While attending college following his military service, Mr. Ryan opened his first dealership in 1972, selling recreational vehicles, used cars, and Honda motorcycles out of a two-bay garage in Edison, New Jersey. Over the next 40 years, through creativity, vision, leadership, and philanthropy, Rod Ryan grew the Open Road Auto Group to include 20 locations in New Jersey and New York.
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Ryan serves as Vice-Chair of the Somerset Hills YMCA Board of Directors and is Co-Chair of the organization’s Strengthen Tomorrow Endowment Campaign, a $5 million effort with over $3 million already raised. The Open Road Auto Group has served for four years as the presenting sponsor of the Y’s annual Strong Kids Golf Classic and sponsor of the benefit performance at the Big Apple Circus in 2010.