Cool Cars for Kids Board of Directors
Our board is a group of both car enthusiasts, supporters and medical professionals
Dr. Ian Krantz, Director (Pennsylvania)
Ian is a pediatrician and geneticist who has been on the faculty at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at The University of Pennsylvania for over 20 years. Ian is both a clinician and basic scientist and his work is focused on finding the causes of rare genetic conditions and using that information to develop new therapeutic modalities. He has had a life-long love of classic cars and Cool Cars for Kids, Inc. The Philadelphia Concours d’Elegance is the perfect way to bring those two worlds together to provide a top notch venue for amazing cars and to increase awareness of rare disorders and improve the lives of affected kids and their families.
Paul Patitucci, Treasurer and Director (Pennsylvania)
Paul has worked in the Financial Services field for over 25 years. Paul's concentration over this time has been helping both companies and their employees administer and invest their retirement plans. The goal has always been to help others retire with comfort and dignity. Recently Paul left the corporate world in order to start his own firm providing alternative financial solutions. Paul lives in the Philadelphia suburbs with his wife Beth and two sons, Joe and Andrew. Joe has worked in the lab at CHOP, just graduated high school and now attends Temple University. Andrew was born with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome and has spent many days and nights at CHOP which makes Cool Cars for Kids a very important, very personal endeavor for Paul.
Dick Vermeil, Director and Honorary Chairman (Pennsylvania)
Dick is a retired head coach for the National Football League’s Philadelphia Eagles, St. Louis Rams and Kansas City Chiefs. He owns the distinction of being named “Coach of the Year” for high school, junior college, NCAA Division I and professional football. His father, Louis Vermeil, operated a backyard garage in California where Dick grew up. Dick began working in the garage in his early teens. Louis Vermeil owned several race cars, and Old Number 7 a.k.a “Black Beauty”, his favorite and most successful car, was inducted into the National Sprint Car Association Hall of Fame. Dick now owns Black Beauty, has restored it and participates in vintage racing.
Susan Tatios, Director (Pennsylvania)
Susan is the manager at Mike Tillson Motorcars. She has been involved in the automotive and classic car field for over 25 years and has judged at many top concours including Boca Raton Concours, Churchill Downs Concours, French Lick Concours, Radnor Concours, Hilton Head Concours, and others. Susan has a long-standing interest in helping children with developmental disorders both through her personal and philanthropic experiences.
Alla Valente (New York)
Alla Valente brings 20+ years of B2B marketing expertise with a focusing on risk, compliance, and financial technologies that help businesses manage risk and improve positive outcomes. Alla brings a passion for rare pediatric diseases and has been involved with the American Liver Foundation where she has raised over $25,000 and with the Alagille Syndrome Center at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia where she and her family have participated in a number of studies and clinical trials. Alla is a lifelong New Yorker, a self-proclaimed foodie, and a fan of the Oxford Comma. She currently lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband, John, their two children, and their cocker spaniel.
Sandy Cotterman (Massachusetts)
Sandy Cotterman found the motorsports party rather late in life. Under the Jaguar marque she became a passionate enthusiast and is a JCNA certified judge for prestigious concours events up and down the east coast. Her credentialed media pass has landed her at the top concours events researching the cars of the world’s finest automotive museums. She’s been in the pits at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Monaco’s F1, Daytona, and Sebring to name just a few. She’s attended high performance driving courses and recently participated in her first TSD rally, the Monte Shelton NW Classic. Sandy also writes for MMR (Motorsports Marketing Resources) under the bi-line Sandy on Assignment.
Lainey Moseley (Pennsylvania)
Lainey is also an Emmy Award winning Producer for CBS News’ 48 Hours and is contributing opinion writer to the Washington Post and Philadelphia Inquirer, advocating on behalf of special needs kids and young adults with rare diagnoses. She has been a volunteer at CHOP for the past 10 years as a speaker and member of the Family Centered Care Center. Most of all, Lainey is an awesome mother to 4 kids - her proudest accomplishment. Leta, Lainey's oldest daughter was the first patient in the world diagnosed with CHOP's syndrome. She is an medical advocate for her daughter!
Max Kaiserman (Pennsylvania)
A Philadelphia native, Director of marketing and revenue for his family's third-generation multifamily real estate company, now celebrating their centennial year. Max is also the founder of Luna Replicas; a vintage automotive and space reproduction apparel company. LR recreates the clothing and gear from 1960s classic racing teams as well as early NASA programs. Max has always had a passion for classic cars and other machines, specifically airplanes and steamships, and the uniforms & equipment that go with them. Inspiring others to be interested in history, technology, the lives of those pioneers involved, and just good old turning wrenches, is one of Max's passions. Through exactly-replicated apparel and gear, making history fashionable can be a gateway to historical inspiration, much deeper than just reading about it in books. Living history in this way introduced Max to automative & aerospace engineering, historic diving equipment, spacesuit design, and more every day. Max work with preserving and interpreting museum collections, as well as his own classic car collection, including a 1945 Ford GPW WWII Army Jeep, 1955 Bel-Air, 1966 Mustang GT-350 clone, 1972 Corvette Convertible, and Astronaut Al Worden's 1971 custom LS-5 Corvette from Apollo 15.
