Pub. 8 2019-2020 Issue 3

SPRING 2020 9 and helpful to many individuals and businesses this year. However, only time will tell if sufficient liquidity was provided and what the impacts of that will be later. The crisis has positioned online-only retailers to thrive because they’ve learned to deliver the ease and convenience customers increasingly expect. For brick-and-mortar dealers, however, online selling solutions still battle to properly integrate with lenders and technology partners. As always, dealers who continue to innovate will keep an edge as the retail landscape evolves. What are you and your dealerships doing for community outreach and/or to support essential workers, including healthcare workers and first responders? Jack Powell CDJR has supported First Responders and Healthcare Professionals with special incentives and first priority service since the pandemic began. The dealership is an ongoing sponsor of Escondido Youth Baseball (EYB), Vista National Little League (VNLL), local Veterans organizations, and No Hungry Kid - an effort to end childhood hunger in America. Describe your all-time favorite vehicle (it can be one you’ve owned, or something on your wish list). What are you driving today? My favorite vehicle was a two-door Jeep Wrangler TJ with a manual transmission and knobby tires. I loved that Jeep and drove it all over the Pacific Northwest when I lived in Seattle after college. Tell us about your family. I am very privileged to have grown up in a loving, supportive family and I amextremely grateful for their enduring encouragement. Our household was a creative space filled with art, music and amazing food. My father’s love for jazz inspired my musical ear and his skill with woodworking continues to fill our homes with masterful pieces of furniture. My mother Judith is the kindest person I’ve ever known and a masterful chef. Toher I owemy love of great food, my ability to stay calmand the art of patience. My sister Jasmine ismy best life-long friend and business partner andwe haveweatheredmany adventures together. She is an accomplished https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-swfpB1Hq4 Jack Powell Chrysler Jeep Dogde RAM videos can be found at: equestrian and continues to find newways to evolve as an artist and entre- preneur. In 2014, I married Jen, the love of my life and today we live with two new kittens. Jen is a loving partner, crafty engineer and prolific artist. What is your favorite way to spend your free time? Any unusual hobbies? I love spending time outdoors, especially on adventures in the wilderness. I spend a few days each week running or mountain biking through San Diego’s open space preserves and I enjoy North County waves when the surf’s up. During summer, I take backpacking trips off the grid and enjoy exploring newmountains onmy snowboard in the winter. The pandemic has given me new time to learn guitar and catch up on a lot of reading. I look forward to returning to music and arts festivals, international travel and being closer with friends and family. Taken at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of my dealership in 1981. My grandfather Jack Powell, Sr is in the driver's seat and my grandmother Anita is next to him. I am 3 years old, seated on the convertible boot next to my parents Jack and Judith.