Art Beery

Director

In 2015, after a 37 year career and 29 household moves, Art Beery retired as the US Central Region’s executive director of General Motor’s financial services division, GMAC, later known as Ally Bank. 

He started a second career in 2016 and is currently the General Manager and Managing Partner of Cole Chevrolet, Cole Nissan and Cole Kia in Pocatello, fulfilling his desire to return to Idaho after leaving the Boise area in 1996.  He holds a BA in Communications Regis University in Denver, Colorado. 

His work experiences so far have been incredibly rewarding, with opportunities to lead teams in sales, marketing, customer service, human resources, business development and retail and commercial underwriting. 

He admits the change from being responsible for corporate staffs of over 250 employees and managing $8 Billion in assets, to managing a small business staff of 85 employees and $25 Million in assets has been interesting, if not thrilling. He now understands the term “head bottle washer” much better and has really enjoyed rolling up his sleeves more often to help the businesses successfully operate. 

He has enjoyed the transition from corporate life to private business and has been impressed with the exemplary efforts of many local civic, business and educational leaders who are working hard to improve the way of life for so many residents of East Idaho. In the spirit of these strong leadership examples, he too has joined various organizations to contribute to the dynamic growth of this area.

He currently serves on the board of directors of the Pocatello-Chubbuck Chamber of Commerce, Bannock Development Corporation, 6th Judicial District Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and the Mountain View Events Center (MEC). He has also been elected as a Pocatello Chief, serves in the Gate City Rotary Club and is the current president of the East Idaho Chevrolet Dealer Association.

He has been married to his beautiful bride for 42 years, has 4 children and 10 grandchildren, all who reside in all four time zones. He enjoys traveling, spending time with family and making new friends. He lists his hobbies as being a sports fan (especially the Chicago Cubs and the Idaho State University Bengals), refereeing high school basketball and getting lost on winding country roads with his wife while riding their Italian made Vespas.