Thomas Bady, Service Consultant at Brookdale Chevrolet Buick GMC, runs Flame Mobile Kitchen, a food truck that specializes in smoked meats. He started working on the truck two years ago to help his friend, Tommy McNeal, who runs the umbrella company, with the hope that he would start his own food truck one day. “I…
Thank you for your many years of service and dedication to the Luther Automotive Group. We greatly appreciate all your hard work to make Luther Automotive what it is today. 40 Years Lawrence Busch, RLT 35 Years Mike Lenards, WBA 30 Years Robyn Brynestad, BVW Michael Irving, LFF Terry Johnson, RLT Brian Anderson,…
Bryon Fagen has been named as the new General Manager of Bloomington Acura Subaru, replacing Charlie Rassouli, who has transitioned into a new role at Motors Management. “Charlie was a great leader,” said Fagen. “He’s helped point me in the right direction and then showed me new areas to focus on.” Fagen started selling cars…
This summer, Lauri Ludeman’s 2015 Kia Soul was stolen out of her parking lot. The police located it after five hours, just 15 minutes away from Ludeman’s house but significant damage was done. She brought it to a body shop she had been to previously, which quoted her $2,000 to fix just the damage. Ludeman…
Brian Johnson, a Used Car Sales Associate, started at Westside four years ago. In the last year, Johnson has traveled to Iceland, Norway, and Indonesia, his most recent trip in September. “Indonesia became less of a photo trip and more of an eye-opening, enlightening experience,” said Johnson. “I didn’t take as many photos as I…
After 45 years of working with Volkswagen, Jay Radue has retired as General Manager of Burnsville Volkswagen. “As sad as we are to see him and his wife Linda leaving, we are excited that Branden Petersen was willing to step into the role of General Manager at Burnsville,” said Andy Gadient. Branden Petersen has been…
Chris Juarez of Brookdale Chevrolet runs Revolution Youth Soccer, a soccer league in the Minneapolis area. He started it with his dad in 2010 when he was just 18 years old. “We had such a big friend group in our community,” said Juarez. “We all wanted to play together and wanted a good, organized league,…
There are many examples throughout our dealerships where individuals have grown their careers at Luther. One example is Ben Wysocki, Service Manager at Brookdale Honda. Wysocki started in June of 1999 as a part-time Lot Runner and Detailer. He moved into supervising the Detail Department and has worked as an Express Advisor, Service Advisor, Assistant…
Thank you for your many years of loyalty and service to the Luther Automotive Group. We greatly appreciate all your hard work to make Luther Automotive what it is today. YEAR 40 Paul Palan, JLR Irene Jennrich, MMC YEAR 35 Craig Gage, WVW YEAR 30 Daniel Socher, RLT YEAR 25 Howard Emery, BCG …
Twenty-five individuals were selected this past January to partcipate in the 2024 Leadership Academy. Coming from across all disciplines and dealerships spanning throughout Luther and Landers, these leaders met in person at MMC every other month from February through December. As a cohort, they work together and with outside experts to tap into their own…
