Board of Directors — At-Large East
Region III Vice Chairman
Larry T. Brown, president of Ottawa Ford-Lincoln-Mercury and Kia of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ill., is an at-large member of the National Automobile Dealers Association’s board of directors.
A new-car dealer and a member of NADA since 1985, Brown is currently region III vice chairman of the association. He serves on the ATAE/NADA Member Outreach and Government Relations committees and is a trustee on the National Automobile Dealers Charitable Foundation Board. He is also a member of the Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Advisory Board and the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers (NAMAD) board.
Previously, Brown was chairman of NADA’s Dealership Operations and Industry Relations committees and served on the Executive Board and Public Affairs committees. He has held positions on the Ford-Lincoln-Mercury Minority Dealers Association in many capacities, including president (twice), chairman, vice president of the Ford Division, vice president of the Customer Service Division and treasurer. He is also a past president and chairman of NAMAD.
Active in his community, Brown is past member of Park Row Homeowners Board and the Niles Leaning Tower YMCA board.
A former U.S. Air Force sergeant, Brown has received numerous awards and honors, including Operation Push Crystal Spirit Award, NAMAD’s Jesse Jones Vision Award, Dollars and Sense Magazine’s America’s Best and Brightest Award, and America’s Outstanding Dealer Award. In 1994, he was inducted into Western High School’s Hall of Fame, Detroit, Mich.
A graduate of Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich., Brown earned a master of arts degree in management and supervision from Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Mich., and is a graduate of the Ford Motor Co. Dealer Training Program.
The National Automobile Dealers Association, founded in 1917 and based in McLean, Va., represents more than 20,000 franchised new car and truck dealers holding nearly 43,000 separate franchises, domestic and international.