Pub. 59 2018-2019 Issue 1

13 SUMMER 2018 legacy of training excellence with countless dealerships benefitting from the Stuker methods. On the final day of the academy program, Gary May, founder of Interactive Marketing and Consulting Services conducted a session regarding the digital marketing umbrella such as websites, SEO, SEM, social media and reputation management. Gary has worked with over 400 dealerships and is a coveted speaker and author on the latest in on-line marketing and communication. As might be expected, the young dealers of the Texas Dealer Academy are as conversant with the importance of these methods of dealership operations as any group in the country. The Dealer Academy allows them to learn the latest ideas and share them throughout the year on their own TDA Facebook page and networking sites. Texas Dealer Academy Trustee, Tim Crenwelge creates the agenda and develops the curriculum for every Dealer Academy meeting. No volunteer dealer leader in the country works harder or more effectively for the greater good of advancing our industry than Tim. He has developed the most outstanding group of young dealers in existence, and TADA is grateful to him and these young dealers who are already playing a material role in the leadership of the association with seven TADA Board members from the academy roster. The most recent appointment of an academy member to the Board of Directors is T Harper. With T, whose idea and leadership established the Dealer Academy in 2010, moving  TEXAS DEALER ACADEMY — CONTINUED ON PAGE 14