Members of our Selection Committee spend the first quarter of each year reviewing entrant applications and researching the car entries that have been submitted, sometimes even visiting them in the process. Our Selection Committee is made up of about fifteen knowledgeable experts, and it is very rare that a car is submitted that is unknown to all of them. Every car is then carefully considered and discussed in depth during a two day Selection Committee meeting.
Chairman Sandra Button
For over 30 years, Sandra Button has guided the growth of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, serving first as its Executive Director and since 2002 as its Chairman. She has also been deeply involved in transforming the collector car hobby into a truly global celebration of the automobile, supporting many new automotive events and seeking to encourage the next generation of enthusiasts. She often officiates at concours from Asia and the Middle East to Europe and South America.
Richard Adatto Seattle, Washington
Richard Adatto is a world-renowned expert on French aerodynamic cars produced before World War II, a topic on which he has written or co-written eight books. He has been a member of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Selection Committee and he has been a Class Judge or Chief Class Judge at the Concours for more than 30 years. He has also been on the Board of the Mullin Automotive Museum since its inception and he serves as an International Chief Judge Advisory Group Steering Committee member.
Chris Bock Nevada City, California
Chris Bock has served as our Chief Judge since 2013. He was first appointed a Class Judge often acting as Chief Class Judge for American Classics. Mr. Bock has also been on our Selection Committee since its inception in 2005, and he plays key roles in overseeing field and ramp operations on Concours Sunday, making certain that all runs smoothly. He has been an entrant on five occasions—often showing Packards, a marque to which he is devoted. Apart from the Concours, Mr. Bock has also served as President and National Head Judge of the Classic Car Club of America and as editor of The Cormorant for The Packard Club. He is a retired real estate broker and a foster parent.
Stephen F. Brauer St. Louis, Missouri
Stephen Brauer is Chairman and CEO of Hunter Engineering Company, which designs, manufactures and sells computer-based automotive service equipment to automobile manufacturers and dealers worldwide. In June 2001 President George W. Bush appointed Mr. Brauer as his US Ambassador to Belgium, where he served until September 2003. He is a past member of the Smithsonian National Board and is active in numerous charitable and civic organizations. In the automobile arena, Mr. Brauer was influenced at an early age by his stepfather, Lee Hunter, who was an automotive genius, founder of Hunter Engineering Company and a member of the US Automotive Hall of Fame. He has served as a member of our Selection Committee since its formation in 2005, and also our Chief Honorary Judge.
Martin E. Button Carmel, California
Martin Button serves as a member of the Selection Committee for the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, he is an announcer for the Concours, and he is involved in its many publications. He also officiates at many other concours, and is president of Cosdel International Transportation, overseeing the logistics and handling all the details involved in transporting collector cars to automotive events around the world. Martin is also a member of several automotive organizations, including the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain, the Rolls-Royce Owners Club, and the Classic Jaguar Association.
Colin Feichtmeir Los Gatos, California
Colin Feichtmeir is a commercial real estate professional in the Silicon Valley and a lifelong enthusiast of prewar cars, primarily American automobiles built before 1920. At age 14 he became a lifetime member of the Horseless Carriage Club of America, and he bought his first antique, a Model T Ford, at age 19 in partnership with his younger brother. He still owns that Model T and has continued to collect and study antique and sports cars while raising a family in Northern California.
David Gooding Santa Monica, California
David Gooding is the President and Founder of California-based Gooding & Company, the auction house acclaimed for selling the world’s most significant and valuable collector cars. Early in his career, he helped to organize the first auction at the Pebble Beach Concours, back in 1990; he has served as a Class Judge on several occasions; and he has been a member of the Selection Committee since its inception. Over time, Mr. Gooding has appraised thousands of vehicles for sale at auction, by private treaty or for charitable donation.
Ken Gross Hamilton, Virginia
Former Director of the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, Ken is a 30-year Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Chief Class Judge and serves on the Selection Committee. A member of ICJAG, the International Chief Judge Advisory Group, and chief judge for the Greenwich Concours d’Elegance, Ken judges at many events worldwide. His critically acclaimed exhibitions have appeared at major North American Fine Art Museums. The author of twenty-four automotive books and museum catalogs, Ken has received the Automotive Hall of Fame Distinguished Service Citation, the International Motor Press Association’s Ken W. Purdy award, the Motor Press Guild’s Dean Bachelor Award, the Lorin Tryon Award and the Lee Iacocca award.
