New Jersey’s Rick DeSilva Jr. is 2021 TIME Dealer of the Year. Second-generation dealer and all-round community do-gooder Rick DeSilva Jr. wins the 2021 TIME Dealer of the Year award sponsored by Ally Financial. The owner of Liberty Subaru in Emerson, NJ, is cited for a long list of charitable works as well as COVID-19 pandemic safety efforts last year. Looking at the impressive list of fellow nominees in the running, “I didn’t prepare an acceptance speech,” DeSilva says of the award presented to him at an online ceremony during the National Automobile Dealers Assn.’s annual convention. State and local dealer associations nominated 40 dealers nationwide.