NJ CAR is proud to announce that Judith Schumacher-Tilton, dealer principal of Schumacher Chevrolet in Little Falls, NewJersey, was named one of four regional finalists for the 2012 TIME Dealer of the Year Award Competition at the NADA Convention earlier this month in Las Vegas, Nevada.The TIME Dealer of the Year Award is one of the automobile industry’s most prestigious and highly coveted awards for new car dealers. The award honors new car dealers throughout the United States who exhibit exceptional performance in their dealerships and perform distinguished community service. Judith was chosen to represent New Jersey in the national competition—one of only 52 automobile dealers, from 17,000 nationwide, nominated for the 43rd annual award. The award is sponsored by TIME Magazine, in association with Ally Financial, and in cooperation with the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA). A panel of faculty members from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan selects one finalist from each of the four NADA regions and one national Dealer of the Year.New Jersey dealers are finding a second home on the NADA stage. This is the sixth year out of the last nine that a New Jersey dealer has been recognized center-stage at the TIME Dealer of the Year Award Presentation—Shau-wai Lam in 2004 and finalists David Long in 2006, David Wintrode in 2007, David Sickel in 2009, Chip Miller in 2011 and Judith Schumacher-Tilton this year. Please join NJ CAR in congratulating Judith Schumacher-Tilton for representing our organization and our State so well in the recent competition.