“I am honored and privileged to join this exceptional group of business and community leaders,” Case said. “I look forward to working closely with them to fulfill the mission and vision of the board.” 

A 2022 Horatio Alger Award recipient, Case is president and CEO of Rick Case Automotive Group in Sunrise, Florida, the nation’s largest retail automotive group that is owned and operated by a woman. Today she operates 14 dealerships in South Florida and Atlanta, Georgia. Rick Case Automotive holds the world’s volume records for some of its brands and is in the top volume nationally for most of its brands annually. The company has also received multiple national honors for operational excellence.

Case, who serves on the board of the Horatio Alger Association, also sits on numerous boards and committees which have helped steer many groups collectively to raise more than $100 million in South Florida. Case has served on the Boys & Girls Club of Broward County board for more than 35 years and, with her late husband Rick, was instrumental in building 12 clubs, serving 12,000 members. Case serves on the board  for Nova Southeastern University and the Broward Workshop.

 With her husband, Case also founded many stellar charity events and established numerous charity contributions. In 1982, they launched their “Rick Case Bikes for Kids” program, which continues today and has provided more than 125,000 bikes to children in need during the holidays in South Florida and Atlanta, Georgia.

A graduate of the University of California, Davis, Case is also a jet pilot.

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta branch directors provide economic information from their industries and the branch territory to the district Bank’s president and head office directors, who use the information in discussing monetary policy options and making discount rate recommendations. The Board of Governors appoints three of the Miami Branch directors, and the Atlanta head office directors appoint four.

About The Rick Case Automotive Group

Celebrating 60 years in business in 2022, the Rick Case Automotive Group has been honored by Automotive News as the National All-Star Dealer and is one of the largest auto groups in America. With 14 dealerships in Florida and Georgia, the Rick Case Automotive Group offers Honda, Hyundai, Genesis, Ioniq, Volkswagen, Kia, Acura, Audi, Mazda, Maserati, Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Honda Motorcycles and E-Z-Go golf carts. Rick Case dealerships are known for holding national sales’ records, consistently ranking among the top performers in markets they serve. The Group’s national headquarters is located at 14500 W. Sunrise Blvd. in Sunrise, Florida. For more information, visit www.RickCase.com.

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Amberly Allen is the Managing Partner of Dealer Merchant Services and President of DI Marketing.   Over the past 18 years she has worked with the very best in the automotive industry.  

In 2005, she started DI Marketing – a dealer centric marketing firm and grew it into one of the fastest growing businesses in the country.   She has received numerous awards including the INC 5000 fastest growing company – two years in a row, Top 50 Fastest Growing Women’s Businesses in Houston, Top 40 under 40 for the Houston Business Journal, an international Stevie award for Best Entrepreneur, a 3X finalist for the NAWBO (National Association of Women Business Owners) Business owner of the year, a finalist for Ernst & Young Winning Women Award and the youngest member (at the time) of the Women’s Presidents Organization requiring $2Million+ in annual revenue.  DI is also an FCA approved vendor, a Lithia approved vendor and some of the first dealers she worked with are still her customers today. 

During her time with the decision makers, maximizing profitability was always the most important topic.  She began learning more about one of the largest, and oftentimes, overlooked expenses – credit card processing fees.  She spent several years researching the legislative changes as it pertains to these fees and created Dealer Merchant Services.  Dealer Merchant Services focuses on dealerships and uses a unique and proprietary method, backed by a US Patent, to help dealers recoup an estimated $5k – $15k per month, per rooftop without jeopardizing CSI.  Dealer Merchant Services is now the fastest growing Merchant Provider that focuses solely on dealers and her goal is to help save dealers $35Million + in the next 5 years. https://dealermerchantservices.com/

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Sean Kelley

I’ve seen so many of these online engagements take weeks. Just because okay, we text or email, we wait for the reply from the customer. And literally all of a sudden, you turn that into a five minute phone call, and then everything is sorted out and the customer makes a decision. So at the end of the day, it’s almost like maybe the customer isn’t always right. I don’t know, maybe I’m crazy for saying that.

Brian Twoomey

Depends which side of the table you’re on. I mean, it’s been a crazy couple of years. And, you know, it was funny, when I think back. I remember saying and I haven’t said this in a while we’re in control. We’ve never been in control. We’ve always had to cater to what the customer needs and wants and everything else and then all of a sudden, the script flipped and you know, we had the control of how the deal was going to work and what information we would give to the consumer, or when we gave it, before they came in. And like I’ve said a couple of times already things are going back to the way they were prior and you got to play ball by their rules a little bit more than before.

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The Driving Sales Executive Summit is on in a BIG way Oct 9-10 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. The industry is currently in a very dynamic yet super profitable state, but for how long? Change is just a supply chain kink or governmental policy away. Innovations are being introduced all the time, and now is the time to decide which ones are worthy and which ones are half-baked. Bottom line, it all comes down to people.

