Illinois Dealer Elected Chairman of NAEDA Board in Recent Elections

Fenton, Mo. – March 1 -- Tom Nobbe, of Waterloo, IL, has been elected chairman of the board of directors of the North American Equipment Dealers Association (NAEDA).

Nobbe is general manager of Wm Nobbe and Co., a seven-location John Deere equipment dealership serving southern Illinois and southeastern Missouri. Wm Nobbe and Co. locations include Waterloo, IL, Jerseyville and Steelville, IL, and Scott City, Ste Genevieve, Farmington and St. Peters,  MO.

Nobbe is serving his second three-year term on the NAEDA board from the Midwest Equipment Dealers Association (MEDA).

Nobbe assumed the role of chairman on March 1, 2013. Blaine Bingham, of Mesa, AZ, also was elected as first vice chairman of the NAEDA board and Brian Carpenter, of Middlebury, VT, was elected as second vice chairman.  Bingham represents the Far West Equipment Dealers Association. Carpenter represents the Northeast Equipment Dealers Association. Also serving on the NAEDA Executive Committee is Joe Nash of Mississippi, immediate past chairman and Gary Manke of Wisconsin who represents all the NAEDA affiliated associations.

Nobbe graduated from Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville, IL.

Nobbe is active in the communities of Waterloo and Red Bud, IL. He is in the Waterloo Rotary Club and is director of the First State Bank of Red Bud. He is a past board member of the St. Louis Agri-Business Club.

ABOUT NAEDA:

NAEDA is one of the longest running trade associations in North America.  It is affiliated with 16 state, regional and provincial associations made up of member dealers in their area; 14 of the associations are in the United States, two are in Canada.  Each association acts as an autonomous unit within the area it serves. Together, NAEDA and its affiliates provide a wealth of services to approximately 5,000 equipment dealers in the two countries.