{"id":7462,"date":"2026-07-01T12:03:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T17:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/?p=7462"},"modified":"2026-07-01T12:04:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T17:04:01","slug":"welcome-to-the-2026-2027-niada-board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/welcome-to-the-2026-2027-niada-board-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome, to the 2026-2027 NIADA Board of Directors!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2026\u20132027 NIADA Board of Directors was officially sworn in Sunday, June 21, at the membership meeting, held ahead of the Convention kickoff in Denver. Following votes from each state association, we&#8217;re proud to introduce this year&#8217;s slate\u2014a group that blends fresh perspective with seasoned leadership. Please join us in welcoming our newest board members, congratulating those stepping into new roles, and thanking every returning director for their continued commitment to the independent dealer community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"niada-board-of-directors\" class=\"cnvs-block-section-heading cnvs-block-section-heading-1782925340483 halignleft\" >\n\t<span class=\"cnvs-section-title\">\n\t\t<span><strong>NIADA Board of Directors<\/strong><\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President: <em>Darla Booher<\/em><br>President-elect:\u00a0<em>Dan Johnson<\/em><br>Senior Vice President:\u00a0<em>Bentley Nolan<\/em><br>Treasurer: <em>Chris Maher<\/em><br>Secretary: <em>Greg Zak<\/em><br>Region 1 VP:\u00a0<em>Donald Sullivan, Jr.<\/em><br>Region 2 VP:\u00a0<em>Jack Carter<\/em><br>Region 3 VP:\u00a0<em>Otto Hahne<\/em><br>Region 4 VP:\u00a0<em>Blake Ingram<\/em><br>Region 5 VP:\u00a0<em>Bet Gaylord<\/em><br>Region 6 VP:\u00a0<em>Nick Markosian<\/em><br>Chairman of the Board:\u00a0<em>Don Griffin<\/em><\/p><div class=\"niada-within-articles niada-entity-placement\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"niada-918771632\"><div id=\"niada-1293885906\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lendbuzz.com\/dealers?utm_source=UCD_Website&#038;utm_medium=Display_Roadblock&#038;utm_id=JUNE_FFSC4\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"UCD_Display_Roadblock-Banners_700x180_FFSC_4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/UCD_Display_Roadblock-Banners_700x180_FFSC_4.gif\" alt=\"\"  width=\"700\" height=\"180\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026\u20132027 NIADA Board of Directors was officially sworn in Sunday, June 21, at the membership meeting, held&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7463,"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":["post-7462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-industry","category-niada-news","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7462","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=7462"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7464,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7462\/revisions\/7464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}