Is your dealership culture a positive, winning one, and are you and your team prepared for the next market phase that’s on the horizon? No one saw the Covid crisis coming let alone that it would usher in an era of unparalleled profit…we may not be so lucky next time…but we’ll be ready. This summit is focused to help you handle whatever is next.
Reg here and use Kelley100 to save $100:-): https://bit.ly/3RI7E0b

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The Driving Sales, Three Day Executive Retreat in Q4 designed to study retail innovation with world-leading experts, to help you write your business plan for next year. Save $100 by using code Kelley 100

For: Executive Teams, Owners, GMs, Marketing, GSMs, Fixed Ops

When: Oct. 8-10, 2022

Where: The Bellagio, Las Vegas

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It’s commonplace for the children of successful business owners to run the business into the ground. They inherit the business but don’t inherit the struggle and learning curve it took to build the business in the first place and move it forward. According to Inc.com, 60% of 2nd generation owners, and 90% of 3rd generation business owners tank the business. Steering the ship isn’t the same as building it and knowing how it runs. This is not unusual to the car business and Mr. Robert Voltmann, CEO of NIADA, understands that there are many such owners in his membership body that need the guidance, coaching, and proper direction that his organization is willing to give. This video series gives you insight into the unique leadership skills that Mr. Voltmann exudes as he takes the NIADA into unchartered waters in the hyper-competitive, “Era of the Used Car.”

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ACERTUS, an omnichannel automotive logistics platform, today was named the preferred vendor for vehicle logistics by the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association (NIADA). This new, strategic partnership brings ACERTUS’ comprehensive technology to thousands of NIADA members nationwide – giving independent automobile dealers access to enhanced services to seamlessly move, store, recondition, title and home deliver vehicles to compete in today’s market.

Providing necessary technology to small and independent dealers is paramount to leveling the automotive retail playing field, allowing every auto dealer, no matter the size, to easily sell vehicles nationally and meet customers where they are without logistics or title and registration being a roadblock. The new dealermallUSA by NIADA provides association members access to a range of affiliated products and services supporting the needs of small and independent dealers, including ACERTUS’ proprietary Transportation Management System (TMS), VINlocity. Through ACERTUS’ platform, members can instantly connect to capacity of more than 7,400 carriers, 1,000 drivers, 66 hub and home delivery prep locations and title and registration processing capabilities in all 50 states, as well as get quotes, place and manage orders.

“Automotive retail has a long tail of small and independent dealers critical to meeting the current unprecedented demand for inventory,” said Trent Broberg, ACERTUS CEO. “Through this strategic partnership we can deliver technology to thousands of dealers, empowering and enabling them to expand the markets in which they can sell and acquire inventory, meet expectations for faster fulfillment and upshift the customer experience all on our logistics platform.”

The partnership kicks off during the 76^th annual NIADA National Convention and Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada bringing together independent dealers to learn the latest strategies, best practices, and emerging trends from the industry’s top minds, subject matter experts, and peers.

“Independent retailers are disproportionately feeling the effects of industry disruptions and inventory challenges,” NIADA CEO Bob Voltmann said. “NIADA members are calling for a solution to navigate these challenges and address the current gap between the independent dealers and the top 150 dealers and large digital retailers. ACERTUS provides a unique blend of technology, infrastructure and experience to empower our members to remain competitive.”

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ACERTUS, an omnichannel automotive logistics platform, today was named the preferred vendor for vehicle logistics by the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association (NIADA). This new, strategic partnership brings ACERTUS’ comprehensive technology to thousands of NIADA members nationwide – giving independent automobile dealers access to enhanced services to seamlessly move, store, recondition, title and home deliver vehicles to compete in today’s market.

Providing necessary technology to small and independent dealers is paramount to leveling the automotive retail playing field, allowing every auto dealer, no matter the size, to easily sell vehicles nationally and meet customers where they are without logistics or title and registration being a roadblock. The new dealermallUSA by NIADA provides association members access to a range of affiliated products and services supporting the needs of small and independent dealers, including ACERTUS’ proprietary Transportation Management System (TMS), VINlocity. Through ACERTUS’ platform, members can instantly connect to capacity of more than 7,400 carriers, 1,000 drivers, 66 hub and home delivery prep locations and title and registration processing capabilities in all 50 states, as well as get quotes, place and manage orders.

“Automotive retail has a long tail of small and independent dealers critical to meeting the current unprecedented demand for inventory,” said Trent Broberg, ACERTUS CEO. “Through this strategic partnership we can deliver technology to thousands of dealers, empowering and enabling them to expand the markets in which they can sell and acquire inventory, meet expectations for faster fulfillment and upshift the customer experience all on our logistics platform.”

The partnership kicks off during the 76^th annual NIADA National Convention and Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada bringing together independent dealers to learn the latest strategies, best practices, and emerging trends from the industry’s top minds, subject matter experts, and peers.

“Independent retailers are disproportionately feeling the effects of industry disruptions and inventory challenges,” NIADA CEO Bob Voltmann said. “NIADA members are calling for a solution to navigate these challenges and address the current gap between the independent dealers and the top 150 dealers and large digital retailers. ACERTUS provides a unique blend of technology, infrastructure and experience to empower our members to remain competitive.”

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Ken Hill is the Managing Director of 700Credit, the largest provider of credit and compliance products in the automotive industry. During his 12 years with 700Credit Ken has been responsible for the leadership and growth of the company. In 2007, Ken started with 700Credit when they had a respectful 700 customers and 5 affiliate partners. Fast forward to 2019 and 700Credit is now the largest in the industry, providing credit and compliance solutions to over 11,000 automotive dealerships, and integrating with 150 affiliate partners.

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