NADA Board of Directors

Annette DiLorenzo Thayer is dealer/owner of Quality Mazda in Albuquerque, N.M. A third-generation dealer, she started in the automotive business in 1989, working in her family's Quality Jeep Eagle dealership. DiLorenzo Thayer represents New Mexico's franchised new-car dealers on the board of directors of the National Automobile Dealers Association. (Term:  July 2014-January 2025)

Industry Service

• Board member, Albuquerque New Car and Truck Dealers
• Treasurer, New Mexico Automotive Dealers Association, 2001
• Representative, New Mexico Automobile Dealers Association for Bernalillo County, since 2000
• Chairman, New Mexico Dealer Election Action Committee
• Vice President, New Mexico Automotive Dealers Association, 2002
• President, Albuquerque New Car and Truck Association, 2003
• Committee member, NMADA Advertising Review Board, since 2003
• Committee member, New Mexico New Car Show, since 2004
• Chair, New Mexico Work Comp Group, 2004-2011
• Chair, New Mexico Automotive Dealers Association, 2007
• Immediate past chair, New Mexico Automotive Dealers Association, 2008
• National Dealer Advisory Council for Mazda North America, since 2012
• National Dealer Council for Mazda Service, 2010-2012
• Jeep Dealer Council, 1998-2004

Community Service

• Board member, Lobo Club, since 2011

Awards

• Time Dealer of the Year Award winner for New Mexico, 2009

Education

• Bachelor's degree with double major, University of New Mexico, and a four-year letterman in track and field
• NADA Dealer Candidate Academy, Class 69
• New Mexico Associate Brokers License