News Release: 11/1/2016
November 01, 2016
Ohio Independent Automobile Dealers Association (OIADA) has named David Rolfes & Matt Cahill of Select Motors as the 2017 Ohio Quality Dealer of the Year.
The OIADA accepts nominations from individuals honoring their choice of Independent Automobile Dealers to compete for the honorary title of Quality Dealer of the Year. Although there are many nominated, few are chosen and only one dealer is named the Quality Dealer of the year for the state of Ohio.
To be nominated for this coveted title is a high honor as there are more than 5,250 licensed dealers in contention throughout Ohio. Nominations are received by the OIADA throughout the year and the separation process begins. Only nominees who have displayed a career of professionalism, financial stability, support of their community and dedication to their church are considered.
A selection committee decides which of the finalists are chosen to receive the award. The committee members submit their individual ballots to the OIADA where the votes are tallied and the final selection is decided. The winner was announced on October 22, 2016 at the OIADA Annual Awards Banquet which was held at the Nationwide Hotel & Conference Center in Lewis Center, Ohio and David Rolfes & Matt Cahill of Select Motors in Celina, OH were honored with the award.
Mr. Rolfes will represent Ohio and the OIADA at an annual convention conducted by the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association (NIADA) in June of 2017 in Las Vegas Nevada where he will compete against all the other state award winners from around the country for the title of National Quality Dealer of the Year.
The OIADA, located at 2040 Brice Road in Reynoldsburg Ohio, was chartered as a nonprofit corporation in 1985 under the acronym of ADAO or the Automobile Dealer Alliance of Ohio. It was renamed in 2004 to the more universal OIADA to conform as an affiliate of the NIADA located in Arlington Texas. The Ohio Quality Dealer of the Year program is an honorary award dedicated to one of the late founders of the OIADA and its first Executive Director, Mr. Jack Denney.
The OIADA accepts nominations from individuals honoring their choice of Independent Automobile Dealers to compete for the honorary title of Quality Dealer of the Year. Although there are many nominated, few are chosen and only one dealer is named the Quality Dealer of the year for the state of Ohio.
To be nominated for this coveted title is a high honor as there are more than 5,250 licensed dealers in contention throughout Ohio. Nominations are received by the OIADA throughout the year and the separation process begins. Only nominees who have displayed a career of professionalism, financial stability, support of their community and dedication to their church are considered.
A selection committee decides which of the finalists are chosen to receive the award. The committee members submit their individual ballots to the OIADA where the votes are tallied and the final selection is decided. The winner was announced on October 22, 2016 at the OIADA Annual Awards Banquet which was held at the Nationwide Hotel & Conference Center in Lewis Center, Ohio and David Rolfes & Matt Cahill of Select Motors in Celina, OH were honored with the award.
Mr. Rolfes will represent Ohio and the OIADA at an annual convention conducted by the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association (NIADA) in June of 2017 in Las Vegas Nevada where he will compete against all the other state award winners from around the country for the title of National Quality Dealer of the Year.
The OIADA, located at 2040 Brice Road in Reynoldsburg Ohio, was chartered as a nonprofit corporation in 1985 under the acronym of ADAO or the Automobile Dealer Alliance of Ohio. It was renamed in 2004 to the more universal OIADA to conform as an affiliate of the NIADA located in Arlington Texas. The Ohio Quality Dealer of the Year program is an honorary award dedicated to one of the late founders of the OIADA and its first Executive Director, Mr. Jack Denney.
Contact:
Wendy Rinehart, Executive Director
wendy@ohiada.org, (614) 863-5800