Kelderman Named Communications Director
WANADA has placed Jake Kelderman, the current director for the Automobile Dealer Education Institute, in the additional role of director of communications. He has been with WANADA since August of 2008 and is a seasoned auto industry professional. He began his career as Washington correspondent for Automotive News in 1976 and after a 10 year stint with that noted industry journal became vice president of the industry affairs group at the National Automobile Dealers Association.
Most recently, he completed an eight year stint with the Newspaper Association of America where he was responsible for that organizations outreach efforts to the auto industry.
Kelderman has written extensively on the auto industry, with a particular emphasis on the retail sector. He is co-author of Betting on the Franchise, The Future of the Franchise Auto Industry, which was published in 1986.
In making this appointment we are both recognizing and taking advantage of Jakes many journalistic skills and his deep understanding of the auto industry to help us move forward to enhance communications with our members and tell our story to the public, WANADA CEO Gerard Murphy said.
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