NADA Board of Directors

Brian Hamilton is the dealer at Midway Chevrolet/Cadillac/Buick and Midway Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep/Ram in Kearney, Neb., and Beardmore Chevrolet in Bellevue, Neb. Hamilton and his wife, Carey, started in the business in 1982 in Grand Island, Neb. A fourth-generation dealer, Carey is dealer principal of Beardmore Chevrolet in Bellevue. Hamilton represents Nebraska's franchised new-car dealers on the board of directors of the National Automobile Dealers Association. (Term:  February 2007-March 2022)

Community Service

• Chairman of the board, Nebraska State Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 2013
• Board member, University of Nebraska Foundation for six years and headed up the Grants Committee for three year
• Member, Offutt Air Force Base Advisory Council
• Past president, Fonner Park and the Heartland Event Center, Grand Island
• President, Grand Island Chamber of Commerce, 1990

Awards

• Distinguished Persons of the Year [with Carey], University of Nebraska at Omaha Athletics Hall of Fame, 2012
• Citizen of the Year, United Way of Grand Island, 2003
• Humanitarian of the Year, Arthritis Association, 2001
• Rotarian of the Year, 1999
• Time Dealer of the Year Award winner for Nebraska, 1998

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, University of Nebraska, Lincoln