10 AutoNation regional operations leaders
Market president is the title held today by each of these ten AutoNation regional operations leaders, who lead markets for AutoNation. A reader can learn how regional operations leaders run their areas at AutoNation from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Benny Dominguez
LinkedInExperience: Market President · AutoNation
Benny Dominguez has been Market President at AutoNation since 2006, and their profile says they lead operations for AutoNation's South Florida region, from Palm Beach to Fort Myers. At AutoNation they were also CFS Director at AutoNation Ford of Miami (2002–2006) and Sales Manager there (1999–2002).
Bruno Vitale
LinkedInExperience: Market President · AutoNation
Bruno Vitale has been Market President at AutoNation since October 2025, a role the listing places in Colorado. At AutoNation they were also General Manager (2022–2025), CFS-DM Western Region - Colorado Market (2021–2022) and GSM CFS Director (2018–2021).
Christopher Creedon
LinkedInExperience: Market President · Autonation
Christopher Creedon has been Market President at AutoNation since July 2023, and their profile headline names the Midwest Northeast Market. They were General Manager at Laurel BMW of Westmont (2020–2023), General Manager at Audi Westmont (2019–2020) and General Sales Manager at Mercedes Benz of Westmont (1997–2019).
James Bazuik
LinkedInExperience: Market President · AutoNation
James Bazuik has been Market President at AutoNation since February 2018, a role the listing places in Phoenix, Arizona. At AutoNation they were also General Manager (2015–2018) and Executive Leadership Trainee (2014–2015), and they were General Sales Manager at Centennial Toyota (2013).
Levi Haslup
LinkedInExperience: Market President · AutoNation
Levi Haslup has been Market President at AutoNation since September 2023, and their profile headline reads President Mid-Atlantic Market. They were Regional Director at MileOne Autogroup (2023), and Director Of Operations (2021–2023) and Vice President & Group Director (2020–2021) at Ourisman Automotive Group.
Lloyd Steeves II
LinkedInExperience: Market President · AutoNation
Lloyd Steeves II has been Market President at AutoNation since April 2025, and their profile headline reads Market President - Southeast. They were Chief Operating Officer at Scott Auto Group (2024–2025), President at Hennessy Automobile Companies (2024) and Market Director - Southeast Region at Group 1 Automotive (2021–2024).
Mark LeCompte
LinkedInExperience: Market President · AutoNation
Mark LeCompte has been Market President at AutoNation since November 2019, and their profile headline describes leading dealerships across Southern California. At AutoNation they were also General Manager House of Imports (Mercedes Benz) (2017–2019) and General Manager Chevrolet Valencia (2015–2017).
Patrick Terhaar
LinkedInExperience: Market President · AutoNation
Patrick Terhaar has been Market President at AutoNation since July 2017, and their profile says they lead operations for 30+ stores across the state. At AutoNation they were also General Manager - AutoNation Honda Chandler (2014–2017) and General Manager - Lexus of Cerritos (2012–2013).
Scott Johnson
LinkedInExperience: AutoNation Market President Houston Corpud San Antonio snd Austin dealerships · AutoNation
Scott Johnson has held the AutoNation Market President Houston Corpud San Antonio snd Austin dealerships title at AutoNation since May 2022, and their profile headline describes overseeing retail dealerships and collision centers in South Texas. They were Executive Manager at Honda of East Las Vegas (2018–2022) and Management Executive at AutoNation (2015–2018).
Travis Miller
LinkedInExperience: Market President · AutoNation
Travis Miller has been Market President at AutoNation since October 2025, a role the profile headline places in North Texas. At AutoNation they were also General Manager (2024–2025), Market President of AutoNation (2022–2024), General Manager (2018–2022) and General Sales Manager (2014–2018).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's market and time in the role to your question, since a leader who took over a market recently and one who has held the role for many years will describe different challenges. Look at each person's earlier roles too, because the path someone took into the job shapes how they compare it with other work.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you focus on first when you took over your market?
- 02How do you decide where to spend your own time as a market president?
- 03Which of your earlier roles most shapes how you lead a market today?
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