On Monday, the Standards for Technology in Automotive Retail (STAR) announced the election of its 2025 board of directors and officers.

The automotive IT standards organization said the board consists of three representatives elected from its member organizations of technology providers, three representing its retail dealership members and dealer associations, and three from its membership of automotive manufacturers.

The 2025 board of directors includes:

—JP Garvey, dealer principal of the Garvey Automotive Group
—Phil Taylor, chief executive officer of Motive Retail
—John Reed, solutions leader for the manufacturing and mobility industries at Microsoft
—Brendan Ayers, automotive business development manager for Amazon Web Services
—Dan Ruddy, vice president of industry relations for the National Automobile Dealers Association
—Erik Day, chief financial officer at Warren Henry Auto Group
—Gautam Mazumdar, senior manager of sales and dealer experience at Nissan North America
—Harsha Yarram, dealer data and integration manager at General Motors
—Anders Puwanant, head of APIs and integration frameworks at Volvo Construction Equipment

And STAR’s 2025 officers are Garvey as chairman, Reed as vice chairman and Taylor as treasurer.

According to a news release, all of STAR’s officers served in 2024 and were re-elected for the 2025 annual term. Officer elections are held annually once that year’s board of directors is installed.

The 2025 board elections were delayed due to the inclement weather affecting STAR’s 2025 general session and the NADA Show.

STAR typically holds its board of director elections as part of its annual general session meeting just before the NADA Show. Each member of the board serves a rolling three-year term. This provides open slots for one representative from each of the following classifications to be elected to the board each year: OEMs, dealers, and technology providers.

STAR indicated elections are competitive with only those member organizations in good financial standing allowed to vote or run for a seat on the board.

Associate members are non-voting members and therefore ineligible to run or vote for STAR’s board of directors.

While elections are confidential, the board meetings themselves are open to all STAR members, who are encouraged to attend to learn more about STAR’s priorities and procedures.

“This year’s board is composed of a robust returning lineup of seasoned directors as well as the welcome addition of Brendan Ayers from Amazon Web Services,” Garvey said in the news release.

“In addition, with veteran director Anders Puwanant from Volvo Construction Equipment serving as STAR’s vice chairman of technology, the organization is better positioned than ever to lead the way in automotive standards,” Garvey added.