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  • Adam Lally
    General Manager
    Adam Lally

    Adam Lally has grown up in and around the car business and the Ford family. A few years after they took on the Ford Franchise the Lally's had added a 3rd generation and a future toilet scrubber. Adam was raised in the Tilbury/Comber area and enjoys the small community county lifestyle. He played Hockey for the Tilbury Thunder and was a lot attendant at nights after High School in Belle River.

    Cars and motorized vehicles have always been in Adam's blood, he enjoys boating, snowmobiling, motocross, and just plain goin fast in his spare time.

    He has always had a passion for customer service; when you grow up in the dealership environment it's easy to feel like you have one big extended family in the employees and customers at the dealership.

    After graduating in 2003 Adam came to work at Lally Ford full time as a Service Advisor and moved to Leamington when they opened the Southpoint Ford location. Since then Adam has made the transition to the Sales Department and moved back to Tilbury full time as Used Car Retail Manager.  He considers every day a challenge and an opportunity to sell more cars and make more people happy.

    adam@lallyford.com

  • Lee Beckstead
    New Car Sales Manager
    Lee Beckstead

    Lee Beckstead was born and raised in the Merlin area and attended high school in Blenheim, Ontario. Lee's father was an employee at Ford Motor Company, so even as a youngster, he was passionate about Ford vehicles, especially Mustangs. After high school, Lee attended Fanshawe in London for accounting.  He spent 2 years as a furniture store manager in Chatham before switching over to car sales in 1993, where he belonged.

     

    In 2002 Lee joined the Lally Ford sales team and he fit right in. Lee's pursuit toward complete customer satisfaction and his dedication of the Lally way of doing business, earned him the position of new car manager in 2006.

     

    Lee shares 4 kids with his beautiful wife Suzanne. He enjoys spending summers boating with the family & friends, playing baseball and trying to golf. He also plays hockey in the winter. Lee is an avid Detroit sports fan and is convinced that the Detroit Lions will win the Super Bowl before the Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup!

     

    Lee believes in building loyalty and trust through honest, good business. His goal is to make customers for life.

    lee@lallyford.com

  • Ron Oglan
    Sales Manager
    Ron Oglan

    ron@lallyford.com

  • Chris Lanoue
    Sales Manager
    Chris Lanoue

    clanoue@lallyford.com

  • Jamie Malott
    Finance & Insurance Manager
    Jamie Malott

    jamie@lallyford.com

  • Kim Latam
    Finance & Insurance Manager
    Kim Latam

    Kim Latam has been a lifelong resident of Romney Township. Growing up, she was a typical farmer's daughter. When she wasn't picking strawberries in her family's "pick your own patch" or hoeing beans in the field, you could find her taking care of the many farm animals from sheep to goats and from ducks to geese. You name it, she raised it! Kim has never been afraid of a little work, only scared of what might happen if she didn't complete it.

    Kim moved off the farm after she was all grown up, but she didn't move far. She is still a resident of Romney Township and lives just outside the village of Wheatley. Much of Kim's free time is spent with her wonderful husband Darcy and her 2 terrific daughters Alycia & Abbey. If it's not Darcy trying to drag her to the gym, it's her daughter Abbey needing a chauffeur to her hockey or baseball games.

    Kim started in the car business at the very young age of 16 as a night time receptionist. She quickly moved up to a full time position within the dealership as an office administrator. She has always been in the Ford family and has served as a Finance and Insurance manager for 11 years. She joined the Lally team in 2005 and has never looked back. Once you have experienced the Lally way, there is no other way.

    With Kim's experiences in the car business and the business office, she is able to provide a clear and thorough explanation of all financing and lease arrangements for your vehicle. She also able to provide a common sense approach to explaining the benefits of extended warranties and protection packages that will ensure worry-free driving and help your vehicle retain its highest possible resale value.

    kim@lallyford.com

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  • Don Makra
    Sales & Leasing Consultant
    Don Makra

    Don Makra was born and raised in Wallaceburg, Ontario. He went to high school there where he was a sensational volleyball and basketball star, among other sports. He later attended Fanshawe College to study business and worked as a waiter during those years. Afterwards, Don went into car sales at a Ford dealership. He quickly made the move to Lally in 1999 and has built a strong reputation ever since.

