OFFICERS & DIRECTORS

Honorary Board Members

Board Members

Darrell Gwynn

President Darrell Gwynn Ventures

Darrell Gwynn is the President and Chairman of the Darrell Gwynn Foundation. Before starting the Foundation in 2002 Gwynn had a very successful career as a race car driver and race team owner. In 1983, Gwynn won an NHRA World Championship driving a Top Alcohol Dragster. In 2001, he was voted one of NHRA’s “50 Greatest Drivers All-Time”. In 2002, he was inducted into the prestigious International Drag Racing Hall of Fame.

Today, Gwynn serves as President and Chairman of the Darrell Gwynn Foundation and resides in Weston, FL with his wife Lisa, Pediatrician and Vice-President of the Darrell Gwynn Foundation, and daughter Katie.

Jerry Gwynn

Jerry Gwynn has served on the Board for the Darrell Gwynn Foundation since its inception in 2002. Before this, Jerry spent 32 years working for the Chevron Corporation where he was construction and maintenance supervisor for all service stations in Southeast Florida.  

As a driver, Jerry Gwynn was an NHRA World Champion in 1969 (Super Eliminator). He also won four NHRA Southeast divisional titles. In September 1999, Gwynn, along with his wife Joan and son Darrell, was awarded drag racing’s most prestigious honor – The Ollie Award, for citizenship in the sport of drag racing, presented by Car Craft Magazine.

Jerry resides in Davie, FL with Joan, his wife of 50 years.

Robert Abdellah
Vice President - Just Marketing

Bob Abdellah serves as Vice President, Global Communications for globally leading motorsports agency Just Marketing International.  He has spent most of his career in sports marketing and extensively in motorsports. His early career was as an internationally-touring auto racing journalist. Bob has worked on the corporate, team ownership and agency sides of the industry, both with and for a “Who’s Who” of Blue Chip corporations and brands including General Motors, Quaker State, MBNA and Anheuser-Busch, among others.

Charles Blossom

Executive Director - Boone Center, Inc

Prior to embarking on his encore career as Chief Executive Officer of Boone Center, Inc, a facility based employment center for developmentally disabled adults, Chuck worked in various automotive manufacturing operations.  After completing his education at the University of Missouri, he joined the Black & Decker Manufacturing Company, selling and marketing tools and equipment to the Automotive Aftermarket.  In 1982, Chuck and his wife, Pam, founded American Pneumatic Technologies, Inc., a private label niche manufacturer of air operated hand-held tools. The business prospered and was sold to The Stanley Works in September of 1989. Chuck served as President of Mac Tools, Inc. (a division of The Stanley Works) until 1996, at which time he consulted for various companies, including NHRA, Action Performance, and Tailored Management.  Chuck currently lives in Innsbrook, Missouri with his wife, Pam. Their two children, Kevin and Kate are both married and live in Atlanta, Georgia and Warrenton, Missouri, respectively.

Jeff Gordon

CEO The Gordon Company

Mr. Gordon, CEO of The Gordon Company, is widely respected as one of the nation’s foremost leaders and authorities in the business of the disposition of jewelry, retail store fixtures and equipment. See www.gordonco.com.  Formerly a principal at Gordon Brothers Group and CEO of GB Fixed Asset Solutions, now leading The Gordon Company, Jeff represents a long standing symbol of liquidation experience across a wide range of companies and industries. With a one-hundred year family history in liquidation, Jeff also leads The Gordon Company’s premier jewelry liquidation division, recently completing the sale of $129M in excess jewelry inventory from 77 closing Whitehall Jewelry stores. 

In addition to his extensive background and successes in the large scale liquidation industry, Jeff has a lengthy motorsports background, including nearly 10 years spent serving as both owner and driver with the NHRA AA/FC Class nitro methane fueled funny car circuit. Jeff also owned and operated the country’s largest pre-owned luxury limousine sales and manufacturing facility, providing luxury motor vehicles to the executive transportation and motion picture industries, including customized automobiles to Warner Brothers, Universal and Lorimar for major motion pictures and network television.

