen Bireley Area of Expertise: Race cars FUN FACT: The first race car I drove was a Ferrari 250LM. Ed Bolian Area of Expertise: Supercars FUN FACT: Set the Cannonball Run record in 2013, 2 million subscribers on YouTube, featured as the HHIC Velocity Collector in 2023. Moray Callum Area of Expertise: Automotive design FUN FACT: Attended the Royal College of Art in London achieving a Masters degree in Transportation Design Frank Campanale Area of Expertise: Ferrari, Italian Coachworks, Maserati, Alfa Romeo, sports cars, low production vehicles FUN FACT: Completed the Mille Miglia in Italy, car and motorcycle racer, competitive hot air and gas balloon pilot. Tom Cotter Area of Expertise: Shelby automobiles, race cars, postwar sports cars, hot rods FUN FACT: Actually race my barn find! Frank Craft Area of Expertise: Vehicle restoration FUN FACT: Loving life and having fun doing it. Simon Curzon Area of Expertise: Rolls-Royce and Bentleys FUN FACT: I was born on Valentine's Day. Stan Dickison Area of Expertise: Concours judging FUN FACT: I have 15 great grandchildren. Carl Edwards Area of Expertise: Classic cars FUN FACT: Has always enjoyed operating anything that moves on land, sea, or in the air. Ann Fagan Area of Expertise: Automobile hobbyist with 50+ years of experience FUN FACT: My lifetime addiction to automobiles started in my childhood neighborhood when I asked my parents "What was that?" - as a Citroen or a Volvo Amazon sped past! Bob Fahning Area of Expertise: Rolls-Royce FUN FACT: While I have spent many years judging at National Meets. “I judge but I am not judgmental.” Lauren Fix Area of Expertise: Muscle cars, performance, and exotic cars FUN FACT: I was Oprah's Automotive expert and we named our daughter Shelby. First female president for the North American Car of the Year. Paul Fix Area of Expertise: Vintage & current race cars, Porsche, Shelbys, Cobras, and Mustangs FUN FACT: I’ve been restoring concours-winning show cars since 1989. Currently racing in the Trans Am Series, since 2000, and ranked 15th on the all time win list Ralph Gilles Area of Expertise: Postwar vehicles and motorsports FUN FACT: I currently race radicals as a hobby. John Giltinan Area of Expertise: Pre-WWII American classic cars FUN FACT: I still have my first car! It is a 1949 Cadillac Series 62 that my father and I purchased in the spring of 1972. Vinnie Grasser Area of Expertise: Motorcycles FUN FACT: I have ridden in 4 motorcycle Cannonballs, once on a 1930 HD VL, twice on a 1916 HD J and once on a 1917 HD J. Malcolm Hogan Area of Expertise: Supercars and exotics FUN FACT: I have driven nearly 2,000 vehicles during my lifetime, including most every new car on the road as an automotive journalist. Somer Hooker Area of Expertise: Motorcycles FUN FACT: I have ridden around the Isle of Man. Donald Hopwood Area of Expertise: Coach build Classics, Woodies, Postwar European, Corvettes, Postwar American FUN FACT: I have been involved with Classic American vehicles for over 55 years as an owner, customizer, restorer, and judge. I have studied and disassembled numerous vehicles and have over 30 years’ experience with Corvettes including all aspects of National Corvette Restorers Society (NCRS) stringent requirements dedicated to the restoration, preservation, history, and enjoyment of Corvettes. Jeff Huber Area of Expertise: Brass-era horseless carriage FUN FACT: I am a first time grandfather. Rob Ianuario Area of Expertise: Multi-Marque FUN FACT: I live with a pig named Barbie Q. Pork. Buzz Kanter Area of Expertise: Motorcycles FUN FACT: My wife, Tabetha Kanter, is a better mechanic than I am. John Kefalonitis Area of Expertise: American Classics, Foreign Classics FUN FACT: BarbaraAnn and myself restored 1963 Austin Healey when first married BarbaraAnn Kefalonitis Area of Expertise: American Classics, American production FUN FACT: I have been a female judge since the 80's at Concourses and a private pilot since the 70's. Mike Kimrey Area of Expertise: CCCA Full Classics FUN FACT: I also play guitar. David Kirkman Area of Expertise: British sportscars, Austin Healey, Aston Martin, Jaguar, Lotus FUN FACT: I drove a Lotus Europa over the Great Saint Benard Pass from Farnce into Italy in 1971. Myles Kornblatt Area of Expertise: Postwar European and small-batch domestic automobiles FUN FACT: I’m proud to own a 1977 Volvo 262C Bertone updated with a Chevrolet 350 V8. That means it’s a Swedish car built by the Italians and