On Wheels

Lyndon Conrad Bell, editor-in-chief, finds beauty in functionality, performance and utility. A great driving car, he believes, will come to represent beauty over time; an ill-performing automobile, no matter how shapely its bodywork, will always be incapable of imparting satisfaction. His work has appeared in Forbes, Automotive News, Essence, Auto World and Automotive Rhythms.

Considered by many the dean of African-American auto journalists, Warren Brown has covered cars for the Washington Post since 1982. Prior to that, Warren did time at the New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer and Jet. That, along with his M.A. from Columbia University's journalism school, means this brother's packing serious credentials. He's contributed to On Wheels' publications since 1996.

Shandrial Hudson, public relations assistant, was born and raised in western Pennsylvania. She has a B.S. in Mass Media Arts and Journalism from Clarion University of PA, where she was a Public Relations Student Society of America member and United Way intern. She is pursuing her passion for public/media relations, event planning and design with the OnWheels promotional team.

Old enough to remember that AMC, not Subaru, built the "world's first Sport Utility Wagon" and young enough to prefer fuel injection to carburetion, Chris Jackson graduated from the University of Michigan and has been an auto journalist since 1998. He lives in Michigan with 3 cats and a collection of automotive strays that includes a '76 Mercedes 300D, a'54 Chevy 3100, a Pinto and a Volvo 240.

Mississippi-born William Jeanes has written about cars for more than three decades. He is a former editor of Car and Driver and was publisher of that magazine and Road & Track. He was the founding editor of the consumer magazine AMI Auto World Weekly. His work has been published in American Heritage, Air & Space Smithsonian, Playboy, the New York Times, Winding Road and On Wheels.

Valerie Menard, editor of Latinos On Wheels, was born in southern California and raised in Austin, Texas. A 2nd-generation Mexican American, she is a former senior editor for Hispanic magazine. Valerie also is the author of two published books, as well as a former board member of the Texas Auto Writers Association. She has English and journalism degrees from the University of Texas at Austin.

On Wheels president and CEO Randi Payton was an automotive columnist in Washington. Realizing that information on buying cars, and knowledge about the automotive industry, was not readily available to African-American consumers. The Vietnam War veteran decided to cater to that underserved market. Randi launched African Americans On Wheels magazine and this website in 1995.

Mahadeo Singh II is a Washington D.C. native. He has had a lifelong passion for automobiles, from building model cars to restoring classic cars and designing mobile audio systems. Mahadeo is integrating his expertise in computing with his diverse automotive passions. He is earning a B.S. in information systems from the University of Maryland Baltimore County.

Our Web Manager began his career at Associated Press following Morgan State University. He created a web site that would become a national print magazine. A former intern, he returns to the company a seasoned vet. An automotive journalist, web guru and father of three, Mike stays ONWHEELS.

Jeff Yip, Asians On Wheels editor, is a West Coast native who learned his craft -- and the magic of morning laps at Laguna Seca -- at newspapers like the San Jose Mercury News and L.A. Times. He has an M.A. from Ohio State, where he was a fellow in the Kiplinger Program for Public Affairs Reporting. His work has been in the New York Times, Houston Chronicle, Tire Business and enthusiast mags.