MEET THE CEO

Tabetha Hammer Meet the CEO . . .

Tabetha Hammer is no stranger to America’s Automotive She is active in the car community, having previously held Trust, having served on the Board of the RPM a three-year term on the Board of the Antique Automobile

Foundation and the combined AAT Board for the last Club of America, participated in several Hemming’s Great few years, including a stint as Chairman of the Marketing Race time-speed-distance rallies and worked closely with Committee. She even piloted a 1962 International the Historic Vehicle Association. She has judged at various Travelette truck across America on The Drive Home for two Concours d’Elegance events including Cobble Beach, consecutive years. Elegance at Hershey and the Edison Concours. In her spare She comes to us from AAT partner Hagerty, where she held various job titles and responsibilities over 11 years, including efforts to help save driving with focuses on youth, education time, she enjoys being behind the wheel of her 1973 Mini – or any other fun car – and working on her newest project, a 1974 BMW R60/6 motorcycle. and heritage. Most recently, she was appointed as Director of Tabetha’s connection with the RPM Foundation is personal. both the prestigious Greenwich Concours d’Elegance and the In 2008, a RPM Foundation grant supported Tabetha’s Madison Avenue Sports Car Driving and Chowder Society, college internship at the Glenmoor Gathering of Significant a club of automotive media and industry professionals Automobiles, a Concours d’Elegance in Canton, OH. originally established in 1957. In these dual roles she was responsible for overseeing strategy, logistics, planning, staffing and execution. “What an amazing story. Tabetha progressed from a barnyard tinkerer in Colorado to a national award winner. Then from college student and RPM Foundation grant recipient to a Tabetha’s passion for collector vehicles and restoration Board Member,” said America’s Automotive Trust Vice Chair started in her teenage years with antique tractors, when and former CEO, David Madeira. “Now on to the CEO she participated in the Chevron Delo Tractor Restoration role. I’ve been impressed by Tabetha’s passion and successes Competition. In 2003, she became the first female to win the over the last decade and could not be more excited for her – National Grand Championship, followed by a consecutive or us – in this next step forward.” win in 2004. In 2009, she graduated from McPherson College’s Automotive Restoration program. Please welcome Tabetha and support her in her new role as President and CEO of America’s Automotive Trust!