{"id":3979,"date":"2023-06-22T20:12:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T01:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/?p=3979"},"modified":"2023-06-22T20:12:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T01:12:30","slug":"dan-johnson-named-national-quality-dealer-of-year-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/dan-johnson-named-national-quality-dealer-of-year-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Johnson named National Quality Dealer of Year winner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dan Johnson, the owner of LiteHouse Auto, in Lakewood, N.Y. is the 2023 National Quality Dealer of the Year winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johnson was honored Thursday in the closing ceremony at the NIADA Accelerate 2023 Convention and Expo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat an absolute honor. I\u2019m humbled. Everyone who was a finalist deserves this award,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cI\u2019m truly humbled to be the recipient.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/johnson-and-wife.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/johnson-and-wife.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/johnson-and-wife-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/johnson-and-wife-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/johnson-and-wife-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/johnson-and-wife-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/johnson-and-wife-800x534.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Johnson was one of 14 finalists for the award recognized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johnson is the Vice President of the NYIADA and is Region I VP for the NIADA Board of Directors. He also serves on numerous civic boards and groups. He was named the Volunteer of the Year by the United Way of Southern Chautauqua County in 2021. He is the 2023 NYIADA Quality Dealer of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDan is an inspiration to all the dealers in New York, not only for being a terrific businessman but his integrity,\u201d said Dana Bress, President of the NYIADA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johnson, a lifelong New Yorker, traces his entrepreneurial spirit to his parents, who operated a custom countertop and cabinetry business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While working at a local bank he met Rod Weidner, the owner of LiteHouse Auto, at Bible study. Johnson went to work for Weidner in 2002 and rose to general manger in 2009. After looking to start his own dealership and not being able to land a property, a conversation started with Weidner, who was looking to retire. Johnson bought the dealership in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The dealership now averages $4.7 million in retail sales and $2.68 million in wholesale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy wife and I, and our entire team works hard to build a dealership to serve our community and that is transparent to our customers,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cThis award is a culmination of all that hard work.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dan Johnson, the owner of LiteHouse Auto, in Lakewood, N.Y. is the 2023 National Quality Dealer of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_appearance_grid":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[28,3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3979","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-independent","8":"category-industry","9":"category-niada-news","10":"cs-entry","11":"cs-video-wrap"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}