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Dealers throughout the state have always been involved in local and state government and several have served in the Arkansas Legislature.Īs testimony to this leadership, Arkansas has had a dealer serve as Vice Chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association, Roland Hughes, from Jonesboro in 1959, and Chairman of NADA, Jim Caplinger, from England in 1987. AADA provides dealers with an array of products and services but its most important function is advocacy. Today, AADA serves over 200 franchised automobile and truck dealers and is recognized as one of the state’s largest and most influential trade associations. In 1990 the title for the chief elected official was changed from President to Chairman of the Board. Since that time there have been seventy-seven men and two women to serve in that capacity representing dealerships from every corner of the state. Smart, Smart Chevrolet, Pine Bluff, led the association serving as President from 1932 – 1934. Initially the association had a membership base in central Arkansas and through the years expanded into a statewide trade association.ĭuring AADA’s organizational years Felix G.
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