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NADA Academy is a year-long leadership and management training program operated by the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), a 501(c)(6) trade…
NADA Academy
a National Automobile Dealers Association company
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NADA Academy is a year-long leadership and management training program operated by the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), a 501(c)(6) trade organization, designed to prepare dealer principals, prospective dealers, and dealership managers to operate profitable automotive businesses. The program delivers six instructional modules covering financial management, parts, service, inventory & marketing, sales management, and business leadership, taught by industry experts in-person or live online. NADA also offers complementary education products including an education subscription model, Professional Series classes, seminars, and in-dealership consulting services.
What you do with it
complete a structured, year-long curriculum covering the full operational scope of running a dealership, so they can operate a more profitable and professionally managed automotive business
When a dealer principal or aspiring dealer needs to build foundational management and financial competency across all dealership departments
Community evidence → Stable
The DealerRefresh community data on NADA Academy is extremely limited — only a single passing reference exists, in which one commenter identifies themselves as an Academy graduate who came up in a dealership environment shaped by Joe Verde training. No substantive praise or criticism of the Academy's curriculum, instructors, outcomes, or value is present in the provided quotes. It is not possible to honestly characterize community sentiment, positive or negative, beyond acknowledging that at least one participant completed the program.
1 mention · 1 positive · Scored from 20+ years of candid DealerRefresh discussion. Scores shift as new conversations happen.
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"graduate of the NADA academy, grew up living Joe Verde until Dad sold the store"
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