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Kenworth Names 2026 Dealer Council and 2026 Parts Council

Kenworth Truck Company named the 2026 appointees to its Dealer Council and Parts Council during its annual Dealer Meeting. The Kenworth Service Council will be announced this spring.

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Kenworth Truck Company’s Dealer Council and Parts Council members for 2026 have been announced.

Credit: Kenworth

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Kenworth Truck Company recently held its annual Dealer Meeting, focused on driving sales growth and providing superior customer experience in sales and service. During the meeting, Kenworth named the 2026 members appointed to its Dealer Council and Parts Council to support what it calls the World’s Best customer experience throughout the Kenworth dealer network. 

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The Kenworth Service Council will be announced this spring.

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2026 Kenworth Dealer Council

The Kenworth Dealer Council features executives representing 498 Kenworth dealerships in the United States and Canada from six different dealer groups who work in partnership with Kenworth to provide leading-edge customer support and strive to maximize uptime for fleets and truck operators.

The 2026 Kenworth Dealer Council members include: 

  • Chairman – Mike Levering, Truckworx Kenworth (Birmingham, Alabama)

  • Kyle Treadway, Kenworth Sales Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)

  • Jared White, MHC Kenworth (Leawood, Kansas)

  • Andrew Johnston, Inland Kenworth (Burnaby, B.C.)

  • Carl Herzog, CIT Trucks (Normal, Illinois)

  • Scott Nichols, Palmer Group (Indianapolis, Indiana)

  • In addition, Jake Nichols of Palmer Group (Indianapolis, Indiana) serves as the Kenworth line representative for the American Truck Dealers (ATD).

2026 Kenworth Parts Council

The 2026 Kenworth Parts Council is comprised of leading parts directors and managers from Kenworth dealerships in the United States and Canada focused on further enhancing parts quality and customer support for truck operators and fleets.

Paccar Parts supports Kenworth dealerships in efforts to expedite repairs and increase customer uptime by helping to maintain industry-leading parts availability throughout the Kenworth dealer network, and by providing access to parts in 24 hours or less through its network of distribution centers strategically located throughout North America.

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Kenworth Parts Council members for 2026 are: 

  • National Chair – Eric Bontrager, CSM Companies (Madison, Wisconsin)

  • Barry Collens, Inland Kenworth (Tolleson, AZ)

  • Jacob Herzog, CIT Trucks (Mokena, Illinois)

  • Ryan Colby, Kenworth Sales (West Valley City, UT)

  • Jeff Weaver, Truckworx Kenworth (Birmingham, Alabama)

  • Teague Miller, Kenworth of Pennsylvania (Carlisle, PA)

  • Jason Wheeler, Inland Kenworth (Burnaby, British Columbia)

  • Sébastien Letendre, Kenworth Maska (La Présentation, Quebec)

  • Kenworth Dealer Council representative Carl Herzog, CIT Trucks (Normal, IL)

Parts & Service Through Kenworth Dealers

Kenworth dealers offer genuine Kenworth proprietary parts and provide all-makes parts and service (partsandservice.kenworth.com) through 498 locations in the United States and Canada. Kenworth dealers also offer TRP parts, which are reliable aftermarket products designed and tested to exceed customers’ expectations for quality and value. Regardless of the age, make or application of the vehicle, Kenworth said TRP is the all-makes answer. 

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