Manheim announces leadership moves
Manheim shared a trio of management moves Monday, announcing first that its regional vice president for the Florida region, Mark Ford, is set to retire at the end of 2021.
The company also announced two promotions in its Manheim Mid-Atlantic Market Center. Chad Spearman is now auction manager at Manheim Baltimore-Washington and Danielle Sweet is now auction manager at Manheim Fredericksburg.
As for Ford, he has been with Manheim since 1989, when he joined the company from Bishop Brothers Auto Auctions in Atlanta.
Ford has held leadership posts at Georgia, Utah, Indiana and Ohio auctions for Manheim. In 2010, he became market vice president of the North Central Market.
In his current role, which he has held since 2013, Ford heads up the 12 Manheim locations in Florida.
“There’s no question that Mark has been a driving force for Manheim’s Florida operations and an inspiration to those who worked alongside him,” Manheim division vice president Alan Lang said in a news release. “We can’t thank Mark enough for his many contributions to helping shape Manheim’s future and for all he’s done for our company, clients and teams.”
As for the Mid-Atlantic promotions, Spearman was most recently the assistant general manager at Manheim Baltimore-Washington. He has been with Manheim since 2013.
Sweet has been with Manheim since 2015, when she joined as a field sales manager serving Detroit, Cleveland, Indianapolis and Ohio. Sweet’s most recent post was as assistant general manager for the company’s operations in Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Rochester, N.Y.
She also held several management posts at Enterprise Rent-A-Car.