George Ayres - President and Chief Operating Officer
George is responsible for all operations of the company including the core Driving School, Racing School, Corporate Events, Skip Barber Race Series, Sponsorship, and OEM Events.

Prior to his appointment at Skip Barber, George was Sales and Marketing Director - Ford Special Vehicle Team (SVT). He worked closely with Ford's SVT Performance Engineering group in Dearborn, MI, developing all automotive performance products such as the Ford GT, Mustang Cobra, and F-150 Lightning. His responsibilities included performance product planning, enthusiast press relations, customer support, dealer certification and training, and performance vehicle marketing. Mr. Ayres' main focus was to help create high-impact performance cars and trucks that lend street credibility to the Ford brand and that help connect Ford with enthusiast buyers. He last worked on the upcoming 2007 Shelby Cobra GT-500, working with Carroll Shelby to ensure the car met customer performance expectations.

Prior to joining Ford SVT, George held the position of Vice President of Marketing for Jaguar North America. He led the launch of the all-aluminum 2004 XJ sedan, the S-TYPE R, and other class-leading Jaguar products, and helped raise Jaguar's Initial Vehicle Quality to among the top three brands sold in the US market. He led Jaguar's successful participation in and return to the Trans-Am sports car racing series, winning back-to-back Manufacturer's Championship's in 2003 and 2004 with the Jaguar AJ-V8 powered Rocketsports XKR. While at Jaguar, Mr. Ayres implemented a marketing information system to help measure return on marketing investment (ROMI), a pioneering application within Ford Motor Company. Mr. Ayres also has international marketing experience and serving in a variety of sales and marketing roles at Jaguar in the U.K., including Brand Manager for the XJ Sedan and XK Sports Car. In addition, he has held various positions in the Marketing & Sales, Product Development and Customer Service Divisions within Ford Motor Company.

Mr. Ayres is a frequent conference speaker, communicating his strong brand-building and metrics-based approach at events hosted by the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, the Conference Board, and others.

Mr. Ayres holds an MBA from Duke University, and a bachelor's degree in marketing from Iowa State University in Ames, IA. He is married and has two sons.

Stu Upson - Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Stu Upson joined Skip Barber Racing School in 2002. As Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Upson is responsible for retail sales, marketing, public relations, event marketing, sponsorship, corporate events, special projects and licensing/merchandising. Headquartered in Lakeville, Connecticut, Skip Barber Racing School is the oldest and largest high-performance driving and racing school in the country, operating out of 5 base locations and conducting schools and races at over 20 tracks in the United States, Mexico and Canada.

Previously, Upson was Senior Vice President, Sports and Entertainment Marketing at First USA Bank where he was hired to lead the company's entry into the sports affinity credit card business. Upson managed business development and account management teams that grew the sports and entertainment credit card portfolio to over $1 Billion via relationships with over 250 partners, including MLB, NHL and NBA franchises and other sports organizations such as the PGA TOUR, the USTA, US Soccer and Strike Ten Bowling. Upson expanded the portfolio to include entertainment properties ranging from Live Broadway to the Grand Ole Opry to KISS.

Upson's sports and entertainment marketing experience began when he joined Major League Baseball Properties as Vice President, Business Development. His most significant accomplishment at MLBP was leading the team that created and managed All-Star FanFest. Immediately upon its introduction in 1991, FanFest was hailed as a pioneering concept in sports event marketing -- an interactive theme park of baseball which to this day attracts 100,000 fans annually for the five days leading up to the All-Star Game.

Upson spent the first 10 years of his career in the advertising industry with positions at Ted Bates, DMB&B and Partners & Shevack. His account management responsibilities included clients such as Warner Lambert, Kraft General Foods, National Westminster Bank and Major League Baseball.

A graduate of Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California, Upson now lives with his family in New Canaan, Connecticut.

Jeff D'Onofrio, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Jeff D'Onofrio joined Skip Barber Racing School in 2005. As Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, D'Onofrio is responsible for accounting and finance, information technology, and corporate scheduling. Headquartered in Lakeville, Connecticut, Skip Barber Racing School is the oldest and largest high-performance driving and racing school in the country, operating out of 5 base locations and conducting schools and races at over 20 tracks in the United States, Mexico and Canada.

