Phil and Ann Winslow: Colorado Springs partnership both at home and in the garage
— Colorado Springs Gazette, July 18, 2021
Phil Winslow has headed the auto dealership that bears his name for 60 years through three locations, and the 81-year-old entrepreneur doesn't plan to retire anytime soon.
His son, Phil Winslow Jr. already owns the building and land for Winslow BMW of Colorado Springs near Instate 25 and North Nevada Ave. and eventually will take over the dealership. Phil Winslow Sr. and his wife, Ann, sold 20% of the dealership to general manager Gregg Randolph in 2014, when he became managing partner, to allow the couple to reduce their day-to-day role in the company.
Congratulations to Colorado Springs' Laissa Sanchez and Sevan Stryker for rising from pool of more than 400 to be named by Automotive News as nation's top 40 under 40 dealers in 2021
— by Automotive News
SAVVY AND RESILIENT: This year’s 40 Under 40 class holds a special distinction: It is our 10th annual list of the brightest stars in automotive retailing, bringing the program’s honoree count up to 400. This year’s standouts have been through back-to-back challenges of a pandemic and now a global inventory shortage. From reviving failing stores to devising programs for remote sales or service, they’re making a difference across their dealership groups.
Laissa Sanchez, 35
Managing Partner
Alpine Buick-GMC South
Colorado Springs
As a college intern pursuing a career in broadcast news, Laissa Sanchez became the face of Alpine Buick-GMC in Denver, appearing in TV commercials and infomercials that aired on the local Spanish Telemundo channel.
Fast-forward 15 years and Sanchez is managing partner and general manager of Alpine Buick-GMC South in Colorado Springs, Colo.
"What I thought started as a one-month, one-time gig ended up being a 15-year gig," Sanchez said.
Sevan Stryker knows that regardless of what may be going on in the world, there's still an absolute need for dealerships. But he knows the culture is changing.
The COVID-19 pandemic did an excellent job of demonstrating that to him.
"Adapting to the new environment, to me, was a fun challenge," said Stryker, a general manager approaching his 19th year in the automotive industry. "It was finding various ways to still make sure our clients were taken care of."
Longtime Cortez resident and businessman, Joe Keesee passed away peacefully at his home on July 2, 2021.
Joe and his wife Mary Ann moved to Cortez in 1971 when they purchased the Ford dealership, then Marsell Motor Company. They felt privileged to raise their family in the beautiful Montezuma Valley. Joe served on the board of Citizens State Bank, Cortez Economic Development Council and Four Corners Community Bank. He volunteered his efforts toward charitable initiatives in Cortez and the surrounding communities and gave much to the community he loved. Joe was a skilled golfer and low handicapper and was a member of Whisper Rock Golf Club in Scottsdale where he made many friends. Joe loved the outdoors and recreational opportunities of life in southwest Colorado. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and enjoyed fishing trips with his family and friends from the Sea of Cortez to the Gulf of Alaska. He and Mary Ann traveled the world together. Married for 52 years, Joe adored his children and grandchildren and never let too much time pass between visits.
Joe was born in Fort Worth, Texas to Gilbert and Marguerite Rhodes. After his parent's divorce he moved to Hobbs, New Mexico as a three-year-old where his mother re-married H.K. (Ken Keesee). He had two half-brothers, Wayne and Michael Keesee. Joe's stepfather moved the family to Farmington, New Mexico during the oil boom in the mid 1950's. Joe attended Bluffview Elementary, Tibbets Junior High and Farmington High School where he excelled as a right-handed fast ball pitcher in the high school ranks and the Babe Ruth leagues. He was the starting pitcher for the first ever Babe Ruth World Series held in Farmington and for years held the strike out record at Farmington High School, collecting 17 K's in a single game.
Joe was preceded in death by his father Gilbert Rhodes; step mother Mabeth Rhodes; mother Marguerite Keesee; step-father Ken Keesee; and his half- brothers, Wayne and Michael Keesee. He is survived by his loving wife Mary Ann Keesee; his brothers, Mark Rhodes (Gwena) of Cleburne, Texas, and Brad Rhodes (Susie) of Fort Worth, Texas; his daughters, Angela Loewen (Rob) of Montrose, Colorado, and Amy Keesee of Denver, Colorado; his sons, David Keesee (Shannon) of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Andrew "AJ" of Cortez, Colorado and adopted son Doak Belt (Ver) of La Jolla, California; eleven grandchildren and adoptive grandchildren, Dylan Voytilla ,Drew Loewen (Gina), Aiden Barnes, Henry Barnes, Kieran Keesee, Zoey Keesee, Arlo Keesee, Emerson Keesee, Ford Keesee, Kaden Belt and Wyatt Belt.
