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Meet Our Staff

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  • Marc White
    Vice-President and General Manager
    Marc White
    864-527-2828

    Hometown:    Granite Falls, NC

    Favorite Restaurants:    Puerto Vallarta, Rick Erwins

    Hobbies:    Photography, Technology

    Accomplishment most proud of:    Running a successful dealership and my wonderful family


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  • Terry Smith
    General Sales Manager
    Terry Smith
    864-527-2823

    Hometown:    Waxhaw, NC

    Favorite Restaurants:    Rick Erwins

    Hobbies:    Golf & watching sports

    Accomplishment most proud of:    My children!


  • Paul Pleasants
    Service & Parts Director
    Paul Pleasants
    864-527-2837

    Hometown:    Mooresville, NC

    Favorite Restaurants:    City Range       

    Hobbies:    Family   

    Accomplishment most proud of:    Service in Army in Vietnam

  • Robin Heath
    Parts Manager
    Robin Heath
    864-288-8300


    Hometown: Troy, AL
     
    Favorite Restaurants: P.F. Changs, Copelands Steakhouse
     
    Hobbies: Hunting, Fishing, Camping, Darts
     
    Accomplishment most proud of:  My 2 year old daughter Kaitlyn

  • Christian Vicino
    Finance Manager
    Christian Vicino
    864-527-2835

    Hometown:    Simpsonville, SC

    Favorite Restaurants:    Lieus Chinese Bistro

    Hobbies:    Hiking, Playing Guitar, Golf, Playing games with my kids

    Accomplishment most proud of:    My marriage and five children

  • Annie Puckett
    Internet Sales Specialist
    Annie Puckett
    864-288-8300

    Hometown:  West Chester, PA

    Favorite Restaurants:  P.F. Changs

    Hobbies:  Tennis, Live Music, Playing with my doggie (Duke)

    Accomplishment most proud of:  Graduating college!

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  • Karmeka Danner
    Internet Sales Consultant
    Karmeka Danner
    864-527-2850

    Hometown: Lake Charles, LA
     
    Favorite Restaurants: Stax's Grill & and any place that serves good greek and chinese food!
     
    Hobbies: Spending time with my children, traveling and reading
     
    Accomplishment most proud of: Honorable Mentions for my poetry and Who's Who Among America's Top HS Students

  • Wes Larabee
    Sales Manager
    Wes Larabee
    864-288-8300

    Hometown:    Inman, SC

    Favorite Restaurants:    Bertollis on Main Street.

    Hobbies:    Playing golf & riding my motorcycle

    Accomplishment most proud of:    getting married & buying a house.

  • David Ballenger
    Sales Consultant
    David Ballenger
    864-527-2830

    Hometown:    Greenville, SC

    Favorite Restaurants:    Open Hearth, Chop House, & Brick City

    Hobbies:    Sports:  golf & USC football

    Accomplishment most proud of:    My 2 children Hudson & Noah, Masters Degree from Western Carolina, & Kings Mtn. member/guest golf champion in 1998

  • Ron Johnson
    Sales Consultant
    Ron Johnson
    864-527-2831

    Hometown:    Lancaster, CA

    Favorite Restaurants:    Chop House, Rio Grill, & Outback

    Hobbies:    Playing basketball & video games   

    Accomplishment most proud of:    Graduating from Gardner Webb, getting married & my 2 kids.

  • Will Gillespie
    Sales Consultant
    Will Gillespie
    864-288-8300

    Hometown:    Columbia, SC

    Favorite Restaurants:    Augusta Grill, The Bohemian, & Smoke on the Water.

    Hobbies:    Golf

    Accomplishment most proud of:    Receiving the William Light Kinney Award my senior year at Wofford College.

  • Grover Fitzgerald
    Sales Consultant
    Grover Fitzgerald
    864-288-8300

    Hometown:  Salem, SC

    Favorite Restaurants:  Smoke on the Water

    Hobbies: Hiking, Photography, Travel

    Accomplishment most proud of:  Being a parent

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  • Daniel Avery
    Sales Consultant
    Daniel Avery
    864-288-8300

    Hometown:                                 Greenville,SC

    Favorite Restaurants:                   Rick Erwin's

    Hobbies:                                     Sports and Volunteering

    Accomplishment most proud of:    Being a Marine Corps Officer

  • Louis Permanente
    Sales Consultant
    Louis Permanente
    864-288-8300

    Hometown: Guilford, CT
     
       Favorite Restaurants: Soby's, Five Guys Burgers.
     
       Hobbies: Riding my motorcycle, Golf, and spending time with my kids.

       Accomplishment most proud of: My marriage and three children.