     

    Don is married to his gorgeous wife, Angela, of 8 years and they share a wonderful son, Eric together. As a family, they enjoy biking, hiking and golfing. Don and his family like to travel; see and experience new places and take and exploratory approach to life in general. But mainly, they enjoy spending time outdoors.

     

    Don is an avid golfer who enjoys all aspects of the game. He likes to mix it up with both business and pleasure. He is a member of Blenheim Golf & Country Club and most would say that he's a pretty, and I mean pretty, good golfer. He also enjoys biking, cross country and road biking as well.

    Don takes an easy-going, relaxed approach to the sales profession. He is very accommodating to specific customer needs and loves talking to customers. And I mean Loves; we are often open later because of his socializing. Another thing Don loves is food. You can catch him in the lunch room creating intricate dishes for his meals at work; it always smells so good. He also has drawers of snacks and is always willing to trade, he's not picky.

    don@lallyford.com

  • Joe Schmidt
    Sales & Leasing Consultant
    Joe Schmidt

    Joe Schmidt was born and raised in Essex, Ontario. Joe started working in the car business as a teenager and quickly made the switch to sales in 1989. He joined the Lally Ford sales team in 1995 when the store was re-located to Tilbury. Since working in Tilbury, Joe has been a Ford of Canada Peak Performer, Ford of Canada Summit Award Winner for Customer Satisfaction & Sales Leadership and maintains a high level of customer satisfaction.

    Joe is married to his lovely wife Paula of 17 years and they have 3 darling children together. They keep busy as a family playing hockey, baseball and soccer all year round. Joe is a retired coach of all of his 3 kids' sports teams. Now he considers himself an avid fan.

    Joe is committed to providing customers with a clear and thorough explanation of all of their vehicle needs; keeping in mind that the personal needs are the most important.

    joefly@lallyford.com

  • Kathy Pluck
    Sales & Leasing Consultant
    Kathy Pluck

    Kathy Pluck grew up in Windsor, Ontario and graduated from FJ Brennan High School. Kathy is definitely a car enthusiast and knows almost everything there is to know about Ford vehicles. She has been working within a Ford dealership since 1990 and has been part of the Lally Ford team since we moved to Tilbury in 1995. She started in the service department and quickly moved into sales.

    Kathy has been happily married for 7 years to her best friend Dave and currently lives in the Essex County area. They are very active together and love spending time biking and doing triathlons. When they aren't chasing down other athletes, they are chasing down their 3 precious dogs. The dogs get treated better than most peoples' kids. Whether it's running around the yard, swimming in the pool or relaxing in the sun, the dogs are part of their everyday lives.

    Kathy is proud to have been a 4-time Ford of Canada Summit Award winner for customer satisfaction and sales leadership. She ensures customers receive the utmost care and attention they deserve and the product knowledge they require to make an informed vehicle purchase decision.

    kblonde@lallyford.com

  • Kelly Shanks
    Sales & Leasing Consultant
    Kelly Shanks

    Kelly Shanks grew up in the great town of Wheatley. She has lived in and around the Wheatley area for her whole life. She attended St. Clair College for Early Childhood Education. After graduating from college, Kelly worked at Montessori, The Place to Grow in Chatham for 4 years. 

    Kelly made the big switch to the car business in the summer of 2008 and joined the Lally Sales team. She enjoys coming into work more and more every day and truly loves getting to know new people.

    In her spare time, Kelly enjoys spending time with family & friends; especially her favourite nephew, Jackson. Kelly has an eye for fashion and loves shopping any chance she gets. Kelly LOVES to travel and considers her 2 favourite places to be Marathon in the Florida Keys and Port Elgin, Ontario where she spent many summers as a kid.

    Kelly is here to simply make her customers happy and will do whatever it takes to make that possible.

    kelly@lallyford.com

  • Mike Demarse
    Sales & Leasing Consultant
    Mike Demarse

    Mike Demarse was born and raised in Windsor, Ontario. Mike has worked in and around the Windsor area for his whole life. He spent about 6 years in the real estate industry and also was a small business owner/operator for 9 years. He has recently made the switch to car sales and enjoys getting to know new people on a daily basis.

