Austin Landers, MINI of Wichita MINI of Wichita’s Austin Landers isn’t shy about acknowledging some division when it comes to LGBTQIA+ support and the Wichita community. In a recent interview, Landers, a service advisor who joined Walser in 2017, said, instead, it’s Walser that truly feels like a place of support. Landers is a…
L-R: Etoile Frank (he/him), Erich Christjansen (he/him) When Erich Christjansen, Director of Operations at the Walser Reconditioning Center, first met CEO Andrew Walser in 2020, he wasn’t expecting it to end in a job offer. Christjansen was serving as an operations director for a Las Vegas Volvo dealer at the time. Over time,…
Jessica Herzing, Walser F&I Sr. Specialist The LGBTQIA+ community is full of powerful stories, and throughout Pride month, we’ll be celebrating stories of Walser Automotive Group employees. This week, we’re spotlighting Jessica Herzing (she/her/hers). Jessica is an F&I Sr. Specialist and a founding Board Chair of Drive With Pride, Walser’s LGBTQIA+ Employee Resource…
Walser Automotive Group is proud to celebrate Walser’s LGBTQIA+ employees all year long, and especially during Pride Month. This June, Walser will host a month of educational workshops, webinars, events, a Pride family picnic, and more to recognize the identities and contributions of our LGBTQIA+ employees. We believe in the power of bringing your…
May marks Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. To celebrate, we’re recognizing Walser Automotive Group employees within the AAPI community and highlighting their stories. We recently spoke to Kong Yang, Detail Manager at the Walser Reconditioning Center. He told us about his journey into the automotive industry and why the meaning of…
Walser Automotive Group’s Cassie Smith accepts an award from General Motors representatives in March Best Buick saleswoman in the state. That’s the title Walser Buick GMC Bloomington Customer Specialist Cassie Smith now holds after a record sales year in 2020. Smith has ranked #2 in the state of Minnesota for Buick sales in 2020….
Do what you love. Love what you do. That phrase is one that Walser Toyota Customer Specialist Emily Protzner lives by daily. Automotive is the place where her work and hobbies collide. Protzner, who joined Walser in 2020, grew up working on cars with her dad. She became an avid auto show goer, learned how…
What’s good for women in the workplace is good for all. Women of Walser (WoW), an Employee Resource Group at Walser Automotive Group, took that mentality to heart while planning a week of events to commemorate International Women’s Day on March 8, 2021. The ERG, which focuses on the recruitment, retention, and ascension of…
2020 was a year like no other. So, in honor of the National Automobile Dealers Association’s 2021 Women Driving Auto Retail Video Contest, Women of Walser has chosen to highlight the voices of many women at Walser and their experiences through the COVID-19 pandemic. Through challenge, change, and growth, we are proud to showcase women…
Drive with Pride, your favorite auto industry LGBTQIA+ Employee Resource Group, is excited to let you in on the fact that we have been training and building… a resource library! With the understanding that to grow is to learn, we wanted to give our company the best opportunity. Understanding our employees makes us engaged as…
