Winning Spirit Magazine January - February 2019

Salespeople Achieving 200 Units Sold John Brummet. .....................AMT Neil Bryant. .........................BSU Colby Campbell. .....................LCJ John Christiansen. ................... LIT Robert Crison. ..................... MUR Jeffrey Cristler. ..................... HOB Debbie Curtis. ..................... SWH Cameron Davis. ..................... MNI Beth Deming. ....................... BTO Sandra Deoliveira. ..................CTO Darren Dunn. .......................DGE Gerry Hamilton. ......................TCJ Benjamin Hardy. ....................DGE Hiram Herrera. ......................AMT Rich Ipaktchian. .................... SFO Mark Knickerbocker. ................PCH Brad Malmgren. .....................LCJ Paul Montano. ...................... SFO Moises Nunez. ......................CTO Brandon Ortiz. ......................AMT Sam Schroeder ..................... PNX Jarrod Staggs. ...................... TCS Ramon Urieta. ......................CTO Edgar Vasquez. .....................CTO Adham Wali. ........................ PNX JR Malouff received a lifetime achievement award at the 2017 LHM Leadership Conference. Salespeople Achieving 175 Units Sold Akram Alasady. .................... HON Kendall Beazer. .....................RCD Howard Berry. ......................SHO John Buckley. ....................... DNI Brent Bunkall. ...................... SFL Ramsey Caraballo. ................... LIT Sean Carson. .......................PCH Chris Cloe ..........................BCD Michael Cross. ...................... LFO Lisa Dinorcia. ...................... NHR Eduardo Escobedo. ................. ACJ Jerry Gallegos. ......................RCD Daniel Hammond ...................UCS Lawrence James. .................. AVW Mark Kushnak. ...................... BTO Nickolas Laffoon. ...................HYN Jason Lee. .......................... JSH Patrick Milburn. .................... HON Nicholas Mullens. ................... BTO Amin Nikdel-Kazerouni. .............CTO Adam Parada. ...................... CNI Lance Rawle. ...................... MUR Kyle Roberts. ....................... DCJ Nicolas Shepherd. .................. SFL Duwoyn Snipe. ..................... LFO Sterling Spencer. ................... DNI Brandon Stallings. ..................BCD Matthew Thometz. ................. HOB Pablo Tinoco-Estrada. ...............UCS Peter Webster. ......................BSU Ryan Wisdom. ..................... MUR Malouff poses with his employees during the 2018 Day of Service. Saying Goodbye to the “Yes Man” LHM Dealerships Mourn Beloved General Manager Over Thanksgiving week, the people of Albuquerque—and the LHM Group of Companies—lost a beloved and valued leader and community icon. Michael “JR” Malouff, general manager of LHM American Toyota, passed away. JR joined the LHM Group in 1988, and for the last 27 years, he was general manager of American Toyota. In this role, he was known throughout Albuquerque as the “Yes Man” for his TV ads that featured Malouff saying “Yes” again and again. JR graduated from the University of Northern Colorado, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business with an emphasis in marketing. He enjoyed being surrounded by family and friends, and he loved playing golf, sports, and thoroughbred breeding and racing. JR was also an avid supporter of the University of New Mexico. His dedication to customer service was clear to everyone who walked through the door of the dealership. People who had a great buying experience spread the word, which helped The “Yes Man” was always happy to be involved with charities, such as the Children’s Cancer Fund. American Toyota become an Albuquerque icon and made the “Yes Man” a recognizable figure throughout the community. Known for the loyalty of his employees, JR Malouff has been a key figure in the LHM Group for years. During his tenure, the dealership won the coveted Toyota Presidents Award an incredible 12 times, six of them consecutively. Not only that, but American Toyota has been a major sales leader within the group and had close to $100 million in profit during that time. JR was never one to let success go to his head and mentored several others who rose to leadership positions over the years. In 2017, JR Malouff was honored at the annual LHM Leadership Conference with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Above all, JR loved being with his family, including Patti, his wife of 37 years. His loss is felt throughout the LHM Group of Companies and he will be missed. ◆ LHMWSM.com 7

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