LEADERSHIP
"We hold ourselves accountable everyday to deliver on our mission to change the industry by creating opportunities for young talent, and helping make their racing dreams come true" KAREN JOHNSON, CHAIRWOMAN, CEO AND FOUNDER.
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP

Founder, Chairwoman & CEO
Karen Johnson
Karen's career began on Wall Street and has included wide and varied financial and investment experience that includes owning, managing and controlling various asset classes including, media rights, entertainment, sports, and real estate.

General Counsel
Brian Fisher
Brian’s career includes 12 years in business operations and 30+ years providing legal services, representing some of the nation's most prominent companies in the aerospace, intelligence, and information technology industries. His background includes experience in private practice, government service, and leading in-house legal teams.

Brand Visionary
Paul Woolnough
Award winning visionary brand innovator with over 40 years of global operational experience. Paul has created and developed disrupter brands and organizations from concept to launch and beyond, with a focus in the entertainment and media business sectors. Paul was employee #1 of Penske Media Corporation, working directly with Jay Penske in building the world's leading digital media entertainment company.

Partnership Strategy
David Andan
David is a technology and marketing leader with 29 years’ experience in the automotive industry across Europe and the U.S. From pioneering AI-powered retail strategies at Cadillac to playing a pivotal role in the repositioning of GM’s OnStar as a leading technology brand, he has built a career at the intersection of innovation, marketing, and customer experience.

Driver Ambassador
Rachael Murray
Rachael served with USO for a decade, then used her non-profit experience to work with some of the highest profile brands in corporate America and household names in theatre, TV, movies, music, and most recently motorsports.

Head of Production
Shane Hedges
Shane is a skilled cinematographer, DOP, editor, live broadcast director, and certified international drone pilot. Shane holds international commercial drone permissions and operates with a full range of professional kit. His work includes projects for Apple TV and Skydance Productions, as well as live concerts for Sam Fender and a variety of British television series.

Head of Media and PR
Kirk Reynolds
A seasoned communications and business development professional with extensive experience working with sports teams and leagues, professional athletes, media companies, start-ups and early-stage companies. Kirk led communications for the San Francisco 49ers from 1997-2005 before serving as a communications specialist for Major League Soccer, INDYCAR, NFL, Texas High School Coaches Association, The Georgia Athletic Coaches Association, Eccker Sports and ANSRS Analytics

Chief Financial Officer
Philip Slavin
An experienced and highly regardinh operational executive, Philip most recently, held the position of Chief Financial Officer US for Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield. He joined as Head of Strategic Planning (UK) and was appointed Finance Director (UK & Ireland). He then moved to Los Angeles to take the role of CFO US. Prior to this Philip was a Director at Deloitte in London and New York, specialising in the real estate, hospitality and marketing sectors.

Strategic Advisor
Gary Grose
A US based leader with over 30+ years executive experience in financial services leading marketing, communications, public relations, and sales. He is a contemporary, data driven B2B and B2C complex financial services individual. Gary’s last role was Head of Commercial Specialty at Argo Group, prior to Argo being sold to Brookfield, the global investment firm

Corporate & Strategic Partnerships
Scott Cote
Scott’s 32 years of experience in the automotive industry has provided him with a wide variety of knowledge regarding business to business sales and marketing. This included a long period of time when he was one of the largest purchaser of rare Ferraris. His skills greatly enhance the Company's mission.

Head of Latin America
Arturo Duran
Arturo has played pivotal roles in steering brands towards new frontiers of digital journalism. As impreMedia Digital's Chief Executive Officer he positioned it as the leading Hispanic news-and-information powerhouse in the United States. Previous roles included Vice President of Multicultural at AOL Media Networks, VP of Marketing and Interactive Content at AOL Canada, and Director of Business Development at AOL Mexico, among others

Director, Latin America
Wendy Montgomery
Over the last decade, Wendy has placed over 500 student athletes into the United States education and athletic world. As well as serving on the Right2Race Foundation Board, Wendy is a VChamp Ambassador and Latin American Director. She is active in assisting karting and open-wheel racers from across Latin America achieving their dreams of training and competing in the USA.

Technical Director
Nigel Beresford
Starting his professional motorsport career in the mid-1980s working for the Tyrrell Formula One team as part of a small engineering group, initially as a designer, he graduated to a race engineering role for such notable drivers as Jean Alesi and Stefano Modena. He went on to serve as race engineer and technical director for Team Penske in Indy and ALMS, then as team manager for Dragon Racing, DS Techeetah and DS Penske in Formula E.

Chief Mechanic
Pete Bloathner
35 years’ experience in the Professional Motorsports Arena. His long and illustrious career has seen him working for Championship Winning Teams in CART, IndyCar, IMSA, Formula E, Ferrari Challenge and SCCA. Whether as a Chief Mechanic or in a leadership role, Pete brings the knowledge, experience and problem-solving solutions necessary to compete and win in the fast paced environment of the racing world

Chief Engineer
Glen Knabenshue
Served as an integral member of Penske Racing as head of their damper programs in IndyCar and NASCAR until he joined Dragon Racing in 2007, leading their fabrication and damper program. Glen then joined SpaceX and for 11 years in Dragon Research and Development propulsion group. Worked on many of the Milestone projects including Dragon Pad Abort, In Flight Abort, Demo 1 and 2 manned missions.

Broadcast Advisor
Jim Jorden
16-time Emmy Award winner as a producer, director and cinematographer, is one of the most prolific storytellers and accomplished leaders in the sports media industry. He has created acclaimed programming for many networks and platforms, including ESPN, ABC, NBC, Peacock, Amazon Prime and HBO. As VP of Production at NFL Films, Jim managed a team of 70 producers to create some of the most dynamic and compelling content in the industry


