Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Fast facts on Autopian

Two boards guide Autopian. Members of the board of directors:

* IWAO SCHIMAZAKI, CEO of Telmic Co., an environmental land cleaning company and a large holder of Japanese real estate.

* FOREST SMITH, a country club developer in California.

* DON RAGER, president of Shelby America, who introduced the Shelby Cobra.

* YUKO IRIE, senior managing director of the huge Dentsu advertising agency.

* YASUYOSHI NOGUCHI, CEO of Kintetsu Tour and Travel Agency, Asia's largest grossing travel agency.

* DAVID ELLSWORTH, senior partner of Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, the third largest law firm worldwide and a board member of the exclusive Vintage Country Club.

Members of the Driver Council, which deals with car policies:

* CLAY REGAZZONI, a five-time winner of Formula One World Championship who conceived and developed the Challenged Driving Program in Rome.

* CARROLL SHELBY, developer of the Shelby automobile.

* CHUCK JONES, Formula One owner of the Clay Regazzoni team.

* ERIN MELUSSO, president of Recording Artists Against Drunk Driving.

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