35-year Veteran Steps Down as Head of California Dealers Assn.

Jay Gorman has retired as longtime executive vice president of the California Motor Car Dealers Assn. Peter Welch succeeds him. Welch was the group's director of government and legal affairs. The executive vice president heads the association along with elected dealer officers. A native of Missouri, Gorman began his automobile career in 1968 with the Motor Car Dealers Association of Southern California