Charles (Bud) Callahan

Position:
President & Share Holder.

Bud Callahan started his career in the automotive industry during the year of 1968 after becoming a veteran of the Vietnam War. After joining Chuck Callahan Ford Bud won the Grand Master Sales Award five years in a row, which is given to fleet and leasing sales people in Ford Motor Company. Only fifty such awards are given out in the United States. Bud moved on to new car manager and held that position until his resignation in May of 1978 to start Ambassador Financial Services.

Ambassador Financial Services started out with three employees and for fifteen years Ambassador grew into a full service commercial lending company with offices in four states and seventy employees. In October of 1991 Bud sold Ambassador Financial to the remaining partners of Ambassador Financial and returned to the car business.

In 1991 Bud returned to Chuck Callahan Ford to become the New Car Sales manager, Vice President and General Manager. Then in 1998 he moved back to the leasing industry and became the Vice President and General Manager of Dellen Financial Corporation, were on December 31, 1999 the Dellen Financial Corporation became the National Leasing Company and Bud assumed the presidents position.