- WVADA Convention
- 2023 Registration
- Speakers
- Sponsorship 2023
- Exhibitor 2023
- Hotel Reservations
Time til event
Save the Date for 2023.
We hope to see you back at our 89th Annual Dealer Family Convention at the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulpher Springs, WV, June 19 – June 22, 2023. It will be a tri-state convention along with Virginia Automobile Dealers Association and Kentucky Automobile Dealers Association.
Thank you to everyone who attended our 88th Annual Dealer Family Convention

2023 Itinerary
Monday, June 19th
11:00am – 6:30pm – WVADA Convention Registration – Cameo Ballroom
7:00 – 9:30pm – Opening Party Cocktails & Dinner “Candy Land” – North Lawn
Tuesday, June 20th
7:00am – 12:30pm – Exhibitors – Colonial Hall
7:30am – 9:30am – Group Breakfast
8:30am – 12:00pm – General Business Session – Chesapeake Room
1:00pm – Golf Tournament – Old White Course
7:00pm – 10:00pm – Pool Party – Outdoor Pool
Wednesday, June 21st
7:00am – 11:30am – Exhibitors – Colonial Hall
7:30am – 9:30am – Group Breakfast – Colonial Hall
8:30am – 11:30am – General Business Session
2:00pm – Clay Shoot Tournament or Charcuterie & Wine Experience
6:00pm – 10:00pm – Chairman’s Reception & Dinner – Cameo Ballroom
Thursday, June 22nd
Check Out
Thank You to Our 2023 Convention Sponsors!
11:00am – 6:30pm
WVADA Convention Registration
Cameo Ballroom
7:00 – 9:30pm
Opening Party Cocktails & Dinner “Candy Land”
North Lawn
7:00am – 12:30pm
Exhibitors
Colonial Hall
7:30am – 9:30am
Group Breakfast
8:30am – 12:00pm
General Business Session
Chesapeake Room
1:00pm
Golf Tournament
Old White Course
7:00pm – 10:00pm
Pool Party
Outdoor Pool
7:00am – 11:30am
Exhibitors
Colonial Hall
7:30am – 9:30am
Group Breakfast
Colonial Hall
8:30am – 11:30am
General Business Session
2:00pm
Clay Shoot Tournament or Charcuterie & Wine Experience
6:00pm – 10:00pm
Chairman’s Reception & Dinner
Cameo Ballroom
Check Out

Thank You to Our 2021 Convention Sponsors!
Presenting Sponsors


Headline Sponsors



Platinum Sponsors





Gold Sponsors









Silver Sponsors








Bronze Sponsors






Thank you to Our Exhibitors!












REGISTRATION 2023
Select your category below for online registration.
You may also register by filling out the forms below.
Once you complete this form an email, an invoice will be sent via email.
- Dealer Registration Form
- Sponsor Registration Form
"*" indicates required fields
2023 Sponsor Registration Form
Geoffrey Pohanka

2023 NADA Chairman/Pohanka Auto Group
Geoffrey Pohanka is Chairman of Pohanka Automotive Group in Capitol Heights, MD. He started in the automotive business in 1971, working summers in his father’s dealership. He is a third-generation dealer. The company was originally founded by his grandfather in 1919 selling and servicing Chevrolets.
Today, the Pohanka Automotive Group sells fifteen makes of vehicles at their locations in Maryland, Virginia, Texas and Delaware. Pohanka is 2023 chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association and represents the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area franchised new-car dealers on the board of directors. He previously served on the NADA board from 2001 to 2009.
Steve Greenfield

Automotive Ventures
Steve Greenfield is CEO and Founder of Automotive Ventures, an early-stage automotive technology and mobility VC fund that helps entrepreneurs raise growth capital and accelerate their businesses, and delivers outsized returns to investors in the fund. Steve served as TrueCar’s Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, and AutoTrader.com’s Vice President of Product Management and Business Development, overseeing the acquisitions of vAuto, Kelley Blue Book, HomeNet Automotive, VinSolutions and DealerScience. Earlier in his career, Steve served as Manheim’s Director of international Development, overseeing Manheim’s overseas investments, including establishing new joint ventures in Dubai, Istanbul and Beijing.
Kevin Tynan

