NADA Elects Florida Auto Dealer Alan C. Starling As 2003 Chairman
The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) on Oct. 22 elected Alan C. Starling as its 2003 chairman. Starling is president of Holiday Chevrolet-Oldsmobile, Inc., in St. Cloud, Fla.
Charley R. Smith, chairman of the board of Watson Truck & Supply, Inc., in Hobbs, N.M.,
was elected as NADA’s 2003 vice chairman.
The election was held at NADA’s Board of Directors meeting in Carlsbad, Calif. Starling and Smith will assume office at NADA’s convention and exposition in San Francisco in February.
Starling, a new car and truck dealer since 1975, is NADA’s 2002 vice chairman. He serves on NADA’s Information Technology and Automotive Trade Association Executive committees, as well as the Salesperson Certification Board of Trustees. Previously, he was chairman of the NADA’s Industry Relations Committee.
Smith, a new car and truck dealer since 1985, is the association’s Region IV vice chairman and NADA’s Strategic Planning Committee vice chairman. He also serves on NADA’s Information Technology and Government Relations committees, Insurance Trust Board and National Automobile Dealers Charitable Foundation.
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