Battling COVID-19 Tops NADA’s Priorities, New CEO Says “The mission at NADA stays the same,” Stanton says. “We work for the dealer. We’re here to strengthen the franchise system, to help educate and advocate for the dealer business.”
Mike Stanton, the recently appointed president and CEO of the National Automobile Dealers Assn., lists a couple of priorities Thursday in his first major speech at the NADA Convention & Expo.
No.1 continues to be the COVID-19 pandemic. One of NADA’s biggest achievements in 2020 was getting dealerships declared “essential” businesses in the early days of the pandemic, allowing service and parts departments to stay open, even if showrooms had to close temporarily in many states.