Serving Commercial Truck Dealerships
American Truck Dealers (ATD), a division of NADA, is the recognized voice of commercial truck dealers, and your premier source for advocacy, industry relations and education.
ATD Announces New President
TYSONS, Va. (November 18, 2024)—The American Truck Dealers (ATD), a division of the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), on Monday announced that Jacqueline W. Gelb will join the organization as ATD President, effective Monday, December 9, 2024.
“Jacqueline brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the regulatory and policy issues that impact truck dealers the most. In the current industry landscape, that is invaluable,” said Scott Pearson, ATD Chairman and President of Peterbilt of Atlanta.
“We look forward to her leadership on behalf of franchised truck dealers all across America.”
Gelb has worked in the trucking and transportation industries for the past 13 years, most recently as the Vice President of Energy and Environmental Affairs at the American Trucking Associations (ATA), where she served as the trucking industry’s subject matter expert on energy and environmental issues.
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ATD NextGen
ATD NextGen helps prepare the dealers of tomorrow by giving them a forum to share ideas and seek ways to improve their business operations.
Its goal is to create a professional development network for the future leaders of ATD by promoting peer relationships, education, social networking and advocacy.
Join ATD NextGen to help build a successful future for our industry, our association and our communities.
ATD Releases Performance Measurement 2024
ATD Performance Measurement 2024 provides medium- and heavy-duty truck dealers with relative comparative performance guides, including overall dealership performance and departmental information for sales, service, parts, and body shop.
The report, based on 2023 data, covers a variety of challenges faced by commercial truck dealers in the economic, social, and political environments, including:
The report covers 60 Critical Operating Variables (COVs), based on data from ATD 20 Group members and Academy students, for calendar years 2021 through 2023. The COVs are proven financial result measures–past, present and future–of economic performance for a medium- or heavy-duty commercial truck dealership.
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ATD, a division of NADA, is the recognized voice of commercial truck dealers and their premier source for advocacy, industry relations, and education. ATD membership is integral to dealers' business.
MISSION
To serve and represent the specific needs of franchised commercial truck dealer members through federal advocacy, industry relations, education and other services.
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ATD members value integrity, participation, professionalism, advocacy and community.
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ATD, the "Voice of the Dealer," has represented the interests of franchised medium- and heavy-duty truck dealerships, their employees and their customers since 1970. ATD continues to work on behalf of its members with all branches of government, truck manufacturers, the media and the public.
