4 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Welcome to the First Edition of the New AADA Quarterly Magazine By Greg Kirkpatrick, President, AADA 7 Getting to Know AADA Outgoing Chair Jay Dooley III 10 Sherrie Hess Retires After 38 Years 12 AADA Staff 14 2024 Convention Wrap-Up 15 Thank You 2024 Convention Sponsors! 15 SAVE THE DATE! 2025 AADA Convention July 22-25, 2025 16 Endorsed Providers 18 2024 TIME Dealer of the Year Nominee Dean Sides 22 Arkansas Auto Outlook Second Quarter 2024 26 2024 Grassroots Regional Meetings ©2024 Arkansas Automobile Dealers Association (AADA) | The newsLINK Group LLC. All rights reserved. Arkansas Auto Dealer is published four times a year by The newsLINK Group LLC for AADA and is the official publication for this association. The information contained in this publication is intended to provide general information for review, consideration and education. The contents do not constitute legal advice and should not be relied on as such. If you need legal advice or assistance, it is strongly recommended that you contact an attorney as to your circumstances. The statements and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily represent the views of AADA, its board of directors or the publisher. Likewise, the appearance of advertisements within this publication does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation of any product or service advertised. Arkansas Auto Dealer is a collective work, and as such, some articles are submitted by authors who are independent of AADA. While Arkansas Auto Dealer encourages a first-print policy, in cases where this is not possible, every effort has been made to comply with any known reprint guidelines or restrictions. Content may not be reproduced or reprinted without prior written permission. For further information, please contact the publisher at (855) 747-4003. 3 Arkansas Auto Dealer
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