BOARD MEMBER BIO

NPDA Expands Leadership’s Depth of Expertise As Association Grows

The National Powersports Dealers Association (NPDA) has added a pair of industry veterans to its Board of Directors as the organization positions itself for greater growth and outreach success in the new year. Since its founding less than two years ago, the NPDA has grown to more than 250 Powersports Dealer members, including Harley-Davidson and metric dealers and independent (non-franchised) shops. The Board is now comprised of eight men and three women dealers from Alaska to Virginia.

The two newest additions to this august group were onboarded in time for their first in-person Board meeting at AIMExpo. Dealernews’ current cover dealer Bob Henig is joined by industry veteran (and U.S. Army Veteran) Mark Sheffield. See NPDA Board Member bio on page 53 for Sheffield’s statement).

Henig is a former freelance photographer and home improvement business owner who launched Bob’s Used Parts in 1981 after a motorcycle crash, turning it into Bob’s BMW Motorcycle several years later. “I believe the NPDA exists to create a nationwide organization that is available to assist and support all Dealer members in growing their individual operations in the smartest, most profitable manner possible and to take on the thorny issues that Dealers often face in the current business environment,” he says.

“Adding the five decades of smart, passionate industry Dealership experience found in these two fine gentlemen will further strengthen the leadership of the NPDA,” adds NPDA Chair Bob Althoff. “We look forward to what will surely be their important contributions.”