Previously, D'Onofrio was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Major League Baseball Advanced Media, LP. MLB Advanced Media was formed in 2000 by Major League Baseball to serve as the sport's new media and e-commerce arm, and has widely been recognized as an innovator in the new media space. D'Onofrio helped grow the company to $300 million in revenue, led the strategic acquisition of Tickets.com, and helped secure a significant revolving credit facility for further expansion and growth.

D'Onofrio first joined Major League Baseball in 1998 as Assistant Controller for Major League Baseball Properties, where he worked his way up to Controller before joining MLB Advanced Media in 2000.

D'Onofrio began his career in 1994 with Ernst & Young, LLP in New York where he serviced numerous media and entertainment clients in the firm's audit practice. During that time, he earned his CPA license in New York.

A graduate of Penn State University, D'Onofrio now lives with his family in Goshen, Connecticut.

Laszlo Nagy - OEM Events, Director
Laszlo has been in the motorsports industry for a total of eight years, primarily with Champ Car, prior to joining Skip Barber OEM Events group in early 2002. He has been instrumental to the reemergence and recreation of Skip Barber OEM Events, as again the most recognized provider of automotive education and experiential programs.

Laszlo has played a large role in the creation and development of some key programs and events in the ride and drive community. He served as the program producer and manager on the Volvo Owner Experience overseeing the program development and all logistics management, staffing and curriculum for this five DMA, 31-event program featuring the XC90 vehicle. And additionally, the Chevy Supercharged Tour, a first of its kind consumer program that traveled to 8 cities in conjunction with Hot Import Nights and Night Shift Sport Compact Shows. He has been responsible for creating, developing and marketing the Auto Show Test Drive Experience - a unique consumer ride and drive program linked to motor shows. And most recently as the creator and program director of the successful DaimlerChrysler SRT Track Experience - a 28 city experience that provides owners a full day educational and product immersion in the full line-up of SRT vehicles at major race track facilities across North America.

Laszlo has extensive background and knowledge in program planning, sponsorship sales, event management, and execution as it relates to product launches, dealer training, award ceremonies production, media events, and consumer programs for the automotive and motorsports industry. This vast experience has provided for a broad understanding of the business and has allowed him time and again to connect particular clients to a unique program.

Robert Lowe - Chief Technology Officer
Hired as Chief Technology Officer in January 2006, Robert is responsible for all aspects of Skip Barber's IT infrastructure and line-of-business software development, support and maintenance, including information service delivery and security. Under Robert's direction, the IT department is dedicated to anticipating and aligning Skip Barber's technology deployment strategy with its business strategy. The IT department takes a leadership role in the design and implementation of world-class, integrated strategies, processes and architecture that ensure a more productive, efficient and valuable use of information within the enterprise.

With 18 years of technical and IT management experience, Robert has held a wide variety of Information Technology roles. Most recently, he served as Director of Information Technology at Onyx Environmental Services, a leader in the Hazardous Waste treatment and disposal industry. Robert gained his IT technical and management experience through multiple MRP implementations, the creation of credit card marketing systems, interactive website development, and IT technical and management consulting for Honeywell International, Pitney Bowes, and Cargill.

Robert holds an MBA from the University of New Haven in Connecticut.

Melanie O'Connor - Senior Program Manager
Melanie has been with Skip Barber Racing School since November, 1995. After her successful three-year tenure as a School & Series Advisor, Mel moved over to the Barber Dodge Pro Series, where she served as Race Series Administrator, Barber Dodge Pro Series Coordinator and ultimately Driver Relations Coordinator. In 2002 Mel returned to headquarters as Skip Barber's Marketing Coordinator before joining OEM Events in 2004 as a Program Manager.

Don Harple - Chief Instructor
Don has been a professional instructor for more than 25 years, most of them with Skip Barber. Don was named the OEM Events Chief Instructor in January 2007. He has raced and won in Skip Barber Regional, IMSA Grand Sports, Sports and World Supercar and was part of the team that won two IMSA Manufacturers Championship for Chrysler.