Generation Dayton Featured Sponsor

Featured Sponsor:

Bob Ross Auto Group

How long has your company/organization been in business?

1974

What makes your company different than others?

Pride ourselves on complete customer satisfaction. Experienced many firsts as an African-American and Women Automobile Dealer.

How is your company committed to maintaining young talent in Dayton?

Being involved with Generation Dayton, local universities and other professional youth organizations, sponsorships of various young professional organizations. Speaking to area youth regarding opportunities within the automobile industry.

Do you have an interesting or fun fact/story to share with us about your company?

Acquiring the Fiat franchise as they return to the US after a 28 year absence. The only second generation African-American Automobile Dealer in the country.

If a Generation Dayton member has interest in your services, who should they contact?

Please contact Jenell Ross at 937-433-0990 or email at jross@bobrossauto.com or Ashley Edmond at ashley.edmond@bobrossauto.com. For more information, visit our website at www.bobrossauto.com.

Jenell Ross Awards and Dealership Recognition

40 Under 40- Received from the Dayton Business Journal- 1999
Top 500 Women Owned Companies - Working Woman Magazine- 1999 & 2000
Automobile Dealer of the Year - Black Enterprise Magazine 2000
Top 500 Automobile Dealers - Ward's Automotive Magazine- 1998, 1999 & 2002
Mark of Excellence Dealer-Buick Select Dealer 1999-2011
Mark of Excellence Dealer-GMC Leader of Distinction 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2009
Received 35 year award from Buick Motor Division - 2009
Received 30 year award from Mercedes-Benz-2009
Received 25 year award from GMC Division- 2007
Received The Opera Guild of Dayton "Opera Friend of the Year" award-2001
Received "Large Business of the Year" award from The South Metro Chamber of Commerce-2001
Listed as one of the "Top 100 Companies" in Dayton, Ohio - 2001-2011
Finalist Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year Award" - 2001
The Bob Ross Organization was the first business in the Southern-Ohio region to win the Governor's Service Award from Workers' Compensation 1998
The Bob Ross Organization ranks among the Top 100 African-American Automobile Dealerships from Black Enterprise Magazine 1976 - 2011
Received 2002 "Trailblazer Award" from the General Motors Minority Dealers Association on behalf of our founder Robert P. Ross Sr. for his accomplishments and efforts with minority automobile dealers.
Presented the "Jack Smith Leadership Award" as one of the Top 100 General Motors Dealers for 2001 in the country that has excelled in both Retail Sales and Customer Satisfaction.
Bob Ross Buick also received the Outstanding Community Service Award from General Motors 2001 for Buick.
Awarded the Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year Award" for the Retail/Distribution category for all of Southern Ohio and Kentucky 2002. This award qualified the Bob Ross Organization to be among the National Finalist for this category at the Ernst & Young National Awards.
July 2004 received the National "Spirit of Entrepreneur Award" from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. at their National Conference
Received the 2005 SBA Minority Small Business Champion of the Year Award from the US Small Business Administration
September 2008 was selected as on of the Top Ten African-American Women CEO's in the Miami Valley
December 2008 was selected as on of the Top Ten Women of Dayton from the Dayton Daily News
January 2011 included in the Inaugural Who's Who Publication "Driven", a Tribute to African-American Achievement in the Automobile Industry
March 2011 Honorary Chairperson for the YWCA Women of Influence Annual Luncheon
May 2011 was one of four inductees into the first Dayton Business Journal 40 under 40 Hall of Fame
May 2011 received the 2nd Annual Torch Award by the Dayton Better Business Bureau
June 2011-Automobile Dealer of the Year-Black Enterprise Magazine
June 2011 was awarded one of the Outstanding African-American Businesses by the Greater Dayton African-American Chamber of Commerce
January 2012 Featured in Who's Who Publication, "Driven II" a Tribute to African-American Woman Achievement in the Automobile Industry