Reg Kenney

CEO, Global Customer Solutions, The Americas - DHL

Reg Kenney is a native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, where he also attended St Mary's University. A thirty- five year veteran of the transportation and logistics industry, Reg began his career at Air Canada in 1974. He assumed positions of increased responsibility over a period of twenty years with Air Canada in both sales and operational roles. One project of which he has fond memories was planning and managing the airport and ground logistics for the participants of the 1983 Pan-American Wheelchair Games in Halifax, Canada. Reg was a member of the Company's Senior Management, and directed Air Canada Cargo's System Operations and Freighter Network. 

He joined Air Express International (AEI) in 1994 as Managing Director, Canada, and built the organization into one of AEI's largest and most profitable international operations. In 1999, he was promoted to Vice President of Sales, North America, moving to AEI's corporate head office in Darien CT. Acquired by the Deutsche Post in 2000, AEI was subsequently merged into DHL.  Reg is currently Chief Executive Officer, Global Customer Solutions for DHL. His Team manages the relationships with DHL's largest global customers. He works from their Plantation FL Head Office. 

An avid and enthusiastic motorsports fan, Reg and his wife of 25 years, Brenda, reside in Weston FL. 

Todd Payne, Esq.

Zebersky & Payne, LLP

Todd S. Payne is the founding and administrative partner of Zebersky & Payne, LLP. He represents corporate and individual clients in various complex corporate and commercial matters. He is a member of the Broward County Bar Association, The Florida Bar, United States District Court for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. Todd also serves on the Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee for the Florida Bar and is a member of the NADCA Standards Committee. He has often been appointed as a special public defender and guardian ad litem by judges in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit. He graduated with B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Miami. He is a member of Iron Arrow, the University of Miami's highest honor. He is a licensed pilot, scuba diver and race car driver.

Richard Paysor

Former Sr. Vice President Chief Operating Officer - Rusty Wallace, Inc

Dick is a seasoned Motorsports and Financial Business Executive with over 40 years of successful management experience. For the past twenty years he partnered with a NASCAR Cup Series Champion and Penske Racing. His responsibilities included the building of several racing facilities, financing, licensing of driver and team rights, contract negotiations, acquisition of investment properties, and sponsor relations.

Prior to this, Dick served as President of First Capitol Associates and Trident Energy, Inc. and was Managing Director of the Fairborne Group. These firms engaged in mergers and acquisitions, financial planning, commercial real estate, and oil & gas exploration in Oklahoma.

He also served as Vice President/Taxes and Governmental Affairs for a Fortune 500 company and was a Registered Lobbyist in Washington, DC, during the Carter Administration. He began his career with the Cleveland office of a Big 8 CPA firm and listed the newly formed Cincinnati Bengals and Paul Brown as his clients.

Dick and his wife, Stella, reside in Mooresville, NC.

Cliff Pennell
President - Stonebreaker, LLC

G. Clifton Pennell (Cliff) is Founder & President of STONEBREAKER LLC, a Strategic Services consulting company based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Established in 2000, STONEBREAKER provides strategic assistance to companies with a focus on general business management, long-term strategic application, branding and process optimization. A partial list of its clients include: NASCAR, RCR Enterprises, Chartwell Investments and PlayCore. In addition, STONEBREAKER is also involved in several business venture initiatives.

STONEBREAKER’s “Strategic Management Process”sm, designed by Pennell, is considered to be one of the most disciplined and reliable strategic frameworks available. Prior to starting his own business, Pennell spent more than twenty years with R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company where as Sr. Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Marketing he served on the Company’s Executive Committee.

Pennell, is a graduate of Wake Forest University. He and his wife, Sarah, have two sons. When not consulting, he enjoys the outdoors, especially hunting and fly fishing. He also serves on several nationally recognized boards and is involved with many charitable / Christian based causes.

Carlos Rodriguez

Honorable Carlos A. Rodriguez

Honorable Carlos A. Rodriguez began his law career in 1980 after graduating from the University of Florida’s Law Program. Over the last 30 years he has been an accomplished public defender, law professor and has owned a very successful personal injury, trial and criminal law practice in Broward County. In 2008, Mr. Rodriguez was nominated by the Judicial Nominating Commission for Broward County Court Judicial openings, County and Circuit court and his name was submitted to the Governor. He
was chosen by the Governor shortly there after and now presides as a Circuit Court Judge for Broward County.

Bud Wynne

Private Investor

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