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4 https://www.autonews.com/node/980631/printable/print 1/3 Dealership provides training for service technicians in Texas program STEPHANIE HERNANDEZ MCGAVIN   David Sabrsula works on a vehicle at Community First! Car Care, a shop that employs once-homeless people. Charles Maund Toyota in Austin, Texas, is training formerly homeless people to work as service technicians. An acute and growing shortage of service technicians is pushing franchised dealerships to act creatively to develop talent. Dealerships are working with local colleges on training programs and looking for candidates among groups that have often been excluded. Charles Maund Toyota of Austin, Texas, is helping to train one of those groups: homeless people. Dealers’ Choice is a publication of The newsLINK Group and is the official publication of Texas Automobile Dealers Association. Dealers’ Choice is published four times per year by The newsLINK Group, LLC. The statements and opinions ex- pressed herein are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily represent the views of Dealers’ Choice, or its publisher, The newsLINK Group, LLC. Any legal advice should be regarded as general information. It is strongly recom- mended that you contact an attorney for counsel regarding specific circumstances. Likewise, the appearance of advertisers does not constitute an endorsement of the products or services featured by The newsLINK Group, LLC. About the cover: Nancy Harper INTERVIEWWITH NANCYHARPER 2020TADA LEADERSHIP OFFICIALPUBLICATIONOFTHETEXAS AUTOMOBILEDEALERSASSOCIATION WINTER2019 Dealers' Choice Volume60, Issue4 Scan this code with your smart phone for a direct link to the TADA website. 2015 2015 14 6 Interview with Nancy Harper 11 2020 TADA Leadership 13 2020 TADA Board of Directors 14 Dealership Provides Training for Service Technicians in Texas Program 16 Maund History 20 Ritch Wheeler — The Dealer’s Strategic Partner and Texas Community Leader 22 Texas DMV Board Member Appointment Joel Richardson 26 Q and A: Tom Blanton 29 “Plate to Owner” Made Easy! 30 Arden Hetland and Tony Gullo, Sr. Host the Texas Dealer Academy 34 At the Movies With Marci Henna 36 TADA Board Meeting — Nashville Dealers' Choice 34 26