June 24, 2008
Jones Is Installed as National Truck Equipment Association’s 44th President
FARMINGTON
HILLS, MI – Dennis
Jones, vice president of sales & marketing for Auto Truck
Group, was installed as the 44th president of the National Truck Equipment
Association (NTEA). Jones accepted the gavel from immediate past president Tom Rawson, CEO of RKI Inc., on Wednesday, Feb. 27,
2008, at the President’s Breakfast & NTEA Annual Meeting in Atlanta.
Dennis
Jones began his more than 30-year career in the truck industry upon graduating
from The College of St. Thomas in 1973 when he was hired to work at the Truck
Division of International Harvester. He quickly recognized how beneficial it
was to be employed by a company with such a good reputation, but he had no idea
that the affiliation would lead to many other facets of the business including
fleet management and, ultimately, truck equipment.
In the
mid-1980s, Jones found himself at the other end of the spectrum with the Auto
Truck Group.
Dennis Jones
Jones
said that the NTEA has been a big part of his truck equipment career. He
considers the Association as his “go-to” organization for answers to truck
equipment issues.
Auto
Truck Group has been a Distributor member of the NTEA since 1973. Jones has
served on the NTEA Board of Trustees since 2003.
Continuing
to meet the changing needs of our membership by offering meaningful programs
and services will be a top priority, according to Jones.