Paul Hageman
Paul Hageman can trace his car collecting back to an army jeep at the age of 9, followed not long after by a Land Rover at the age of 14 that he later restored himself. Coming from a family of car enthusiasts and experts, it was inevitable that he, too, would fall into the hobby. By highschool, as an after school activity, he had built a lucrative business buying and selling old Porsches and other sports cars.
After graduating from college, Paul joined the team at the Louwman Museum in The Netherlands helping the proprietor, Mr. E. Louwman, open the groundbreaking automobile museum. In 2010, Paul joined the team at Gooding and Company, and spent over 5 years learning the ins and outs of the global collector car market. At the age of 25, Paul became the youngest-ever judge at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. He now lives in Brooklyn, NY, and works with collectors around the world sourcing and selling historically important automobiles under the Hageman Motorcars banner.
Peter Hageman Santa Barbara, California
Peter Hageman has been an automobile and motorcycle enthusiast his whole life. Inspired by trips in his family’s 1928 Packard, Peter purchased a Packard of his own at age 13. His father also collected Mercedes-Benz and Rolls-Royce, helping to expand Peter’s taste for quality motorcars. His expertise is now wide-ranging, but he is particularly well known for his knowledge of Vintage Bentleys and Ducati motorcycles. A longtime judge at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, Peter helped to introduce Preservation Classes to the event and now serves as the Chief Class Judge for those classes. He has also been a member of the Selection Committee since its inception. Peter is a longtime member of the Classic Car Club of America, he served as Chair of the Bentley Drivers Club for the Northwest for 10 years, and he was Honorary Consul for the Netherlands for the states of Washington, Idaho and Montana for 11 years.
Evan Ide Uxbridge, Massachusetts
Evan Ide, an internationally known expert in early motorcars, was formerly the curator and is now a trustee of the Larz Anderson Auto Museum, the oldest in the United States. The author of three books, including Packard Motor Car Company, Mr. Ide currently serves as advisor for the Louwman Museum in the Netherlands and is the Senior Specialist for Bonhams auctioneers international motorcar department. He is well versed in motorcars before World War II with a particular specialty in pre-1904 machines. In addition to his work as a historian he is an active restorer with a workshop in Massachusetts specializing in prewar automobiles. This shop has a particular focus on authenticity and preservation methods with an emphasis on museum work. A frequent lecturer on early motoring topics, recent venues include The Simeone Foundation, Blackhawk Museum and Royal Automobile Club London. An active user of early cars he participates in the VCC Veteran Car run from London To Brighton annually.
Julius Kruta Gengenbach, Germany
Julius Kruta is a freelance historian and automotive advisor. He became infected with the Bugatti virus at Prescott, England, in the early 1980s and in 1994 he started a company specializing in hand-built Bugatti models. After having graduated from University with a thesis on Bugatti, he started his career in 2000 at Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S in the marketing department. In 2003 he became “Head of Tradition” for Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. and held this position until summer 2018. He has also co-authored six books related to Bugatti. Julius has been a Class Judge at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance since 2003.
Peter Larsen Copenhagen, Denmark
Peter Larsen is the author of several works about French cars and French coachbuilding. A Fulbright scholar, he holds a doctorate in linguistics and semiotics from Brown University and the University of Copenhagen. After having spent a number of years in the music industry, Mr. Larsen now operates a translation company and devotes time to writing and linguistic work. Mr. Larsen judges at a number of concours worldwide and collects Italian and French sportscars.
Alan W. McEwan Redmond, Washington
Al McEwan is a retired aerospace engineering manager from The Boeing Company. Starting in 1970, Al has planned and conducted 15 National CARavans for the CCCA. In 2005 Al planned and conducted the first of the annual Pebble Beach Motoring Classics, a 1,500-mile tour ending at Pebble Beach. He has shown eight cars at the Pebble Beach Concours, the first in 1981, and has been a Pebble Beach Concours judge for 31 years. Currently, he is the Chief Class Judge for European Classics and a member of the Pebble Beach Concours Selection Committee. He is considered an authority on CCCA Classics, particularly foreign Classics with an emphasis on Hispano Suiza, Isotta Fraschini and Rolls-Royce.
Miles Morris Weston, Connecticut
Miles is a co-founder and owner of MM Garage which is a private professional collector car brokerage business with offices in Connecticut and California. Prior to that Miles was head of the international classic car department at Christie’s auction house. He is also a FIVA ambassador for North America and a FIVA inspector. Born and raised in the UK, Miles has been involved with classic cars forever; his father was a preeminent UK collector, racing driver and racecar driving instructor.
