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paul@tmaag.com
Kansas Office
1711 W. 27th Street
Hays, KS 67601 Phone: (785) 628-6016 Cell: (785) 650-3997 Fax: (785) 625-4031
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Mr. Mac Donald was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1952. He graduated from
Catholic Central High School in 1970 and attended King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
He entered the Automobile business at his Grandfather's Chevrolet Dealership in Detroit,
Michigan in 1972. He left his family store to purchase his own Chevrolet Dealership in
Hays, Kansas in 1981.
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Mr. Mac Donald has held Volkswagen, Porsche, Audi, Mazda and Chevrolet franchises. Mr. Mac Donald sold his
Chevrolet-Mazda Dealership in October of 1998 and is President of TriMac Automotive Advisory Group.
Mr. Mac Donald has served in his community as United Way Co-Chairman, Chairman of the Board of
Directors of St. Anthony Hospital, Vice-President of the Chamber of Commerce, Chairman for the
Auction for Christian Education, Board of Director for the Fort Hays State University Endowment,
Chairman of the Economic Development Corporation of Ellis County Kansas and a member of the
Strategic Planning Committee for the City of Hays.
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He also has served diligently in the automotive business as well. He was a member of the General
Motors President's Advisory Council, Member of the National Chevrolet Dealer Council, President of
the Western Kansas Chevrolet Dealer Association, Member of the Board of the Chevy Team of Kansas,
Member of the General Motors Auction Planning Committee, President of the Kansas Automobile Dealers
Association,n Chairman of the Kansas Automobile Dealers Workman Compensation Fund.
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Mr. Mac Donald is the former NADA Director from the State of Kansas. As a NADA Director, he was a
Chairman of the Regulatory Affairs Committee as well as a member of the Membership Committee.
He served on the Small Dealer Task Force as well as the Information Technology Task Force.
Mr. Mac Donald was the first Chairman of the new NADA Information Technology Committee. Mr.
Mac Donald was the one of the author's on the NADA Management Education Guides "Resolving the
Year 2000 Problem" and "Contingency Planning for the Year 2000 Problem". Mr. Mac Donald has
presented at multiple NADA workshops on technology and computer information.
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Mr. Mac Donald's notable awards have been: "The Blue Chip Enterprise Award" Recipient
(Nation's Business and US Chamber), "The Employer of the Year" for the hiring of the handicapped
(State of Kansas), Paul Harris Fellowship (Rotary International), "Optimist of the Year Award"
(Two Time Recipient, Hays Optimist Club), TIME Magazine Quality Dealer Finalist (NADA and TIME
Magazine).
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Since leaving the retail automotive business, Mr. Mac Donald has consulted with such companies
as EDS, NADA, Automotive News, Ward Business Magazine, as well as numerous Dealer's and Dealerships
through out the country.
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In 1999, Mr. Mac Donald, along with two members of his family, Mike Mac Donald and Louise Mac
Donald, formed a consulting group TriMac Automotive Advisory Group. With over 100 years of
automobile retail experience between them, TriMac Automotive can assist Dealers with every
single phase of their operations, including technology.
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In December of 2001, Paul, along with members of his family, purchased the assets of
Bountiful Mazda from the Ford Motor Company Utah Auto Collection. Paul, with his family members,
own and operate Bountiful Mazda in Bountiful, Utah. Paul Mac Donald is and is an active member of
Bountiful Mazda Management Team.
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In March of 2005, Mr. MacDonald, along with his family members, purchased the assets of Greg Kruger
Lincoln Mercury and opened Bountiful Lincoln Mercury in Bountiful, Utah. Mr. Mac Donald is also an
active member of the management team of Bountiful Lincoln Mercury. Additionally,
in August of 2005,
Bountiful Suzuki was founded, located next to the current Bountiful Lincoln Mercury in
Bountiful, Utah. In 2008, Bountiful Lincoln Mercury was sold. |
In September of of 2009, Paul and Mike MacDonald purchased
the assets of Legacy Mazda in Orem, Utah. The new Dealership was renamed
Orem Mazda located at 55 University Parkway in Orem. Paul is an active
member of the Orem Mazda Management Team. |
"Dealer Helping Dealers"
paul@tmaag.com
pmacdonald@bountifulmazda.com
pmacdonald@oremmazda.com
mail@paulmac.com (personal)
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