2011 Honorary Judges

Honorary Chair

Ray Purpur is in his 18th year with Stanford University where he serves as Deputy Athletic Director. Ray oversees facility development, facility management, capital planning, events and operations, finance, business affairs and human resources, as well as the baseball, sailing and rowing programs. He has managed over $340 million in athletic and campus recreation facility projects. Recent athletic facilities include the new Arrillaga Gym and Weight Room, Stanford Stadium, and Arrillaga Center for Sports and Recreation. Ray is past president of the San Joaquin American Heart Association, and the Child Abuse Prevention Council. He is currently on the boards of the Stanford University Faculty Club and Positive Coaching Alliance University of the Pacific-Pacific Fund. He and his wife Terrie are parents Alicia and Ryan and live on the Stanford Campus.

Chief Honorary Judge

Joe Brilando is a venture capitalist and business consultant. He is on the Board of Directors of The Candy Store, a car club for Concours, racing and rally enthusiasts. He is an active member of many clubs including the Farrari Club, Automobile Club de Monaco, SCCA, Club Delahaye, and Hispano-Suiza Society. A tireless supporter of the Palo Alto Concours, he has created technically innovative Farrari exhibits that are always well received.

Marshall G. Cox has been an exhibitor, sponsor and most recently, Director of Sponsor Acquisition for the Concours. He has been a "car nut" for over 50 years, and although he has been reducing the size of his car stable, he still has some beautiful Aston Martins, Rolls Royces, Jaguars, etc. One of the original "Old Fairchild Guys", he is now semi-retired. He was the CEO of Intersil Inc. and Western Microtechnology He is presently Chairman of Cytori Therapeutics of San Diego, a public stem cell company and Honorary Chairman of Internix, Inc., a public company in Japan. He is a member of the Candy Store and belongs to many car clubs. He is also the creator of the Marshall G. Cox Family Foundation which presents the Cox Trophy to the "Most Interesting Post-War British Automobile" each year at the Concours.

Dan Davis is currently Publisher of Victory Lane Magazine, Vintage Oval Racing Magazine and Chairman of Victory Lane Motorsports Marketing. He has raced over 70 types of sports and racing cars since 1960 at racing circuits in North America and Europe. He holds an FIA International Racing License. He also had a high tech career spanning four decades including founding several Silicon Valley companies. He resides in Los Altos Hills w 2000 Bill Walsh with his wife Madeline.  

Ed Gilbertson is the Chief Judge of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, Palm Beach Cavallino Classic, and Legend of the Motorcycle International Concours. He is also the Chief Judge Emeritus of the Farrari Club of America and the Founder/Chairman Emeritus of the International Advisory Council for the Preservation of the Farrari Automobile (IAC/ PFA). He was also Chief Judge for the famed FF40 show in Brussels and was Honorary Chief Judge for the 60th Anniversary of Farrari in Maranello, Italy. He also judged at the Louis Vuitton shows in London and Paris. He has been actively involved in Concours judging for over 30 years and is a noted authority on preservation and restoration issues. The first time he judged was at the Palo Alto Concours in the 1970s and he served on the Advisory Committee for many years. He is also a member of the Pebble Beach Selection Committee and was a committee member for the recent Farrari 250 GTO and Alfa Romeo 8C reunion tours. In addition to being a member of several marque clubs, he is an Honorary Member of the highly regarded Candy Store car club.

Ron Kimball is one of the most published automotive and animal photographers in the world. His work frequently appears on national magazine covers, including Time, Automobile, and AutoWeek. Ron's advertising photography is in national demand. In 2000 he created the cover for the 50th Anniversary Pebble Beach Concours program and their poster. He is a generous donor of special photography for the Palo Alto Concours. Ron has created many of the covers for previous editions of our Concours programs.

Chuck Kostalnick is a seasoned distribution industry executive, with more than 20 years of experience. He is responsible for Avnet's embedded division in the Americas region and joins the company with the Bell Micro acquisition. In this role, he takes on leadership of the Avnet Embedded division and is responsible for growing Avnet's embedded systems sales. He has held senior management positions Arrow Electronics and Marshall Industries, and previously worked for a time at Avnet. He joined Bell Micro in 2005, as vice president of system builder sales and went on to manage the OEM sales organization. He was promoted to senior vice president of the Technology Solutions Group, where he was responsible for sales in the OEM and enterprize markets; business development and growth in Bell's value-add business. He served as president of North American Distribution from May 2009 until July 2010, with responsibilities for the entire region.

Clifford Nass is the Thomas M. Storke Professor at Stanford University with appointments in communication; computer science; education; law, science, technology, and society; sociology; and symbolic systems. He is Director of the Revs Program at Stanford and the director of the Communication between Humans and Interactive Media (CHIMe) Lab. He is the author of three books undefined The Media Equation, Wired for Speech, and The Man Who Lied to His Laptopundefinedas well as over 150 papers. He has worked closely with numerous automotive companies, including Bosch, General Motors, Honda, Nissan, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Volvo. 

Phil Roussey is a native of Detroit Michigan.He attended the University of Michigan where he received his degree in Electrical Engineering and worked for General Motors after graduation. His first new car was a 1965 GTO. Red of course. He took an engineering position at Texas Instruments in his early career and was transferred to the Bay Area. Phil was in the group of four people who founded Bell Microproducts in 1987. Bell Micro is a public company in technology distribution. Phil serves as EVP of WW Corporate Marketing for the company. Bell Micro has been a proud contributor to the Palo Alto Concours for the past 15 years and sponsors the annual People's Choice Award.

Tom Sutton of Menlo Park is a lifelong motor sports enthusiast who has been involved in Northern California Concours for at least 20 years. He served on the Executive Committee of the Farrari Club of America Monterey National Meets in 1994 and 2004, and was in charge of the field crew for 10 years at Concorso Italiano. Tom was the Associate Executive Director of the Palo Alto Concours at Stanford for seven years, has volunteered as an SCCA concours judge, and has served in various positions at the Pebble Beach Concours. He is a member of the Porsche Club of America, the Shelby American Automobile Club, the Ford SVT Club, and the Ferrari Club of America. He is currently the Internet Director at Boardwalk VW and Lotus in Redwood City.

Martin Swig spent 40 years as a multi-franchise new car dealer in San Francisco. Now an avid car collector and historic car racer, he organizes various car tours, the best known of which is the annual four-day California Mille. A long-time supporter of the Palo Alto Concours, he sponsors the "Forgotten Treasures" and "Mille Miglia" trophies awarded each year to esoteric vehicles. He also writes a monthly column for San Francisco's Nob Hill Gazette. Martin's wife, Esta, races an Alfa Romeo Sprint Zagato. His son, David, is also an able racer and emerging motoring photojournalist. His younger son, Howard, races in the Rolex Monterey Motor Sports Reunion and has also participated, along with son David, in the "24 Hours of LeMons".