Young Executive of the Year Award
Purpose
The Import Vehicle Community honors outstanding young executives in the import automotive industry for their dedication, enthusiasm and accomplishments. This award recognizes the leadership and integrity of executives and team leaders under the age of 40.
Qualifications
The candidate must be involved in the automotive aftermarket for import vehicles.
The candidate must have made remarkable contributions to their organization, which also have a positive benefit for the import vehicle aftermarket.
The candidate must be known as one whose character and integrity are beyond reproach and admired.
Candidates must be under 40 years old by December 31, 2024, to be eligible for nomination.
Self-nominations are not accepted.
2024 Young Executive of the Year Award Winner
Don Snyder
Senior Vice President of Finance, FCP Euro
Don Snyder joined FCP Euro in 2017 and leads the finances of the company. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing the company’s financial activities, including the development and execution of financial strategies, providing essential financial insights to support effective decisionmaking, and driving sustainable growth.
Before joining FCP Euro, Don held several leadership positions at edTech firms Higher One and Blackboard. He is a graduate of Saint Anselm College and holds a Masters in Business Administration from Southern Connecticut State University.
Before joining FCP Euro, Don held several leadership positions at edTech firms Higher One and Blackboard. He is a graduate of Saint Anselm College and holds a Masters in Business Administration from Southern Connecticut State University.
Previous Award Winners
- Brian Cohn (1999)
- ** (2000)
- Jeff Olefson (2001)
- Fred Snow (2002)
- Pat Suiter (2003)
- Todd Patkin (2004)
- Eric Michael Breslow (2005)
- Matthew Waters (2006)
- J. Scott Huston (2007)
- Dan Bouchey (2008)
- Brian Cruickshank (2009)
- John Sanford (2010)
- Brian Griffin III (2011)
- Kenny Ho (2012)
- Nick Bauer (2013)
- Ted Hughes (2014)
- Scott Drozd (2015)
- Aaron Shaffer (2016)
- Naomi Rivas (2017)
- Matthias Kopecky (2018)
- Meagan Moody (2019)
- ** (2020)
- Mac Eash (2021)
- Eric Lough (2022)
- Sebastian Zelger (2023)
** Award not presented.