Adam Roth (Pennsylvania)
Adam Roth is the Office Tax Managing Partner of the Deloitte Philadelphia Tax Practice. Adam has a diverse practice and over 20 years of experience assisting clients in a variety of areas, such as, tax planning, mergers and acquisitions, accounting for income taxes, compliance and tax research and analysis. Adam received his B.B.A. in Accountancy from the Fox School of Business and Management, Temple University and his Masters of Taxation from Villanova University.
Adam has had a life-long passion for cars, a passion he shares with his wife and son. Adam and his family reside in the Philadelphia suburbs.
Bridget Gottlieb, Operations Coordinator (Pennsylvania)
Bridget is a Program Coordinator at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia within the Roberts Individualized Medical Genetics Center. Her job ranges from enrolling families in research efforts, helping with genetic research, and organizing monthly multidisciplinary specialty clinics. With Cool Cars for Kids, she helps with all fundraising efforts including organizing and planning the Philadelphia Concours d'Elegance, from marketing and sponsorship to working with all of the car owners! She loves working with the families and enjoys being in such a multidisciplinary role.
Dr. Fred Simeone (1936-2022)
Former Director of Cool Cars for Kids
After his graduation from University of Pennsylvania and Mayo Clinic residency, Dr. Simeone joined the faculty of Harvard Medical School to practice neurosurgery. Later he was recruited to the University of Pennsylvania where he ultimately became professor and an active practitioner for 40 years. During this time he served the community, and developed a referral practice while he was engaged in research. He ultimately edited nine neurosurgical books and wrote over 100 papers. Dr. Simeone's avocation was studying automotive history, with a particular interest in sports cars; this led to a collection that represents the best cars of the five major countries active in international sports car racing. He retired from neurosurgery in June 2008 to create a Foundation and museum where he managed its educational mission. Dr. Simeone (or Fred) opened his art to all and the doors to the Foundation Museum to car lovers from around the world to share his wonderful collection of iconic cars and racing vehicles. Although Dr. Fred Simeone is no longer with us, his passion and enthusiasm will be sorely missed but his spirit lives on in all of the lives he impacted.
Michael Tillson III, President and Director (Pennsylvania)
Mike is founder of Tillson Motorcars and the Radnor Hunt Concours d’Elegance. He began his career crafting custom bodies with the Derman Body Co. in Rosemont, PA., and later with Algar Ferrari. He was also involved in international racing as a driver and car builder. Mike and his team currently compete in major exhibition and motor racing events around the country. Mike has merged his passion with classic cars with the mission of Cool Cars for Kids in bringing the Philadelphia Concours d’Elegance into existence.
Sarah Raible, Secretary and Director (Pennsylvania)
Sarah is a Genetic Counselor and Clinical Director of the Center for Cornelia de Lange Syndrome and Related Diagnoses at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Sarah is passionate about helping children and their families with rare genetic diagnoses and doing everything clinically possible to improve the health and happiness of these kids. Sarah brings her vision, esthetics, organizational skills and indomitable spirit to Cool Cars for Kids, Inc. and the Philadelphia Concours d’Elegance and is a driving force behind its success.
Julie Mairano, Clerk and Director (Massachusetts)
Julie is a proud member of the Board of Directors of Cool Cars for Kids and an experienced nonprofit executive. As Executive Director of the Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS) Foundation for over 22 years, she led the organization through a period of substantial growth. As a parent of a daughter (Lisa) who lived for 34 years with CdLS she is inspired to make the Center for CdLS and Related Diagnoses a Children's Hospital of Philadelphia a medical and research home for children with rare diagnoses.
Susan & David Fowler, Directors (New Jersey)
David spent 37 years at Chubb in a number of executive roles, undertaking consulting work in NYC and Harvard Business School. He is an avid boater in NJ, Cape Cod and FL. He has served on numerous not for profit boards. Susan is a former teacher and current owner of Down to Basics bedding business in Red Bank NJ for the last 26 years. They have two children – David, 29, in commercial real estate in NYC and Logan, 28 (who has Cornelia de Lange Syndrome) is living in Westbrook, CT in a program called Vista Innovations. They are Founding Donors of the Center for CdLS and Related Diagnoses at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. They joined the CCfK Board of Directors in 2016 as Founding Members.