WANADA nominates Geoff Pohanka as Time Dealer of the Year
Considered the auto industry’s most prestigious retail honor, the annual TIME Magazine Dealer of the Year Award recognizes outstanding franchised new car dealers and WANADAs nominee for 2012 is Geoff Pohanka of Pohanka Automotive. WANADA, along with state and metro dealer associations in the Automotive Trade Associations network (ATAE), each year puts forth dealers who exemplify sustained success in the automobile business, industry leadership and a strong sense of community. The award is presented to about 50 dealers each year at the annual NADA Convention, coming up in February 2012 in Las Vegas.
Following his father, Jack Pohanka, Geoff is a third-generation dealer and head of the multi-franchise Pohanka Automotive group with locations throughout the Washington region. Long active in national and regional dealer affairs, he served as chairman of WANADA, 1998-1999, and represented Metropolitan Washington on the National Automobile Dealer Association (NADA) Board of Directors from 2002 -2008. Previously, he served as vice chairman of NADAs Project 2000 Committee, and was a member of the NADA/GM Dealer Advisory Committee, 1993 through 1996. Additionally, he was a member of the Saturn Franchise Operations Team from 1993 through 1995. He is also a past director of the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (NIASE) from 1987 through 1994. He chaired the Washington Auto Show in 1994.
In 1991, Geoff was named the winner of the American International Automobile Dealers Association (AIADA) Sports Illustrated All-star Dealer Award in recognition of professional excellence and community leadership. He received the Northwood University Dealer Education Award in 1997.
WANADA salutes Geoff Pohanka on the well-deserved recognition!
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