Hyundai Hope on Wheels is led by an executive board of Hyundai dealers, including Oscar Leeser, chairman, (El Paso, TX), Gary Micaleff (Everett, WA), and Mike Kelly (Butler, PA).
Zafar J. Brooks is a 25 year veteran automotive professional. He joined Hyundai Motor America in January 2004 as Region General Manager, and, in that role, was responsible for sales, marketing and dealer franchising for the company’s Western Region. In November 2005, he was named Director of General Affairs, in charge of Government Relations and Diversity Inclusion, a position he still holds today.
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Gary Micallef is the owner of Hyundai of Everett and Skagit Valley Hyundai in Washington. He was born in San Francisco, California and started working in the car business in 1978 at a department store's automotive/tire center. In 1981 he went to work for a local Ford dealership, starting in the service department and, after several years, transitioned to sales. One year later he was a sales manager, and shortly after that became the general sales manager.
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Mike graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1970 and immediately began working for his father’s business, Kelly Chevrolet-Cadillac, Inc., which was established in 1953. Mike quickly excelled in the automotive industry, earning accolades on the local and national level for his job performance. He received the Cadillac Crest Club of Outstanding Sales Performance Award and the Chevrolet Motor Division Customer Satisfaction Leader Award. Also, he served on the Chevrolet Dealers Advertising Association of Pittsburgh board and the Cadillac Consultants of Western Pennsylvania board.
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Mickey Pong is the owner of North County Hyundai of Carlsbad. After Graduating from Ohio State in 1983, the only job he has ever held has been in the Automotive Business. He started off as a sales person and slowly climbed the corporate ladder.
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