Manheim Auctions has announced several management changes at Nashville Auto Auction in Mt. Juliet, Tenn.

Kelly Conger no longer will serve as acting general manager, a position he has held for the past seven months. He will concentrate instead on his role as vice president of operations in the Midwest. Sam Chaple, auction manager, has taken over responsibility for all auction operations.

Kevin Cook, formerly auction controller, has been promoted to assistant general manager, finance and administration. In addition, Jacquie Franklin has been named controller, and Janet Hendrixson has been promoted to general sales manager. Franklin previously was controller at Tennessee Auto Auction in Murfreesboro before it closed, while Hendrixson served as national accounts manager.

Sam Chaple

Before joining Nashville Auto Auction, Chaple served as fleet/lease and national accounts manager at Lauderdale Miami Auto Auction in Davie, Fla., from April 1998 to January 2000. He then was promoted to assistant general manager of Nashville Auto Auction, a position he held until being named auction manager last year. Chaple also was an auctioneer and fleet/lease and operations manager at Clearwater Auto Auction in Clearwater, Fla., from May 1990 to May 1998.

Kevin Cook

Cook joined Manheim in November 2000 as controller and business manager at Nashville Auto Auction, a position he held until being promoted to assistant general manager. Cook brought with him eight years of corporate experience, including five years as an internal auditor and two as a division credit manager for a large national wholesale electrical supplier, and one year as controller for Hayes Pipe Supply.

Jacquie Franklin

Franklin has been in the auction business since June 1981, when she joined Omaha Auto Auction and worked as a general office, accounting and system administrator. She transferred to Nashville Auto Auction in January 1989. During her two years there, she worked in the general office, served as Chrysler sale coordinator and was assistant office manager. In August 1991, she was named office manager of Tennessee Auto Auction, and in November 1995 was named controller.

Janet Hendrixson

Hendrixson joined Nashville Auto Auction in October 2001, serving as acting marketing manager. In November 2001, she was named national accounts manager, a position she held until being named general sales manager. Prior to joining the auction, she spent 10 years with the predecessor of Manheim’s corporate sales division. During that time, she worked her way up from end-of-term lease coordinator to sales manager.

About Manheim Auctions

Manheim Auctions says it offers services that impact every stage of a used vehicle’s life cycle. These include transaction, reconditioning and certification services, managed remarketing, end-of-lease-term management services, vehicle transportation, dealer floor planning, retail inspection and government auction services. The company also assists auto manufacturers, fleet and lease companies, banks and other financial institutions in selling their used vehicle inventories. Manheim offers technology tools that help dealers and national consignors handle their remarketing transactions more efficiently.

A wholly owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, Inc., Manheim Auctions has more than 32,000 employees at its 124 auctions and related businesses. Manheim is a global remarketing organization with 85 auctions in North America and additional operations in the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Australia and New Zealand.