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Letter to the Editor
Monday October 22
NADA Elects Texas Auto Dealer Annette Sykora as 2008 Chairman and Iowa Dealer John McEleney Vice Chairman
The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) has elected Annette Sykora as its 2008 chairman. Sykora is dealer principal of Smith Ford Mercury in Slaton, Texas, and Smith South Plains Ford, Lincoln-Mercury, Dodge, Chrysler and Jeep in Levelland, Texas.John McEleney, president of McEleney Motors, Inc. and Southgate Motors, Ltd., in Clinton, Iowa, was elected as NADA's 2008 vice chairman.
"I am truly honored by the confidence that has been placed in me by the board of directors, and I'm looking forward to facing the challenges ahead," said Sykora.
The election was held at NADA's board of directors meeting in West Palm Beach, Fla. Sykora and McEleney will assume office at NADA's Convention & Exposition, in San Francisco, February 9-12, 2008.
Chairman-elect Sykora, a new-car dealer since 1989, is currently NADA's vice chairperson and has served on the association's board of directors since 1999. She also is a member of the Industry Relations Committee, trustee on the National Automobile Dealers Charitable Foundation Board and director on the Insurance Trust Board. In Texas, Sykora was named "Boss of the Year" by the women's division of the Slaton, Texas Chamber of Commerce in 1993.
Vice Chairman-elect John McEleney, a new-car dealer since 1976, is the current chairman of the association's Industry Relations Committee. He is also a director on the Guide Company and Insurance Trust boards, and a member of the Nominating Committee. Previously, he was NADA's Region III vice chairman and a member of the Government Relations, Industry Relations and Public Affairs committees.
The National Automobile Dealers Association, founded in 1917 and based in McLean, Va., represents approximately 20,000 franchised new car and truck dealers holding nearly 43,000 separate franchises, domestic and import.
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