ADESA 2022
Customer Advisory Board June 6-8
Days until the ADESA Customer Advisory Board Meeting
Welcome to the ADESA Customer
Advisory Board Meeting
ADESA is pleased to invite you to the award-winning Ojai Valley Inn & Spa. This year's event will include informative, interactive sessions, engaging networking opportunities and tips to increase productivity and wellness.
About Ojai Valley Inn
Nestled within a rare coastal valley on 220-oak studded acres, the iconic Ojai Valley Inn offers an abundance of active and peaceful pleasures including a legendary golf course, 31,000 square foot Spa Village, multiple pools and seven unique dining outlets with settings that range from fast-casual, poolside, to fine dining. Consistently, the Inn has been honored in the prestigious, Condé Nast Traveler Magazine Top 100 Hotels in the World, editor-selected Gold List. The Inn has also been chosen by Travel + Leisure publication readers as one of the Best Hotels in the World.
Key Speakers
Ernie Garcia, III
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Carvana
Ernie Garcia, III co-founded Carvana and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since its inception in 2012.
Mr. Garcia is also Chairman of the Carvana Co. Board. Prior to founding Carvana, Mr. Garcia held various roles at the DriveTime Automotive Group, Inc. from January 2007 to January 2013. From January 2007 to December 2008, he served as a financial strategist. He was a managing director of corporate finance from December 2008 to November 2009. From November 2009 until January 2013, he served as a Vice President and Treasurer and Director of Quantitative Analytics.
As Director of Quantitative Analytics, Mr. Garcia was responsible for the firm’s ongoing development of consumer credit scoring models, and its utilization of those tools in retail vehicle sales deal structuring and vehicle price optimization. Prior to DriveTime, Mr. Garcia was an associate in the Principal Transactions Group at RBS Greenwich Capital from 2005 to 2006, where he focused on consumer credit based investments. Mr. Garcia holds a B.S. in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University.
John Hammer
President, ADESA
John Hammer is president of ADESA, a business unit of KAR Auction Services. In this role, he directs the development and implementation of ADESA’s overall strategy and growth objectives and oversees the company’s North American operations. He assumed this role in February 2018.
Hammer is an automotive industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience in a variety of wholesale, retail and financing environments, as well as solid relationships throughout the industry.
Prior to being named president of ADESA, Hammer served as CEO of U.S. Auto Sales, Inc. He had previously spent seven years in senior leadership at Automotive Finance Corporation (AFC), another business unit of KAR Auction Services, as CEO, president and chief operating officer. Before joining AFC, Hammer spent 17 years in roles of increasing responsibility at several automotive and finance companies, including Ally Financial, AutoNation and Mercedes-Benz Financial. Hammer holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a major in finance from Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee.
John Combs
VP of Commercial Customer Solutions, ADESA
John Combs serves as vice president of commercial customer solutions for ADESA. He leads the team overseeing national commercial clients related to all ADESA services to ensure customer success.
John has held several positions throughout his robust 30-year career within the remarketing industry, including executive sales director, auction general manager, and manager of remarketing for a major bank and a non-prime auto lender. John earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Indiana University Bloomington in 1987.
Activities
Explore and choose from the unique group activities offered to create authentic and impactful moments that motivate, inspire, and build camaraderie.
Beekeeping
& Honey Tasting
Explore a day in the life of an apiarist
with our interactive beekeeping
and tasting experience of delicious
cold-pressed raw honey
from Southern California.
Golf
Spend the afternoon playing a round
of golf at one of America’s premier
Southern California golf resorts and
championship golf courses.
Rock
Climbing
The Ojai Valley Inn partners with Ojai
Rock Climbing which can outfit you on
a rock climbing experience along the
Topatopa mountain range.
Spa
Surrounded by the inspiring Topatopa
Mountains, the 31,000 square foot
luxury spa is the heart of our serene
Spa Village. A visit to Spa Ojai unlocks access
to two pools, a fully-equipped gym,
Mind & Body classes, Spa Boutique and more.
Schedule
Join us at the beautiful and iconic Ojai Valley Inn for two days of purposeful and interactive presentations and small group sessions to discuss and learn more about ADESA’s back to basics mission.
Reception and Dinner
6 p.m.
Breakfast
8 – 9 a.m.
General Session and Breakouts
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Lunch
12 – 1 p.m.
Networking Activities
1 – 5 p.m.
Reception & Dinner
6 p.m.
Breakfast
8 – 9 a.m.
Keynote with Personal Q&A
9 – 10 a.m.
Tom Kontos Reporting
10 – 10:30 a.m.
Awards and Closing Remarks
10:30 – 11 a.m.
Lunch and Adjourn
11 a.m. – 12 p.m
Travel
Ojai Valley Inn and Spa is located between the following airports.
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30 Miles South of Santa Barbara – Approximately 45 Min
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Drive 75 Miles North of LAX – Approximately 1.5 Hour drive
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70 Miles North of Burbank – Approximately 1 Hour drive
We will be reaching out after April 25, 2022 to request your arrival and departure information to coordinate transportation to Ojai.