{"id":6951,"date":"2026-03-11T16:22:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T21:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/?p=6951"},"modified":"2026-03-11T17:35:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T22:35:59","slug":"bet-gaylord-joins-niada-board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/bet-gaylord-joins-niada-board-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaylord joins NIADA Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Throughout her more than 40 years in the auto industry, Betty &#8220;Bet&#8221; Gaylord has always loved sharing information and learning from her peers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The owner of Gaylord Sales &amp; Leasing in Aurora, Colorado, is thrilled for the opportunity to represent her fellow dealers on the NIADA Board of Directors. NIADA board members recently appointed Gaylord to fill the unexpired term for the open Region V Vice President seat.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Bet-Gaylord-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6952\" style=\"width:206px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Bet-Gaylord-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Bet-Gaylord-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Bet-Gaylord-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Bet-Gaylord-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Bet-Gaylord-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Bet-Gaylord-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Bet-Gaylord-110x110.jpg 110w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Bet-Gaylord-380x380.jpg 380w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Bet-Gaylord-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Bet-Gaylord-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Bet-Gaylord-1160x1160.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Bet-Gaylord.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have spent most of my lifetime in the industry, and I\u2019m most honored to be selected to serve on the NIADA Board,\u201d Gaylord said. \u201cTo be able to continue to give back to dealers, the industry and the association is my whole heart. It\u2019s truly an honor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gaylord has owned Gaylord Sales &amp; Leasing for 36 years, starting with her late husband, Tim. She is now partnering with her daughter, Crystal Gonzales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with owning a dealership, Gaylord has worked in automotive finance for more than 30 years for some of the industry\u2019s biggest names \u2013 Chase and Cox Automotive\u2019s Manheim, vAuto and NextGear. Throughout her career, she\u2019s helped dealers navigate the market, most recently assisting with floor plans. She has announced her retirement from NextGear at the end of the year to return full-time to her dealership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a fun journey. God did it all,\u201d Gaylord said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are no more callbacks. I get to go back to the dealership full-time, where I want to be.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Throughout her more than 40 years in the auto industry, Betty &#8220;Bet&#8221; Gaylord has always loved sharing information&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6937,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-industry","8":"cs-entry","9":"cs-video-wrap"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6951","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=6951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}