    Mike is married to his fantastic wife Donna and they have 4 kids together between the ages of 7 months and 15 years old. You can often find Mike being used as a jungle gym by his kids. Mike moved to the small town of Stoney Point in 2000 and enjoys taking part in various outdoor activities. He tries to hunt and fish whenever possible, but his duties as a jungle gym keep him tied up in his time away from work.

    Mike is a very easy going guy who strives to make the purchase experience enjoyable. He is eager to answer questions and do whatever it takes to make his customers happy.

    miked@lallyford.com

  • Rachad El-Houssami
    Sales Consultant
    Rachad El-Houssami

    rachad@lallyford.com

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  • Rob Luby
    Sales & Leasing Consultant
    Rob Luby

    Rob Luby grew up in the Greater Toronto Area and moved down to Chatham-Kent as a teenager. Much of his early career was spent working in the family business. They had 2 convenience stores, one in Ridgetown and one in Blenheim. He also had other business ventures as an owner/operator for Dempsters and Becker's.

     

    Rob is a big music lover and after he sold his business, he spent a lot of time as a full time DJ. Over the years Rob has continued to serve as a DJ on his own time for various occasions. He is still known around the Chatham area for his DJ skills and loves to be on the mic.


    Rob is an avid participant in martial arts and Bruce Lee is a big inspiration to him; not only for his martial arts, but for his characteristics as a person as well. Rob trains specifically in Kenpo Karate and has been doing it since he was a teenager. He now teaches karate and still practices about 4 days a week. On top of martial arts and music, Rob enjoys reading whenever he gets the chance. His favourite authors include Zig Zigler, Napolean Hill and Joe Verde to name a few.

     

    Rob also loves to travel and would consider "anywhere warm" his favourite place to go. He enjoys spending time with his beautiful wife Shelley of 9 years, and the 4 kids they share together. He is an avid car fan and always has a "toy" car of his own; currently a 2003 Saleen Mustang.

     

    Rob started in the car business in 1995 as a salesperson. He had heard many good things about Lally Ford sales, so in 1996 he joined the Lally Ford Sales Team. Rob's goal is not necessarily to sell someone a car, but rather to help choose the vehicle that's right for them. He is there for support for his customers, their friends & families before, during and after the purchase.

    rob@lallyford.com

  • Rod Stahlbrand
    Sales & Leasing Consultant
    Rod Stahlbrand

    Rod Stahlbrand has been a resident of Chatham since 1983. His professional career started as a manager with the Bank of Montreal. He has been in the retail automotive business in various sales & management positions for 25 years. 17 of those have been with Ford.

     

    Rod has 2 grown sons with his stunning wife Beth. As they grew as a family, a lot of time was spent chauffeuring the boys from arena to arena so they could pursue their dreams of playing high-level hockey. Because of his involvement in hockey, Rod held a position as an Executive of Chatham minor hockey. To this day he still enjoys going to watch a hockey game.

     

    Rod is devoted to the game of golf and most would say that it's his passion. He is a member of Blenheim Golf & Country Club and has also spent time as an Executive at the course. Rod also enjoys reading, sports and traveling.

     

    Rod joined Lally Ford because of their excellent reputation for great deals and excellent service after the sale. His customers return to purchase from him and refer their friends & family because of his honest and sincere approach.

    rodney@lallyford.com

  • Ally Dummer
    Receptionist
    Ally Dummer

    Joined Lally Ford in 2004.

  • Helene Meloche
    Lease Renewal Specialist
    Helene Meloche

    Joined Lally Ford in 2010.

  • Mike Banman
    Sales Lot Attendant
    Mike Banman

    Joined  Lally Ford in 2007.

  • John Banman
    Sales Lot Attendant
    John Banman

    Joined Lally Ford in 2009

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  • Ted Campbell
    Fixed Operations Manager
    Ted Campbell

    ted@lallyford.com

  • Diane Jones
    Service Advisor
    Diane Jones

    diane@lallyford.com

  • Rita Rivard
    Service Advisor
    Rita Rivard

    Joined the Lally Ford team in 2003.

    rita@lallyford.com

  • Tanya Deubel
    Service Advisor
    Tanya Deubel

    Joined the Lally Ford team in 2002.

    tanya@lallyford.com

  • Ryan Campbell
    Service Dispatcher
    Ryan Campbell

    Started in the Ford service department in 1997. Joined the Lally Ford team in 2007.

    ryan@lallyford.com

  • Shari Reaume
    Service Appointment Co-ordinator
    Shari Reaume

    Joined the Lally Ford team in 2003.

    shari@lallyford.com

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  • Paul Koomans
    Master Diesel Technician / Shop Foreman
    Paul Koomans

    22 years experience as a licensed technician. Joined Lally Ford in 1994.

