Kim celebrated 40 years as an equipment dealers association executive on November 1.

Kim is the son of a rural mail carrier and a part-time farmer. He grew up on a 300-acre farm that grew corn and beans and had the occasional hayfield in French Lick, Indiana.

Coming out of college, he started his career working for Federated Insurance. He was with Federated for three short years, and it was through that relationship that he began working with dealer associations. Eventually, in 1983, he met David Lucy, who was the Executive Director of the Indiana Implement Retailers Association at that time.

Dave was looking for a short-term field rep, but also a long-term 鈥渘umber two鈥� – as he was planning to retire soon and was looking for his successor. However, he decided to hang around for another 17 years before Kim took the reins.

During his career, Kim has had the unique ability to wear two hats at the same time, and to wear them well. He found himself managing two separate associations simultaneously more than once.

Kim managed a number several of association mergers, including Indiana joining Kentucky to create Mid-America. He then ran both Mid-America and the Ohio-Michigan 婷婷激情五月天 Dealers Association for 15 years before their merger, which formed United. In June 2017, he took leadership of United and EDA before they merged to form NAEDA in 2022.

Since Kim started his journey as an equipment association executive 40 years ago, the industry has seen many changes.

When Kim started, there were 34 regional equipment dealer associations, and he has been instrumental in several of those mergers. He has also seen first-hand the changing demographics of our dealerships, ownership groups and customer base. Most importantly, Kim has always had the dealers鈥� best interests at heart.

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鈥淔or 25 years, Andy has not only been a driving force for the dealers of Iowa and Nebraska, he has played a key role in the work and evolution of NAEAE and the equipment industry as well,鈥� said Kim Rominger, NAEAE president.

鈥淎s an original member of the Industry Relations Task Force, Andy brought integrity and professionalism to the boardrooms of major manufacturers and played a major role in improving communications and relationships with major manufacturers and shortliners,鈥� added Rominger. 鈥淭hese efforts continue today largely due to Andy鈥檚 efforts and involvement. His talent, calmness in the storm and professionalism will certainly be missed.鈥�

Goodman was recognized during his retirement celebration held at the Stine Barn in West Des Moines, Iowa, where industry peers, dealer-members, manufacturer representatives, INEDA staff and family gathered to honor and celebrate Andy and his contributions to the equipment industry.

He concludes his service to INEDA at the end of the year.