NADA Executive Biography
As executive director of NADA's Legislative Affairs group, Ivette Rivera works with the vice president, legislative affairs to develop overall legislative strategy and oversee day-to-day operations of the association's Capitol Hill office. A 21-year employee of NADA, Ms. Rivera was most recently the director of Legislative Affairs. During that time she was instrumental in obtaining Congressional passage of two dealer-specific public laws, including a measure to ensure that dealers are not forced to waive their rights under state law in a dispute with their manufacturer.
Ms. Rivera holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Colorado and a Master of Arts degree in Government from Johns Hopkins University.
Ms. Rivera resides in Bethesda, Maryland with her husband Michael Hayes, a former Ford Lincoln/Mercury dealer in Vermont. Together they have three children.
The National Automobile Dealers Association, founded in 1917 and based in McLean, Va., represents more than 20,000 new car and truck dealers, holding over 43,000 separate franchises, both domestic and import.