Bob “retired” in North Texas in 1998 after a career in Computer Science and Telecommunications. He and his wife Cindy relocated to the Chattanooga area in 2001. Having been a “gear head” for most of his life, he bought his first BMW in 1995 and has been hooked on BMW ever since. His current pride and joy is a 2018 M4 in Tanzanite blue over gray.
Bob enjoys spirited drives on the many excellent and relatively empty roads in southeast Tennessee. You can find him carving his way around mountain roads on weekend mornings. He loves to participate in Chapter drives on secluded back roads in search of interesting places to indulge in his second hobby, enjoying fine food after a fun drive with fellow club members.
Vice President — Lana Freeland
Lana is a retired School Nutrition Director. She enjoys driving her BMW X3 and her husband’s BMW 128i convertible. Lana loves to travel, enjoys cars, loves to shop , and have fun with Tom, her husband, and friends.
Secretary — Donna Horn
Donna is a retired teacher and enjoys riding with her husband Ray in their Silver M5. When she retired, she came close to becoming the proud owner of a BMW Z4, which she liked very much, However, her life long dream car, while similar to the Z4 2 door roadster, is manufactured by the “other German Car Company”. She chose the other car and it is an AMG.
Treasurer — Rob Mitchell
Rob’s passion for the BMW brand began more than 50 years ago when he bought his first BMW—a 1968 BMW 1600. That passion would lead him to join the BMW CCA in 1970 and in 1972 to employment as a salesperson at a Boston-area BMW dealership. Following the establishment of BMW of North America in 1975, Rob was hired by the company as a sales training manager, based out of the corporate headquarters in New Jersey. Subsequent promotions added motorcycle marketing and corporate communications to Rob’s BMW work experience, and he retired as the head of corporate communications in 2008 after 32 years with BMW NA. Rob and his wife Susan relocated to East Tennessee shortly thereafter and spend their time between a lake home on Watts Bar Lake and their downtown Chattanooga home. Rob is a noted BMW historian and avid collector of BMW memorabilia. His current fleet includes 3 BMW automobiles and 4 BMW motorcycles.
Members at Large
Member-at-Large (appointed) Cindy Wilson
Member-at-Large (appointed) Nancy Thompson
Crisis Communications Coordinator (appointed) Art Von Werssowetz
Founder and former President (appointed) Brenda Terrell
Event Staff
Driving Event Coordinator — Steve Poteet -Steve is a mechanical engineer, graduate of the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. He “retired” from TVA in 2009 and has been a consulting engineer since. In his current job, Steve travels all over the U.S., and has been in Canada a couple of times working at hydropower plants. Much of his consulting work has been in the Pacific Northwest and California. Not a huge fan of flying, when time permits, he loves to make cross-country drives and one of his bucket list items is a land-drive from Tennessee to Alaska. He has driven through every state except for Alaska and Hawaii. Steve was raised a “Pontiac guy” and comes from a family that took road trips. He acquired his first BMW at 49 years of age (a 1997 318ic convertible, 5-speed manual) and was immediately hooked on the marque. Since then he has owned a few BWM’s including this classic gold 1987 L6, pictured at a recent Cars and Coffee at BMW of Chattanooga. Steve is also a member of the Mercedes-Benz Club of America and owner of yet another fine classic, a red 1985 500SL.Steve always has a blast on the club drives and is looking forward to shepherding the club to some nice destinations.
Communications Team
Webmaster — Ray Horn
Ray was born in Northern New Jersey (Big Apple Area) and is a graduate of New Jersey Institute of Technology. Ray is a retired Mechanical Engineer, has worked 45 years in the Chemical industry, is retired with 32 years of service with Olin Corporation in Charleston TN, and is a “Car Guy”. For most of his adult life, he has performed most the maintenance on his personal vehicles. Today Ray still enjoys cars, boating on the Tennessee River, and playing tennis. Ray and his wife Donna are Corporate Nomads, living in NJ, CT, Latin America, NY State, and in 1991 they moved to Chattanooga, and live in East Brainerd. Ray and Donna have three daughters who are alumni of Notre Dame High School, and University of Tennessee. His other hobbies include cycling, listening to music, photography, and home theater. Ray says that his BMW E39 M5 is the best car he has ever owned!
