The TIME Dealer of the Year program honors new-car dealers in America
who exhibit exceptional performance in their dealerships and perform
distinguished community service. Dealers are nominated by members of the
ATAE (Automotive Trade Association Executives) and the winner is
acknowledged during the opening business session of the annual NADA
convention.
2016 Idaho's TIME Dealer of the Year - Phil Meador
Phil Meador -- Idaho's 2016 TIME Dealer of the Year
Phil Meador, president and owner of Phil Meador Toyota in Pocatello, Idaho, was named one of four regional finalists for the 2016 TIME Dealer of the Year award.
Meador is one of a select group of 50 dealer nominees from across the country who will be honored at the 99th annual National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Convention & Exposition in Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 1, 2016. The announcement of this year’s national TIME Dealer of the Year and finalists was made by Meredith Long, publisher, TIME, and Tim Russi, president of Auto Finance for Ally Financial, at the formal opening of the convention, which was expected to draw more than 20,000 individuals involved in the automobile industry. In its fifth year as exclusive sponsor, Ally will recognize dealer nominees and their community efforts by contributing $1,000 to each nominee’s 501(c)3 charity of choice. Nominees will also be recognized on AllyDealerHeroes.com, which highlights the philanthropic contributions and achievements of TIME Dealer of the Year nominees. The TIME Dealer of the Year award is one of the automobile industry’s most prestigious and highly coveted honors. Recipients are among the nation’s most successful auto dealers who also demonstrate a long- standing commitment to community service. Meador, 65, was chosen to represent the Idaho Automobile Dealers Association in the national competition – one of only 50 auto dealers from 16,000 nationwide – nominated for the 47th annual award. A panel of faculty members from the Tauber Institute for Global Operations at the University of Michigan will select one finalist from each of the four NADA regions and one national Dealer of the Year. “We started with nothing and have created a business the whole family is involved in now,” nominee Meador said of his three dealerships that his wife and two sons help run. “And that family atmosphere extends to our employees, who have grown children now working here, as well as husbands and wives. My greatest reward is, simply, that we are a ‘family’ in the truest sense of the word.” Meador also treats his community like family and opens his dealerships for local events, including high school dances, senior proms, the annual Idaho State University (ISU) Bengal Foundation auction (for the past 20 years) and an annual fundraising dinner/auction for the Holy Spirit Catholic School of Pocatello. He also donates four autos annually to ISU and makes other contributions to the university, as well as to Pocatello High School. |
Recent Idaho Winners, 2016-2008, with photos & biographies2016 - Phil Meador, Pocatello......... 2015 - Gregg Middlekauff, Twin Falls........Read More>> 2014 - Kathleen Sims, Coeur d'Alene.........Read More>> 2013 - Jim Addis, Coeur d'Alene..................Read More>> 2012 - Mike Hanigan, Payette.....................Read More>> |
Past Idaho Winners from 1971 to 2012 |
2011 -- Lyle Pearson, Boise 2009 -- Grant Petersen, Jr., Boise/Nampa 2007 -- Denny Thompson, Orofino 2005 -- Dan Wiebold, Nampa 2003 -- Larry Chetwood, Meridian 2001 -- Jim Chalfant, Nampa/Boise 1999 -- Con Paulos, Jerome 1997 -- Roy Raymond, Twin Falls 1995 -- Graye Wolfe, Boise 1993 -- Dave Munroe, Buhl 1991 -- Park Price, Pocatelo 1989 -- Duane Wolfe, Caldwell 1987 -- Emmett Harrison, Twin Falls 1985 -- Jack Parker, Sandpoint 1983 -- Tom Smith, Blackfoot 1981 -- Marlyn Blayden, Salmon 1979 -- Jack Robideaux, Coeur d'Alene 1977 -- Bob Rice, Boise -- NATIONAL WINNER 1971 -- Hank Wills, Twin Falls | 2010 -- Kim Hansen, Burley 2008 -- D.H. Moss, Nampa 2006 -- Eve Knudtsen, Post Falls 2004 -- Steve Wackerli, Idaho Falls 2002 -- Tom Addis, Coeur d'Alene 2000 -- Jules Harrison, Twin Falls 1998 -- Randy Hansen, Twin Falls -- NATIONAL WINNER 1996 -- Jock Pring, Lewiston 1994 -- Larry Crnkovich, Idaho Falls 1992 -- Doug Parker, Coeur d'Alene 1990 -- Dave Wall, Sandpoint 1988 -- Tony Copeland, Lewiston 1986 -- Wayne Knudtsen, Coeur d'Alene 1984 -- John Zimmer, Moscow 1982 -- David Edmark, Nampa 1980 -- Frank Ellsworth, Idaho Falls 1978 -- Bus Goode, Rupert 1975 -- Milan Ryder, Weiser |