  • Luke Miceli
    Sales Consultant
    Luke Miceli
    864-288-8300

    Hometown: Cotuit, MA

    Favorite Restaurants: Kettle Ho

    Hobbies: Golf, Surfing, History

    Accomplishment most proud of: Graduating from College of Charleston


  • Matt Rogalski
    Sales Consultant
    Matt Rogalski
    864-288-8300

    Hometown: Pottsville, PA

    Favorite Restaurants: Portofino's

    Hobbies: Baseball, Outdoor Activities like hiking, Fishing, etc.

    Accomplishment most proud of: Birth of my daughter


  • Mike Oxley
    Somers Point, NJ
    Mike Oxley
    864-288-8300

    Hometown: Somer Point, NJ

    Favorite Restaurant: Chicora Alley (great place, love the ownership!)

    Hobbies: Anything Eagles or Phillies & Grilling Almost Anything!

    Accomplishment most proud of: That after 20 years and raising two children, my wife Nancy and I are still best friends.

    Favorite Recipe: "Mike Oxley's South Philly Hoagie Dip"


    Ingredients:
    1/2 pound cooked ham, thinly sliced
    1/2 pound Genoa salami, thinly sliced
    1 pound American cheese, sliced
    2 cups mayonnaise
    About a tablespoon of red wine vinegar - more or less to taste
    2 teaspoons dried oregano
    1 onion, chopped
    1/2 head iceberg lettuce, shredded
    2 tomatoes, diced
    12 hoagie rolls, torn into pieces for dipping

    DIRECTIONS

    1. Tear the ham, salami and American cheese into small pieces. Place in a large bowl

    2. In a medium bowl, blend the mayonnaise and oregano. Mix the mayonnaise mixture into the ham mixture 1/2 cup at a time, until meats and cheese are well coated. Mix in the onion

    3. Before serving, mix in the lettuce and tomatoes. Sprinkle the red wine vinegar over everything and mix it in well.  Serve with the hoagie roll pieces for dipping

    The dip can be served in a bread bowl for a more attractive presentation, but keep in mind - this is NOT a pretty dip!!  It's a hearty, dig in and enjoy kind of dip! We used this often for Philadelpia Eagles and Phillies Tailgaiting Parties.......

  • Neal Simkins
    Volkswagen Service Advisor
    Neal Simkins
    864-288-8300

    Hometown:    Greenville, SC

    Favorite Restaurants:    Macaroni Grille

    Hobbies:    Sports

    Accomplishment most proud of:    My 3 Children

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  • Jeff Wyatt
    Volkswagen Service Advisor
    Jeff Wyatt
    864-288-8300

    Hometown:    Spartanburg, SC

    Favorite Restaurants:    City Range

    Hobbies:    Karate, motorcycling & music

    Accomplishment most proud of:    1st Degree Black Belt in Karate.

  • Derreck Yarbrough
    Volkswagen Service Advisor
    Derreck Yarbrough
    864-288-8300

    Hometown:    Spartanburg, SC

    Favorite Restaurants:    Joe's Crab Shack

    Hobbies:    Basketball

    Accomplishment most proud of:    My kids

  • Bryan Mann
    Assistant Parts Manager
    Bryan Mann
    864-288-8300

    Hometown:    Greenville, SC   

    Favorite Restaurants:    Arizona's Steakhouse    

    Hobbies:    Cars   

    Accomplishment most proud of:    Graduation

  • Chad Carson
    Parts Consultant
    Chad Carson
    864-288-8300

  • Harry New
    Audi Sales Manager
    Harry New
    864-288-8300

    Hometown:    Kings Mtn., NC

    Favorite Restaurants:    Stax's Grill

    Hobbies:    Golf, NASCAR, family, yard work

    Accomplishment most proud of:    Raising my two children, society of sales executive, professional Who's Who in America society, truck sales hall of fame & owner of a car dealership.

  • Jon Pedersen
    Audi Sales Consultant
    Jon Pedersen
    864-288-8300

    Hometown:    Moore, SC

    Favorite Restaurants:    Rick Erwins

    Hobbies:        yard work

    Accomplishment most proud of:    Marriage & children.

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  • Joe Sullivan
    Audi Brand Specialist
    Joe Sullivan
    864-288-8300

    Hometown:    Athens, Georgia (Go Dawgs!)

    Favorite Restaurants: Frankie Bones(Asheville, Hilton Head)
    Ye Olde Steak House (Knoxville)
     California Dreaming (Greenville, Charleston, Atlanta, Columbia)

    Hobbies: carving "working" duck decoys, golf, writing,

    Accomplishment most proud of: Being part of a team for seven years that provided thousands of cures for men, women and children in Nepal, West Africa, The Philippines and India who were afflicted with leprosy.