Joe will be missed by many in the Cortez community but particularly by the employees at Keesee Motor Company where his calm and thoughtful leadership garnered loyalty and admiration from the hundreds of men and women he employed over the past 50 years. Together they won the "not easy to come by" attention of Ford Motor Company and Ford Motor Credit Corporation as evidenced by multiple awards over the years including 12 Presidents Awards, the highest honor a Ford Dealer can earn. His low-key manner, dry wit, and wise counsel endeared him to many. Joe's days of wondering the fields and streams of southwest Colorado and golf courses all over the world may be over but his presence will always be felt by those many lives he touched with generosity and wisdom.
A celebration of Joe's life was held on Saturday, July 17, 2021.
Memorial contributions can be made in Joe's memory to Conquistador Junior Golf Foundation at Dolores State Bank, or to For Pets Sake Humane Society, PO Box 1705, Cortez, Colorado 81321.
Title Processing after COVID
What's changed, what's the same what the new 'normal' looks like
You have titles to process. And like everything else you do, they need to be done fast.
But processing titles is not consistent from one DMV to another. Where some DMVs won't service dealers at all, others don't let dealers go to the window and others still may be closed one day of the week. Which ones are doing what? And how can you keep them all straight?
It's not the first time processes have changed at the DMV. But it's been a heckuva year and a half in trying to efficiently process that pile of titles on your desk.
Yet there are ways, tricks even, to process titles faster than what may be this new norm seems to dictate.
In-person seminars this summer
Join us this summer IN PERSON at the location nearest you for the ONLY title classes offered by CADA this year!
In this highly interactive, 2.5-hour seminar, Cindy Vierya, owner of Cindy Titles, LLC, will cover topics that include:
Handling out-of-state sales
Using Car Fax to YOUR advantage
County dealer desk changes
State appointments for dealer titles, duplicates, registrations and record searches
She'll be joined by various county DMV title experts, so you'll know EXACTLY what each county requires when processing your titles.
These seminars fill up fast, so register today!
About our presenter
Owner of Cindy Titles, LLC, Cindy Vierya has provided title processing expertise and assistance to auto dealers, credit unions, lenders and individuals since 2008. She has more than 15 years' title processing experience in Colorado, including seven years at the Denver County DMV — and nearly five years with a local new-car dealership.
Cindy Titles helps with all types of titling and registration. Vierya's services include training by appointment and help with problem cases, such as out-of-state title issues.
You'll learn
Sales & use tax update — based on where your customers live
How CarFax can become your new best friend
County desk dealer changes
Secrets for timely and efficient title processing today
Please join us for updates on issues that can affect your dealership, including:
New legislation affecting dealerships from the Colorado State Capitol
Transportation funding bill (SB-260), which adds more than $5 billion over the next 10 years to roads and bridges
Update on Attorney General litigation for GAP coverage providers
Latest push by government for more EVs on Colorado roads
2021 Denver Auto Show plans
CADA Convention and Member Golf Event at The Broadmoor
Federal issues update from NADA
Join us at the Regional Meeting most convenient to you! And invite your key team leaders, because so much of what's happening affects multiple departments of your dealership!
Register now for the meeting most convenient for you!
It's been more than seven months since the Equal Pay for Equal Work law went into effect. Two of the biggest issues gaining attention from the courts are whether businesses are complying with evergreen postings and in-line promotions. In addition, developing pay bands has proven to be a bit tricky and may or may not be used to explain salary difference.
Colorado's Department of Labor and Employment has started sending compliance letters to businesses, and the first kind of enforcement actions will begin next month.
It's a good time to examine these top issues and determine whether you'll meet compliance requirements.
Join us at 8 a.m. Wednesday, August 25 as Alexandra Bellanti, Employers Council Pay Equity Attorney, Affirmative Action Planning Services, leads the webinar, Equal Pay for Equal Work: What we know 8 months in.
Designed for dealer principals, general managers, HR managers, business managers and controllers, Alex will discuss issues employers are facing today and how they're handling the new law — the biggest being evergreen postings and in-line promotions. She'll walk you through how to develop pay bands and outline court decisions that uphold the law.
Alex Bellanti joined Employers Council in the summer of 2018 as an attorney with the Employment Law Services department. In November 2020, she transitioned to a role as the Pay Equity Attorney within the Specialized Legal Services Department, and works with the AAPS/Pay Equity Grup on performing pay equity audits and advising members on related matters.
Alex specializes in wage and hour law, with a current emphasis on pay equity, along with discrimination and EEO law. Previously, Alex practiced Plaintiff's side employment law for nearly five years in Colorado and Oklahoma. Outside the office, Alex enjoys skiing and Texas Rangers baseball.
How to address paid leave and employee abuse, now that it's law
While Governor Polis lifted the state public health emergency earlier this month, the federal emergency continues under the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
Under Colorado's Healthy Families & Workplaces Act, Colorado employers are required to provide three types of paid leave to employees:
COVID-19 related paid leave
Paid sick leave
Public health emergency-related paid leave
So what does that mean to dealerships: The state has lifted restrictions, yet the federal guidelines remain? How do you move forward? How do you curtail employee abuse of the paid leave?
