At next month’s Used Car Industry Summit, Cherokee Media Group is launching a new awards program recognizing executives at the peak of auto industry leadership.

Industry Elite: The C-Suite spotlights the most influential, inspiring and innovative executives in the retail, remarketing and finance segments of automotive.

The inaugural honorees will be recognized in the May edition of Auto Remarketing and at the Used Car Industry Summit, which runs April 13-15 at the InterContinental Miami.

Over the coming weeks, we will be releasing Auto Remarketing Podcast interviews with each of the honorees.

The honorees were nominated by their peers and selected by the Cherokee Media Group team.  They include leaders from financial institutions, dealerships, remarketing/auction companies, automotive service providers and beyond.

Congratulations to the inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honorees!

The inaugural class, in alphabetical order by last name, includes:

Mike Clark Jr., operations manager, C & C Cars
Grace Huang, president, Cox Automotive Inventory Solutions
Sean Morgan, executive vice president, finance and operations, Westlake Financial
Tony Rimas, vice president of global revenue, XPEL Inc.
Chuck Tapp, CEO, America’s Group
Mike Thomas, CEO, Resolvion
Jennifer Turnage, CEO, Primeritus Financial Services
Kelly Wyatt, chief digital officer, GM Financial

These leading executives will be spotlighted during a recognition brunch on April 15 at UCS. Learn more and register here:

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