Ally Supplement - December 14, 2020 - S7

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the
nominees:
christine alicandro karnolt.

john barker.

Dealer Principal
Marty's Buick GMC; Kingston, MA

Owner and President
Two Rivers Ford; Mt. Juliet, TN

Nominated by Robert O'Koniewski,
Massachusetts State Automobile Dealers
Association

Nominated by Bob Weaver, Tennessee
Automotive Association

Two years out of college, Christine Alicandro Karnolt was named
service manager at her father's dealership-and has never looked
back. In 2000, she purchased Marty's from her dad and became
dealer principal. " As a female owner and advocate for women
and minorities, ... succeeding and leading in a male-dominated
industry has been rewarding, " she says. Alicandro Karnolt led the
campaign to build a 17,000-square-foot home for the local Boys &
Girls Club. Other favorite causes support women and children. For
15 years, Alicandro Karnolt was a trustee for Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center of Plymouth and is a major contributor to To The
Moon and Back, an organization dedicated to children born with
in-utero substance exposure.

daniel banister.
Dealer Principal
Banister Nissan of Chesapeake;
Chesapeake, VA
Nominated by Don Hall, Virginia Automobile
Dealers Association

Daniel Banister-known as " Dan the Man " in ads in his local
Virginia markets-began working for Nissan dealerships after
graduating from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte,
where he played basketball on a full scholarship. After turning
around the fortunes of a South Carolina Nissan store, he moved
to Victory Nissan in Chesapeake. Banister became sole owner
of that dealership in 2017 and today also owns Banister Nissan
of Norfolk. Besides board positions for several nonprofits, he
currently serves as regional president of Nissan's National Dealer
Advisory Board and president of the Hampton Roads Automobile
Dealers Association and was appointed by the governor to the
Motor Vehicle Dealer Board of Virginia.

Like many children of auto dealers, John Barker started his career
washing cars and doing other jobs around his father's store. He
joined the family business after college graduation, was named
general manager at age 30 and now owns the business. Barker's
son, Matthew, is the third generation at the dealership. Barker
currently is a commissioner on the Tennessee Motor Vehicle
Commission and is a past chairman of the Tennessee Automotive
Association, Nashville Franchised Auto Dealers Association and
Ford Dealers Advertising Fund. Local charitable initiatives include
the holiday season Fill a Ford Toy Drive and the Two Rivers Ford
Turkey Trot.

larry battison.
Dealer
Battison Honda; Oklahoma City, OK
Nominated by Steve Rankin, Oklahoma
Automobile Dealers Association

When Larry Battison was a sales manager at a Tulsa, Okla.,
Buick dealership, his boss and mentor, Jim Norton, suggested
he think about becoming a dealer himself. For the next seven
years, Battison says, he and his wife lived on her salary and
saved every dollar he earned, eventually purchasing a dealership
of their own. Daughter Courtney is on track to be the secondgeneration owner of Battison Honda. Battison currently serves
as treasurer, legislative chair, second vice chair and zone director
of the Oklahoma Automobile Dealers Association. His dealership
supports the state Teachers Appreciation Foundation and takes
part in the Reach Forward Foundation Ties to the Future.

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