{"id":4824,"date":"2024-05-22T11:14:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T16:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/?p=4824"},"modified":"2024-05-22T11:14:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T16:14:45","slug":"meet-the-nqd-finalists-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/meet-the-nqd-finalists-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the NQD finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eleven dealers will be vying for the prestigious Nation Quality Dealer of Year honor at the NIADA Convention and Expo June 17-20 at the Wynn in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2023 NQD Dan Johnson will help celebrate the newest honoree at 2:45 p.m. Thursday, June 20 in the NIADA Awards Banquet. The session will be a celebration of the industry, with the Crystal Eagle recipients being honored for their work in growing the association, along with this year\u2019s NIADA Foundation scholarship winners and the executive director of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next NQD to join the elite company of dealers who have exemplified a commitment to quality and excellence in the industry, as well as outstanding customer service and community service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 11 finalists for this year\u2019s honor are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alabama: Randy Little, Randy Little, Little\u2019s Auto Sales, Satsuma, Ala.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carolinas: Michael Threadgill, Triple T Motors, Florence, S.C.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colorado: Dave Guttenberg, Automotive Imports, Denver, Colo.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Florida: Jason March, March Motors, Jacksonville, Fla.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Iowa: Jeffrey West, Jeff\u2019s Car Corner, Davenport, Iowa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Indiana: Melanie Goldman, GMG Motors, Morgantown, Ind.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Michigan: Kelly Herb, Tom Stehouwer Auto Sales, Grand Rapids, Mich.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ohio: Lisa Marshall, North Main Motors, Marysville, Ohio<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pennsylvania: Danielle Royer, Royer\u2019s 322 Motors, Dubois, Pa.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Texas: Armando Villarreal, McAllen Auto Sales, McAllen, Texas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Virginia: Donald Sullivan, Jr., Sullivan Auto Trading, Fredricksburg, Va.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Read all about the finalists in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/digitaleditions.walsworth.com\/publication\/?i=819163&amp;p=14&amp;view=issueViewer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the April issue of UCD<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each week leading up to the convention, NIADA will be introducing the finalists in videos. This week, we are honored to present:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Threadgill of Triple T Motors<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2024 NQD Nominee - Michael Threadgill\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bvFnZlXPHDQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Randy Little of Little\u2019s Auto Sales<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2024 NQD Nominee - Randy Little\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5W76l3qSWyo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Jeff West of Jeff\u2019s Car Corner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2024 NQD Nominee - Jeff West\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sYGShCt88RU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eleven dealers will be vying for the prestigious Nation Quality Dealer of Year honor at the NIADA Convention&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4818,"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":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4824","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-industry","8":"category-niada-news","9":"cs-entry","10":"cs-video-wrap"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4824","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=4824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}