Robertson Serves as Guest Professor

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (July 18, 2006) — David Robertson, executive director of the Association of Finance and Insurance Professionals, served as a guest professor at the Automotive Dealership Institute on Monday, July 17. Robertson arrived at ADI to personally teach an AFIP Certification review course, a part of ADI’s Finance & Insurance Management program for 17 ADI students.

The Automotive Dealership Institute signed an agreement with AFIP in February to encompass a broad range of joint F&I training projects. Since then, Robertson has personally mentored ADI Dean of Education Arzu Algan to conduct review sessions and AFIP Certification tests, and enabling her to become an AFIP Certified faculty member. The AFIP Certification Program consists of college-level courses focusing on the federal and state regulations unique to the F&I trade, and features an ethics module jointly developed with the Walsh Institute for Ethical Behavior. The courses are designed to give F&I practitioners and the lenders and vendors that support the F&I trade the legal and ethical guidelines they need to make more money doing their job within the confines of the law. AFIP Certification is the MBA of the F&I trade - recommended by the National Automobile Dealers Association and supported by select Automobile Trade Association Executives.

“With in excess of 13,000 people AFIP Certified, it is obvious that a wide range of preparation methods will generate the required results,” said Robertson. “However, when presented in a classroom setting as an element of a comprehensive F&I education curriculum, the students’ command of the material extends beyond the level of knowledge measured by the final exam. ADI’s Automotive Finance Management course represents the optimal AFIP Certification preparation.”

Said Arzu Algan: “Having such a luminary as David Robertson teach the AFIP review course at ADI was a special honor. He has earned the respect of the entire automotive community, and we are honored to have someone of his caliber serve as a guest professor.”

AFIP Certification means that ADI graduates will reap a number of positive benefits, both in their search for employment and on the job.

The Automotive Dealership Institute, based in Scottsdale, Ariz., is a global leader in educating the next generation of Finance and Insurance managers and service advisors. ADI is licensed by the State of Arizona Board for Private Postsecondary Education and approved by the Arizona Department of Education. For more information call (877) 998-7200 or visit www.autodealerinstitute.com.

The Association of Finance & Insurance Professionals, founded in 1989, is a nonprofit educational foundation that serves the needs of in-dealership finance and insurance personnel for the automobile, RV, commercial truck and equipment, motorcycle, and motorized sports industries, and assists the lenders, vendors, and independent general agents who support the F&I function. Texas-based AFIP is active in the United States, Canada, and Europe. For more information, call (817) 428-2434 or visit www.afip.com.