National Association of Minority Auto Dealers

Lifetime Achievement Awards

We are proud to announce the recipients of our 2008 Lifetime Achievement Awards, organization founders: Mr. Nathan Conyers, Mr. Mel Farr, and Mr. William Shack. These three pioneers together, created an inheritance which opened opportunities for all minority dealers. Today, we are beneficiaries of their achievements and foresight. As we rise to the challenges of our times, this association, their creation, will be a beacon for those who follow us.

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Keynote Speaker for Gala Dinner Anna Escobedo Cabral was nominated on July 22, 2004, by President Bush to serve as Treasurer of the United States. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 20, 2004.

Immediately prior to taking this office, Ms. Cabral served as Director of the Smithsonian Institution’s Center for Latino Initiatives, where she led a pan-institutional effort to improve Latino representation in exhibits, and public programming among the Institution’s 19 museums, five research centers, and the National Zoo. From 1999 to 2003, Ms. Cabral served as President and CEO of the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility, a non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, DC, which partners with Fortune 500 companies to increase Hispanic representation in employment, procurement, philanthropy and governance. Under her leadership, the organization published a best practices series, and instituted a partnership with Harvard Business School to provide executive training programs in Corporate Governance Best Practices to community leaders.

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Crush

Entertainment for the Chairman’s Reception is Crush, is a hot new Southern California corporate dance show band featuring three dazzling and talented female lead vocalists and a superb rhythm section. Specializing in Old School 80’s funk to Current Pop covers, they offer front-line choreography, audience participation and a variety of costume changes. They are known for their excellent vocal harmony, keyboards and guitar.

Torrey Pines Golf Course

Torrey Pines Golf Course offers two of the most picturesque championship 18-hole courses in the world, a well-known PGA Tour stop with the Buick Invitational held every February.

History: Torrey Pines is long recognized as one of the nation’s premier municipal golf facilities. It is a “golfer’s paradise”, bounded by mountains to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Fog, rain and wind often sweep the seaside courses that were designed by William Bell, Sr. in 1957. Prior to becoming golf courses, the land was Camp Callan, a naval training area. The Torrey Pines Tree is indigenous to this area and to Santa Rosa Island. The tree is distinguished by having clusters of five pine needles.