It's a tricky road to navigate. Because the law defers to employees, what can you do when they seem to be abusing the new rule? What questions can you ask — and equally, what can't you ask?
Join us at 8 a.m. Thursday, August 26, as Dean Harris, Employers Council Attorney & Western Slope Area Manager leads the webinar, Colorado's Healthy Families & Workplacles Act: How to address paid leave and employee abuse, now that it's law.
Designed for dealer principals, general managers, HR managers, business managers and controllers, Dean will walk you through what happens to public health leave when the public health emergency ends. He'll discuss differences between paying employees for time off versus separated personal and sick lelave, as well as how to pay public health emergency leave for commissioned sales and flag employees.
You'll learn
The legal requirements of the Healthy Families & Workplaces Act
The difference between the general sick leave and public health emergency leave sections of the Act
How to transition to the post-COVID workplace after the requirement for public health emergency expires
Common situations that arise in drafting and managing leave plans under the Act
The details
When
Thursday, August 26
8 - 9:30 a.m.
Webinar
Price
$179
BONUS!
Do you offer medical benefits to your employees through CADA Insurance Services?
Dean Harris' career has centered on human resources and employment law issues. Early on, he clerked for Colorado Court of Appeals Judge Jose D.L. Marquez, followed by practicing employment, civil rights and criminal law as an associate attorney for Benezra & Culver, LLC.
He worked with Mountain States Employers Council as staff attorney from 2006-10, then as VP and HR Regional Manager for a community bank with 425 associates in 60 locations in California and Colorado, where he oversaw HR and employment law issues.
He rejoined the now-Employers Council in May 2017 to represent the interests of Employers Council and its members on the western slope.
Join us at The Broadmoor for the CADA Annual Convention in October!
Let's get together for a few days of fun, socializing and relaxation October 6-8 at The Broadmoor, the longest-running 5-star and 5-diamond hotel in the country!
We'll get together for a few laughs and conversation at The Golden Bee Wednesday evening. Then we'll be up and at 'em early Thursday morning for the Annual CADA Golf Event on the West Course — where play is subtle, yet incredibly challenging. Once you roll off the course, meet us for the golf awards luncheon, followed by an afternoon on your own.
We'll meet up early Thursday evening for the Opening Reception, with appetizers and libations, before heading out to one of many restaurants on the 3,000-acre property for dinner on your own. (It'll be a great time to catch up with other dealer friends — in person!)
Friday is our day of business and education, with speakers like Scott Monty and Chip Perry to spark ideas and share what's working in dealerships today.
The year started off strong with a compliance webinar that could affect your bottom line, followed by one that details the ins and outs of buying or selling a dealership. If you missed these webinars, you can stream them through CADA's Education on Demand.
For information about any Endorsed Provider's products or services, contact Marsha Temple 303.457.5123 office | 303.589.3801 mobile
Avoid workplace hazards with slip, trip and fall controls
Each year, thousands of workers are injured or disabled as a result of slips, trips, and falls, which may occur anytime, anywhere, or to anyone. These injuries could create long-lasting complications for workers who sustain them, and unfortunately, they are not uncommon occurrences in the workplace — about 20 to 25 percent of all occupational-injury accidents involve slips, trips, and falls.1 Causes often include:
Failure to properly use equipment
Haste
Inappropriate footwear
Lack of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Inattention
Obstacles in walkways
Poor lighting and vision
Slippery surfaces
Unsafe ladder usage
Fortunately, many of these injuries can be avoided by using controls designed to help you recognize slip, trip, and fall hazards at your workplace and determine what preventative safety measures should be taken.
Engineering controls involve evaluating your physical environment and rectifying the hazards that may cause employees to slip, trip, or fall.2 These controls also include changing processes to ensure that safety is a top priority and verifying that the physical environment at your facility is up to code.
Administrative controls involve critically assessing work procedures and policies, and implementing effective rules, schedules, and training with the goal of reducing employee interaction with potentially hazardous situations over long periods of time.2 These controls can help change the way people do their jobs through the use of education, training, proper signage, maintenance, correcting poor work practices, regular inspections, and good housekeeping, to name a few.3
Safe work practices take what the administrative controls propose and turn them into actions that employees and employers should follow. The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that at least one third of the nation’s workforce is exposed to hazards that could cause slips, trips, or falls.4 It is up to both supervisors and employees alike to follow safe work practices and regularly ensure that rules are being followed. Document any problematic areas and the remedial actions taken to address those areas, and ensure documentation includes descriptions of any accidents are as complete as possible.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) can help to reduce risks of injury or death in circumstances where there may be an increased risk of slips, trips, or falls. Although there may not be a way to eliminate a hazard in a workplace, PPE can help to control the hazard rather than eliminating it.3
Utilizing workplace controls to create and maintain a safe work environment is imperative in helping to avoid unnecessary slips, trips, and falls. And remember to respond quickly and appropriately if a slip, trip, or fall does occur.
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