2025 Board and Officers
President – Doug Brittain (Display/Contact Name “NotaMG”)
Hi to everyone! I joined LVMOC in July 2023. My first roadster was a 1970 MG Midget and I have enjoyed my roadsters ever since. In the past year and half, I have been very active in most LVMOC events, and you may have seen me in a 2023 Ceramic Blue RF or a Ceramic (Grey/Burgandy) 2019 124 Spider (Fiata).
I recently was replaced at work by AI and have decided to retire. I was a CFO and President of Finance of a healthcare company traded on the Nasdaq exchange. My work afforded me the opportunity to travel to many states and train thousands of accounting and operational executives. Meeting new people was one of my greatest joys. I grew up in the Town of Babylon LI NY in a fishing village on the ocean. I married later in life and moved to Bayside Queens with my wife Annette. Finally, we adopted my daughter from Russia and moved to Long Valley NJ, where I currently reside.
My love of driving has prompted me to be a candidate for LVMOC’s 2025 President. I have made many friends at LVMOC and I am always impressed by how passionate you are about Miatas. My goal is to improve the club stature, club drives and club events. I have been active in many Miata activities in other states’ clubs, including rallies to VA and TN with other LVMOC members. I hope to incorporate these positive experiences into LVMOC. The club is its members and I am open to any suggestions, ideas or criticisms on how the club can improve your experience. Please contact me anytime to discuss your thoughts.
I have not had the pleasure of meeting everyone in person yet but I hope to see you this coming year at an LVMOC event and look forward to 2025.
Vice-President – Michele Kane (Display/Contact Name “michele”)
Hi, I’m Michele Kane.
My husband Damon and I bought our first Miata, a 1999, in 2001. This car opened up many great adventures to us, we usually managed to put 7,000-8,000 miles/year on a car that was only driven weekends and vacations. In 2012 we replaced that with a 2012 Stormy Blue Mica which is the car you still see me driving. We also had a Fiat X1/9 and I am still a member of Fiat Club America. I really enjoy the drives and socializing with other club members, and of course the ice cream!
I am a long-time member of this club and look forward to supporting it in a new role.
Secretary – Domenic Federici (Display/Contact Name “Fun to Fly”)
Hello Fellow Members.
I'm Domenic Federici.
My wife, Cindy, and I have been pleased to have met many of you at our picnics and drives.
Although we have only owned a Miata and belonged to LVMOC for a year, we have been fortunate enough to enjoy spirited drives both here and in Italy at Miataland.
This certainly beats my experience of youth with an MGB, which took more time wrenching than driving.
I am honored to have been elected Secretary of LVMOC, and I look forward to supporting our group in any way possible.
Treasurer – David Povenski (Display/Contact Name “the stig”)
Even though my dad knew nothing about cars, I became interested in them when I was around 12, and have been into them ever since. I had to learn about cars by reading every car magazine I could get ahold of. I cannot say I was ever much of a mechanic, though.
I have attended many, many races – F1, Indy cars, NASCAR, Can-Am, Trans-Am, Formula 5000, IMSA, NHRA national races, SCCA regionals, SCCA pro rally and several types of motorcycle events: AMA dirt & road races, local hill climbs and motocross. I have also been to many major car museums and major car shows. I really enjoy seeing the unexpected.
I’ve autocrossed a couple of my cars and raced my own sprint kart. Oh, and I drag raced (on sanctioned tracks) my dad’s ’64 Chevy Biscayne 2-door sedan. I made it to Little Stock Eliminator finals twice with a bone-stock car! The BS I told him about those days!
Interesting vehicles I have owned include a Corvair Corsa, a Triumph TR-6, a Mazda RX-7 Roadster, a Caterham 7, a Fiat 131 Brava, a VW Passat VR6, and 2 Miatas – an NB and my current NC. I was also into motorcycling for several years, taking trips to CO, FL and NH – and a ride to and on the Skyline Drive in early November – I saw one car on the SD the whole way!
I came across LVMOC in 2013 and have been involved most years since.
Professionally, I worked about 10 years as an accountant, about 25 years as a main-frame programmer and about 5 years as a CDL-A truck driver. I currently have a part time job (about 9 days a month) as an accountant/administrative assistant at an Allentown company. And last, but definitely not least, I’ve only owned 3-pedal cars (that hyphen is important!)
Governor – Ken Hill (Display/Contact Name “Ken Hill”)
I’ve been a member of LVMOC since 2008, and I’m grateful to be able to give back to the club that has brought so much fun and enjoyment to me and my son Evan’s lives. Evan is my ever-present co-pilot. I have been a Miata owner since 1993. I moved around the country for several years for my job and always joined a Miata club wherever I lived. LVMOC is my 8th Miata club. I’m on my third Miata and second yellow one. I’m the ultimate tinkerer. I can’t leave anything as it came from the manufacturer. Needless to say, all my Miatas have been extensively modified. This uncontrollable urge to make things go faster landed me a job at Flyin’ Miata for 5 years, from 2000 to 2004. Working on Miatas and interacting with many Miata owners was a dream come true. Since moving back to Pennsylvania, I enjoy driving my Miata on the roads here in the eastern side of the state. By day I’m an engineer at EnerSys, an industrial battery manufacturer based in Reading, where I am a Compliance Engineer, a job that entails identifying all the regulatory standards a new product has to meet and then building the list of tests necessary to meet those requirements.