  • Nathan Coblentz
    Online Inventory Manager
    Nathan Coblentz
    864-288-8300

    Hometown:    Salisbury, NC

    Favorite Restaurants:    The Cazbah, Cantinflas, Irashai

    Hobbies:   Live music, piano, guitar, photography, film, travel

    Accomplishment most proud of: My band

  • Mike Wingard
    Shop Foreman
    Mike Wingard
    864-288-8300

    Hometown:    Deland, FL

    Favorite Restaurants:    Mimis Café, Midtown Deli, 5 Guys, Mutt's, and Fried Green Tomatoes

    Hobbies:    VW?s & my children

    Accomplishment most proud of:    Having a wonderful family

  • Peter Schumacher
    Technician Group Leader -- Volkswagen
    Peter Schumacher
    864-288-8300

    Hometown:    NYC   

  • Jonathan Edwards
    Technician Group Leader -- Volkswagen
    Jonathan Edwards
    864-288-8300

    Hometown: Green Creek, NC

    Favorite Restaurants: California Dreaming

    Hobbies: Working on cars, building RC cars

  • David Cleveland
    Technician Group Leader -- Volkswagen
    David Cleveland
    864-288-8300

    Hometown:    Greenville, SC

    Favorite Restaurants:    Burger King

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  • Chris Welsh
    Technician Group Leader -- Audi
    Chris Welsh
    864-288-8300

    Hometown: Lathan, New York

    Favorite Restaurants: El Tejino

    Hobbies: ATV riding

    Accomplishment most proud of: My daughter



  • Linda Ayers
    Comptroller
    Linda Ayers
    864-527-2856

    Hometown:    Jacksonville, FL / Bennettsville, SC

    Favorite Restaurants:    Miyabi

    Hobbies:    Reading & watching sports on TV

    Accomplishment most proud of:    My family

  • Ann Edwards
    Assistant Office Manager
    Ann Edwards
    864-527-2852

    Hometown:    Greer, SC

    Favorite Restaurants:     The Open Hearth & Outback

    Hobbies:    Reading, blowing bubbles with my grand-daughter Taylor, singing at church, & working in the yard.

    Accomplishment most proud of:    My daughters turning out so well in spite of having me as their mother.

  • Danielle Burns
    Warranty Administrator & Service Advisor
    Danielle Burns
    864-527-2869

    Hometown:    Greenville, SC

    Favorite Restaurants:    Staxs Grill   

    Accomplishment most proud of:    My son

  • Shannon Cheek
    Receptionist
    Shannon Cheek
    864-288-8300

    Hometown:    Jacksonville, FL / Greenville, SC   

    Favorite Restaurants:    Sushi Murisaki & The Melting Pot   

    Hobbies:    Music   

    Accomplishment most proud of:    My children

  • Niki Patillo
    Title Clerk
    Niki Patillo
    864-527-2854

    Hometown:    Florence, SC

    Favorite Restaurants:    Kanpai of Tokyo

    Hobbies:    Four wheeling, watching football, dancing

    Accomplishment most proud of:    graduating College

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  • Brent Illsley
    Audi Service Advisor
    Brent Illsley
    864-527-2862

    Hometown:    Dracut, MA

    Favorite Restaurants:    Flat Rock Grill

    Hobbies:    Golf & music

    Accomplishment most proud of:    married 25 years w/ 4 children

  • Will Burnside
    Service Lane Assistant
    Will Burnside
    864-288-8300

    Hometown:    Greenville, SC

    Favorite Restaurants:    Sticky Fingers

    Hobbies:    Love to travel

    Accomplishment most proud of:    Having a job at this time.

  • Lisa Ford
    Appointment Coordinator
    Lisa Ford
    864-527-2861

    Hometown: Smyrna, GA

    Favorite Restaurants: Texas Road House

    Hobbies: Yoga, walking and taking trips to Denver, CO to visit my daughter, Tess

    Accomplishment most proud of: My kids, Tess & Carter, and living the lessons my father taught me



  • Ryan Anderson
    Parts Delivery Driver
    Ryan Anderson
    864-288-8300

    Hometown: Gulfport, MS

    Favorite Restaurants: Anything Mexican

    Hobbies: Racing, Sports and Fishing

    Accomplishment Most Proud Of: Graduating from UTI and my 6-year old daughter


  • Larry Felton
    Get Ready Team
    Larry Felton
    864-288-8300

    Hometown:    Brookville, PA

    Favorite Restaurants:    East China Buffet

    Hobbies:    Guitar & Bible study

    Accomplishment most proud of:    ISO lead auditor, leading to set-up and implementation of corporate wide P.M. Programs