Ally Supplement - December 16, 2019 - A8

Jim Buzzetta
Dealer principal
Mercedes-Benz of Huntington;
Huntington, N.Y.
Nominated by Mark Schienberg, Greater New
York Automobile Dealers Association

After college and a brief stint on Wall Street, Jim Buzzetta joined
Competition Automotive Group, the dealership business founded
by his father, Joe, a championship race car driver. Buzzetta is
partners with his father, brother and sister and was instrumental
in forming and building the company's Mercedes-Benz
dealership. Since 2002, Buzzetta has served on the board (three
years as chairman) of the St. Charles Hospital Foundation, which
honored him with its Theodore Roosevelt Award for extraordinary
volunteerism and leadership. He also is a board member and
fundraiser for Alternatives for Children, a Long Island-based
organization that provides education and services for children
with special needs.

President
Boston Volvo Cars; Boston, Mass.
Nominated by Robert O'Koniewski,
Massachusetts State Automobile Dealers
Association

In 1963, Raymond Ciccolo walked into a dealership to buy a
used car. He says the store manager pitched him on buying the
dealership-and so at the age of 25, Ciccolo launched his first
Volvo-Nash store. Today, his company owns six dealerships in the
Boston area. A longtime industry leader, Ciccolo says he's proud
of his work for his state association and NADA, where he was a
director during the 2008 economic crisis. He created the Ciccolo
Family Foundation for charitable giving and has served more
than 30 years on the board of the Global Smile Foundation.

Donald Cavenaugh

Jim Coleman

Dealer principal
Cavenaugh Ford-Lincoln; Jonesboro, Ark.

President
Jim Coleman Toyota; Bethesda, Md.

Nominated by Greg Kirkpatrick, Arkansas
Automobile Dealers Association

Nominated by Peter Kitzmiller, Maryland
Automobile Dealers Association

Donald Cavenaugh partnered with his father to buy a Ford
dealership in Black Rock, Ark., in 1978. Forty-one years later,
Cavenaugh's company encompasses eight new-car dealerships
in Arkansas in addition to other auto-related businesses.
Cavenaugh supports a variety of local causes, including helping
create a community park in his hometown of Walnut Ridge and
sponsoring the annual Cavenaugh Thumperthon 5K race to
benefit the Northeast Arkansas Humane Society. For three years,
his Kia's Attend to Win program has presented a new Kia Soul
to a graduating high school senior with perfect attendance.
Cavenaugh also is working with a group to build a local civil
rights museum.

Colleen Chapleski
Dealer principal
Dean Arbour Ford; Tawas City, Mich.
Nominated by Terry Burns, Michigan Automobile
Dealers Association

Colleen Chapleski's company will celebrate its 50th anniversary
in 2020, commemorating the year her father, John Dean
Arbour, founded his first dealership in Pinconning, Mich. Today
Colleen, her brother, husband and two daughters work in the
family business, which encompasses Ford and General Motors
dealerships in northeastern Michigan. An advocate for women in
the automotive industry, Chapleski just completed her term as
the first woman president of the Michigan Automobile Dealers
Association. She recently created a scholarship for local students
in honor of her father. Chapleski and her company also support
the Tawas Area Sports Boosters and Ford Drive 4 UR School.
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Raymond Ciccolo

Jim Coleman worked at his father, William's, Cadillac dealership
in Bethesda as a teenager, joining the business full time in 1975.
He bought into the dealership in 1980, becoming one of the
nation's youngest Cadillac dealers at the time. Today Coleman's
company has three Maryland locations. For nearly a decade, he
has served on the board of trustees of Suburban Hospital, part of
Johns Hopkins Medicine, and received the hospital's Commitment
to Excellence Award in 2010 for his support. Coleman says his
company donated more than $100,000 last year to community
organizations, including schools, education groups and health
care charities.

David Cuene
President
Broadway Automotive; Green Bay, Wis.
Nominated by William A. Sepic, Wisconsin
Automobile & Truck Dealers Association

David Cuene, a third-generation dealer, is a strong advocate
for the auto industry in multiple ways. He served for five years
as a board member of his state association and helped create
City Stadium Automotive, an innovative auto technician lab at
Green Bay East High School that has renewed student interest
in automotive careers. For nearly 20 years, Cuene has worked to
empower budding entrepreneurs as an instructor, board member
and supporter at E-Hub/Urban Hope Entrepreneur Center,
founded by the late Green Bay Packer Reggie White. Cuene also
supports the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin and a variety of
other organizations.
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