Daniel Jobe nominated for Time Quality Dealer Award

Daniel Jobe nominated for Time Quality Dealer Award

Daniel Jobe, president of Capitol Cadillac, and a third generation dealer, has been nominated by WANADA as its Time Magazine Quality Dealer of the Year. Daniel Jobe is the kind of dealer the TMQDA is all about, said Gerard Murphy, president of WANADA. He is a leader in his industry as well as one committed to his community.

Daniel followed his grandfather and father into the automobile business as dealer principal of Capitol Cadillac, which was started by his grandfather, Floyd Akers in 1934 in downtown Washington, DC. His father, Howard Jobe, became the head of the company in the mid-1960s and subsequently moved the dealership (in 1979) to its current location in Greenbelt, Md., adjacent to the Capital Beltway. Daniel began work in the dealership when he was in eighth grade and became president of the store in 1990 at the age of 30, after his father passed away.

Besides Cadillac, Capitol today also boasts the GMC and Fisker franchise. In 2009, the company was in solid financial position, employing 81 people.

Daniel has chaired The Washington Auto Show and served on WANADAs Board of Directors from 2001-2007.

He attended the University of Delaware and was a member of the National Honor Society while there. He has also been active in a variety of organizations, to include the National Kidney Foundation, where he has served as a board member since 1995, and IONA Senior Services, where he was a board member from 1996 to 2002. He is a significant contributor to the American Heart Association and the American Cancer Society, national and local chapters, in addition to numerous local and regional non-profit organizations.

Active in politics, he has served as fundraising co-host for Republican and Democratic candidates for elected office. He has also been active in the GM, Cadillac and Hummer dealer councils (beginning in 1986) and is currently a member of the GM National Dealer Council. An avid car collector, he is the recipient of the Cadillac Herald Award, which is presented by the Cadillac & LaSalle Club.

Time Magazine Quality Dealer of the Year Awardees are recognized at the annual NADA Convention, which next will be in San Francisco, February 5-7, 2011.