powered by an American. Brown Maloney Area of Expertise: 10+ years of judging experience FUN FACT: I have four wonderful kids. All college grads - and all car kids too. Dutch Mandel Area of Expertise: Former editor & publisher of Autoweek magazine FUN FACT: Was ‘rocked to sleep’ in the cockpit of my dad’s C-Type Jaguar as a six-month-old. I drove a motorhome following college for Garvin Brown Racing whose driver, Danny Sullivan, would win the Indy 500 five years later. Rob McLeese Area of Expertise: Int'l. sports cars, American performance, American & European production 1948-1973 FUN FACT: I love cars! Werner Meier Area of Expertise: Domestic, postwar sports cars, performance and luxury cars FUN FACT: Certified car nut and a member of the National Corvette Museum Hall of Fame. Mike Mereness Area of Expertise: Classics and American sports cars FUN FACT: Founder of the Cincinnati Concourse. John Mereness Area of Expertise: British sports cars and CCCA cars Craig Metros Area of Expertise: American 50s to present Porsche, sports cars, American muscle, micro cars FUN FACT: I lived and worked in 6 different countries across 4 different continents designing production cars and trucks, show vehicles, and one race car over the course of 35 years. Bartley Millett Area of Expertise: Rolls-Royce and vintage Bentleys FUN FACT: I enjoy time outdoors. |
Ray Morgan
Area of Expertise: Porsche restoration FUN FACT: Vintage racer, engineer, successful businessman and dog lover. Kurt Niemeyer Area of Expertise: European sports cars FUN FACT: Over two decades judging experience including an incredible ten years at HHIC. John Oates Area of Expertise: 1950s & 1960s German and British sports cars FUN FACT: Life long motor sports enthusiast and collector. Greg Ornazian Area of Expertise: Classics, race cars, sports cars, muscle cars, antiques, motorcycles, bicycles FUN FACT: I have shown my vehicles often and judge at many events across the nation. Paul Oslansky Area of Expertise: Corvettes and muscle cars FUN FACT: Learning something new each day that I did not know about is a great day. Hunt Palmer-Ball Area of Expertise: American performance, classics, sports cars, race cars, Classics of the 30's FUN FACT: I love judging beautiful cars, meeting wonderful people and when the time allows working on my '65 Mustang GT or my '67 Shelby GT350. The next best thing to being around beautiful cars is spending time working in my yard improving the landscaping. Brad Pelling Area of Expertise: Special interest and collector vehicles FUN FACT: I enjoy learning all I can about our collector cars. Jon Pelling Area of Expertise: Special interest and collector vehicles FUN FACT: If I wasn't an insurance broker I'd like to be a professional golfer. Thomas Plucinsky Area of Expertise: BMW Portia Pray Area of Expertise: Post-war German cars FUN FACT: I learned to drive on the same car my mom learned on. Larry Printz Area of Expertise: Classic cars FUN FACT: I am a talented cartoonist. Jay Quail Area of Expertise: Prewar classics; Foreign and domestic FUN FACT: Executive Director Emeritus of CCCA. 50+ years in the car hobby. Extensive Prewar Lincoln collector. Will Rae Area of Expertise: British sports cars, Classic and American prewar, Orphan Marques FUN FACT: My first restoration project was a 1947 Ford tractor while in high school. Andy Reid Area of Expertise: European sports cars FUN FACT: I used to work in the film industry. George Ross Area of Expertise: Automotive restoration FUN FACT: Started his long career as an automotive restorer/builder at the age of nine by building (with the help of a mentor) a Ford “T bucket” with parts from Byrd Engineering. Ivan Ruiz Area of Expertise: European and British sports cars FUN FACT: I’ve owned and restored over 100 Jaguar E-types and 80 Maserati's. John Saccameno Area of Expertise: British 50s - 70s, Alfa Romeo 50s - 70s, Competition cars FUN FACT: My OCD has ADHD. Mike Serpe Area of Expertise: European classic and vintage, Japanese, motorcycles, and off-road vehicles FUN FACT: Loves to breathe in gratitude and breathe out negativity. Tim Sierra Area of Expertise: Pre-WWI cars, Rolls-Royce FUN FACT: Enjoy touring our Rolls. We have shipped our car and toured in 11 European countries and have driven her in most of the states. Michael Simcoe Area of Expertise: Design FUN FACT: I collect vintage motorbikes. Kelly Slank Area of Expertise: Color and materials design FUN FACT: I have over three decades