  • Dennis Koomans
    Master Technician with Diesel Specialty
    Dennis Koomans

    23 years experience as a licensed technician. Joined Lally Ford in 1994.

  • Jeff Lucier
    Class A Technician
    Jeff Lucier

    18 years experience as a licensed technician. Joined Lally Ford in 2009.

  • Jim Knox
    Class A Technician
    Jim Knox

    35 years experience as a licensed technician. Joined Lally Ford in 2000.

  • Mike Peters
    Class A Technician
    Mike Peters


  • Mike Tremblay
    Senior Technician with Diesel Specialty
    Mike Tremblay

    40 years experience as a licensed technician. Joined Lally Ford in 2010.

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  • Paul Jamieson
    Class A Technician
    Paul Jamieson

    25 years experience as a licensed technician. Joined Lally Ford in 2004.

  • Russ Brock
    Class A Technician
    Russ Brock

    32 years experience as a licensed technician. Joined Lally Ford in 2009.

  • Tony Marentette
    Class A Technician
    Tony Marentette

    15 years experience as a licensed technician. Joined Lally Ford in 2007.

  • Andrew Carroll
    Apprentice Technician
    Andrew Carroll

    Joined Lally Ford in 2008.

  • Kyle Richie
    Service Lot Staff / Car Wash
    Kyle Richie


  • Eugene Caron
    Parts Manager
    Eugene Caron

    eugene@lallyford.com

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  • Rob Freeman
    Parts Counterperson
    Rob Freeman

    20 years experience in the Ford parts business. Joined Lally Ford in 2003.

  • Ted Kniffen
    Parts Counterperson
    Ted Kniffen

    40 years experience in Ford parts. Joined Lally Ford in 2009.

  • Denise Tofflemire
    Warranty Administrator/Parts Counterperson
    Denise Tofflemire

    Joined Lally Ford in 1999.

  • Issa El-Cheikh
    Controller/Secretary Treasurer
    Issa El-Cheikh

    Joined Lally Ford in 2002.

  • Crystal Robert
    Office Manager
    Crystal Robert

    Joined Lally Ford in 1998.

  • Sandy Smyth
    Human Resource Manager/Executive Assistant
    Sandy Smyth

    Joined Lally Ford in 2001.

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  • Heather Heuston
    Accounting Clerk
    Heather Heuston

    Joined Lally Ford in 2002.

  • Patty Morlog
    Accounts Receivable
    Patty Morlog

    Joined Lally Ford in 1997.

  • Sandy Ponic
    Accounts Payable
    Sandy Ponic

    Joined Lally Ford in 1986.

  • Renee Reaume
    Switchboard Operator / Social Media Marketing
    Renee Reaume

    Joined Lally Ford in 2008.

  • Nickole Jones
    Co-op Accounting Student
    Nickole Jones


  • Ian Cartwright
    Customer Relations Manager / BDC
    Ian Cartwright

    Joined Lally Ford in 2001.

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  • Vince Lally
    President
    Vince Lally

    In 1946 my parents opened a service station in Comber and immediately began working hard to establish a high standard for how customers would be treated. Over the course of the next 36 years, we continually worked toward building a reputation for customer satisfaction which extended beyond the confines of this tiny village.

    In the fall of 1982, we brought this customer-focused manner of doing business under the Ford logo. I became a licensed mechanic and purchased the Ford dealership from my parents three years later. Fortunate enough to have developed loyal customers who regularly referred their friends, family and co-workers; I decided to expand in 1995, moving the dealership to Tilbury.

    At Lally Ford, everyone strives toward building a relationship with our customers that will allow us to provide their transportation needs for life. From the people we recruit, to the vehicles we stock, and everything in between, our goal is to realize continuous improvement for our customers.

    Customer satisfaction is a journey, not a destination. We understand this well at Lally Ford, and when you put your trust in us, you'll quickly understand what good news that is for you.

    vince@lallyford.com