Bloomberg
Kevin Tynan is the Global Director of Automotive Research for Bloomberg
Intelligence since 2009. With more than 20 years of investment research experience, Mr. Tynan began his career as an equity analyst at Argus Research, covering the global automotive, auto parts and auto retailers industries. As a senior analyst, the “Financial Times/StarMine” ranked Mr. Tynan the top stock picker for the automobile parts segment in 2007. He was the No. 2 ranked automobile manufacturing sector stock picker according to “Forbes/StarMine” in 2004 and again in 2005. Mr. Tynan graduated from Saint Anselm College with a BS in business economics and is a member of the college Athletic Hall of Fame. He received an MBA in finance from St. John’s University.
Lonnie Mayne

Red Shoes Living and The Art of the Possible
Lonnie Mayne is an author and internationally recognized leadership authority, and award-winning keynote speaker who is in high demand. Lonnie is the Founder and CEO of Red Shoes Living, Inc. Red Shoes Living is a philosophy and framework that gets applied to leadership, culture, customer experience and to how one individually lives their life. Lonnie is the author of the acclaimed book, Red Shoes Living – Stand Out for The Positive in How You Work and How You Live. A deeply meaningful philosophy that inspires us to live our best life and do our best work. It’s a way of humanizing business and igniting human potential. It reminds us to stand out in our own way in literally everything we do. When we get it right, we create experiences that stand out, like a pair of red shoes. Lonnie is a former technology and turnaround executive who has spent thirty years building leadership teams to deliver Red Shoes Experiences, both inside teams, and getting the very best out of people using the Red Shoes Living framework. Lonnie has worked with best-in-class companies who believe in standing out for the positive, including Microsoft, Nike, McDonald’s, Bose, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Make-A-Wish, Transamerica, Saks Fifth Avenue, Spartan, Talkdesk and many more. Lonnie has presented at the Palace of Westminster in London, many professional stadiums around the world, and works with top-level CEOs and high-performing leadership teams of all kinds. He has also worked with Olympians, professional athletes, politicians, business executives, military leaders, fortune 100 executives, entrepreneurs, and founders of some of the most progressive companies of our time.
Sponsorship 2023
PRESENTING ($20,000) - Protective
Protective (First come first serve) Includes 6 event registrations 3 golf registrations, & Exhibit space
HEADLINE ($15,000)
Includes 4 event registrations, 3 golf registrations, exhibit space
PLATINUM ($10,000)
Sponsor of a premier event Includes 3 event registrations, 2 golf registrations, exhibit space
DIAMOND ($7,500)
Includes 2 event registrations, 1 golf registration
Co-sponsor a premier event: Chairman Dinner, golf outing, welcome reception, etc
GOLD ($5,000)
Includes 1 Event Registration
Co-sponsor an event: Welcome gift, board meeting, clay tournament, entertainment, et
SILVER ($3,500)
Co-sponsor an event: Event speaker, entertainment, business meeting, etc
BRONZE ($2,500)
To sponsor or co-sponsor such as: Speaker gifts, business meeting drawings, boxed lunches, party favors, etc
Please complete the pledge form below to select your sponsorship level. Once you have submitted the form, you will receive a sponsorship invoice. Invoices will not be until 2023. If you have questions regarding sponsorship or exhibitor information, please contact Haley Justice at hjustice@wvcar.com
Exhibit hours:
Exhibitor/Support restrictions:
WVADA maintains endorsement agreement{s) and or business relationship that may limit the promotion of certain products/services. WVADA reserves the right to restrict any exhibitors from promoting certain products/services.
We agree to accept the space assigned to us by WVADA. We understand that until WVADA receives this contract properly executed, no definite reservation will be made. We understand that signing the contract binds us to payment for the booth. Should there be a cancellation, payment is still due.
*Invoices will not be due until 2023.
You can upload the completed form here or fill out the online form below.
Thank you to our Exhibitors!

EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION
87TH ANNUAL FAMILY CONVENTION
June 13 – 16, 2021
THE GREENBRIER RESORT
Fill out the form below or DOWNLOAD THE FORM HERE and email it to hjustice@wvcar. com. Call 304-343-4158 if you have any questions.
Thank you to Our 2021 Exhibitors














Hotel Reservations:
Book your rooms early for the best discounted rate, rooms are limited. Book online at the link below for any questions please contact Haley Justice at hjustice@wvcar.com