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Bird-Kultgen Ford in Waco, Texas, reported record gross revenue in total sales and service even while some employees worked from home as part of the dealership’s virtual sales tower.
One of Jeff Gabbert s first acts as the new vice president of sales at Bird-Kultgen Ford was supposed to be to bring the dealership s sales force together. Instead, he worked to ensure the team members stayed apart.
As he arrived last November, some of the dealership s employees contracted the coronavirus and about 15 others needed to quarantine because of potential exposure. The groups included members of the senior leadership team.
Gabbert previously served as a social work consultant and stability specialist with the Homelessness and Housing Alliance, where his tasks included partnering with the Fort Walton Beach Police Department to find housing for homeless people.
His previous jobs also included serving as lead case manager, housing coordinator and grant manager for the Gateway Community Service Board in Brunswick, Georgia; city manager and chief municipal finance officer for the city of South Fulton, Tennessee; and as a rehabilitation and skilled nursing facility administrator, mostly in Tennessee.
“This job (as the One Hopeful Place shelter manager) is right up my alley,” Gabbert said.