of expertise in trend forecasting, design, color, and materials across various industries, including interiors, exhibits, automotive, footwear, and apparel. Clint Sly Area of Expertise: Collector car consulting and valuation FUN FACT: A co-founder of the duPont Registry, Mecum Financial, and Collectors Financial. Michael Spezia Area of Expertise: Automotive museums Alfred Stappenbeck FUN FACT: For many years I played the drums in a punk rock band. As a college student I worked in the front office of the Seattle Mariners baseball team. I recently filmed and shot media for an historic test flight of an experimental reusable vertical-takeoff-vertical-landing rocket. Chuck Stewart Area of Expertise: American motorcycles FUN FACT: I'm as busy in retirement as I was in 40 years of business owning and loving it. Jeremy Stillwell Area of Expertise: Classic Japanese, postwar British & Italian, RADwood-era supercars FUN FACT: In 2017, I drove Nissan's Prince R380 at Circuit of the Americas, the first and only time the prototype was driven on a race track in the USA. Susan Tatios Area of Expertise: Jaguar XKs, Porsche 356s, BMW 507s and 328s FUN FACT: I participated in the Mille Miglia in a BMW 507. Freddy Tavarish FUN FACT: I have been featured on podcasts such as 'The Smoking Tire' and 'Never Stop Driving', where I have discussed topics like fixing salvage supercars and resurrecting a flooded McLaren P1. I also have an Instagram account with over 376,000 followers. Paul Teutul Jr. Area of Expertise: Motorcycles, Prewar American automobiles FUN FACT: Custom motorcycle builder and antique enthusiast. Mike Tillson Area of Expertise: Race cars, American and European prewar classics FUN FACT: Former race car driver in World Endurance Championship races. Richard Vaughan Area of Expertise: Rolls-Royce, Bentley, and Aston Martin FUN FACT: I was educated at Detroit's College for Creative Studies and am a lifelong car enthusiast. I have written six books on Rolls-Royce, Bentley, and Aston Martin. Rubén Verdés Area of Expertise: Rolls-Royce, Bentley, CCCA Full Classics FUN FACT: Past president of The Rolls-Royce Owners' Club. David Wallens Area of Expertise: Editorial director for Classic Motorsports and Grassroots Motorsports FUN FACT: Still rides a BMX bike. Jay Ward Area of Expertise: Motorcycles, Classic American & European vehicles, and Oddities FUN FACT: My kids have grown up coming to the HHIC every year since 2015. Bill Warner Area of Expertise: Postwar American and European sports cars and race cars FUN FACT: Ran the 1975 Cannonball from NY to LA. Ran the One Lap of America in 1983. Raced for 43 years. Kip Wasenko Area of Expertise: Super cars and prewar France, Ferrari FUN FACT: Corvette race car driver 32 years today. |
APPRENTICE JUDGES:
Brett DeJeet
Area of Expertise: Corvette, Ferrari, Porsche FUN FACT: When I was 13 I learned how to drive stick in a 79 Camaro Z28. Laura Riemer Area of Expertise: Antique motorcycles. I have been a member of the Antique Motorcycle Club of America for 3 years and have been the president of our chapter for a year. I have also been a member of the Riveter Chapter of the AMCA for a year and have been on an all-women 2-week ride with my vintage motorcycle for 2,500 miles, learning along the way how to maintain and keep my 1980-80 Harley Davidson Shovelhead. FUN FACT: I was a participant in Hilton Head Concourse last year, in the Women Driving America. Peter Jackson Area of Expertise: Classic Porsche restoration FUN FACT: I own a 1914 Fiat 2b race car that I race with the Ragtime Racers. Heather Jones Area of Expertise: My father taught me about automobiles at a young age and I have been passionate about them ever since. FUN FACT: Automotive photography is a huge passion of mine. |
David Millings
Area of Expertise: Luxury and exotic restoration FUN FACT: Perfection is in the details. Asdrid Ortega Area of Expertise: Porsche Gary Crandall Area of Expertise: Porsche and Ferrari FUN FACT: While I enjoy all things automobile, I'm also a pilot and hangar my Eclipse Jet at the Hilton Head Airport. Joseph Mucia Jr. Area of Expertise: Body & paint FUN FACT: I restored my first car at 17 yrs old a, '73 Ford Bronco that I had to drag home, that I bought with the money from selling a perfectly good car that my Father gave me. I remember the look on his face as we pulled in the driveway, and so that's where the obsession began. Well over 85 cars later and I'm still dragging them home! |