Meet the Newell Coach Sales and Service Team
Meet The Sales Team
Pat Dwyer
Executive Vice President - Sales
Name Pat Dwyer
Title Executive Vice President - Sales
Brian Pitts
Sales Consultant
Name Brian Pitts
Title Sales Consultant
Brian joined the Newell team as a customer sales advisor in 2002. He had begun his motorcoach career as a groundskeeper with the Vogue motorhome manufacturing and sales facility in Pryor, Oklahoma in 1990. He progressed to customer service and then to sales of Vogue motorhomes and bus conversions.
Brian has developed a loyal group of repeat clients who have purchased multiple Newells from him through the years. He is active in off-premise events including spending time during the winter in Florida and during the summer in Northern Michigan. He also attends various motorcycle and motorsport events.
Brian and his wife Lisa have two daughters at home on Grand Lake, Oklahoma, and has a daughter in college in North Carolina. The family loves their motorhome lifestyle and also enjoys boating and riding Polaris Razor off-road vehicles.
Phil Cornelius
Sales Consultant
Name Phil Cornelius
Title Sales Consultant
Phil Cornelius, a 35-year veteran and highly recognizable figure in the luxury motorcoach industry, joined the Newell team on January 1, 2012.
Phil began his career in 1987 with Texas-based Foretravel, Inc., a leader in the Class A motorhome industry at that time. After achieving Master Sales Guild status with Foretravel, Phil accepted a position with Oregon-based Marathon Coach, Inc., the world’s largest Prevost bus converter. He was cumulative sales leader from 1998 to 2011 at Marathon, before accepting an invitation to join the Newell Team.
Phil has sold over 700 luxury coaches with total sales of over $600,000,000. An unprecedented accomplishment for an individual sales representative. His ability to balance the interests of his clients with those of the company facilitates a win/win for everyone. Phil attributes his success to a loyal customer base, extremely talented engineering, design, manufacturing, and service team found at Newell Coach, and some occasional “out of the box” thinking to make deals happen.
Phil enjoys racquetball, fishing, hunting, biking, hiking, pickleball, and other outdoor activities with family and friends. You will often find Phil combining business with pleasure at luxury RV resorts in California, Colorado, Texas and points in between with his son, who will be off to college in a couple of years, and their loyal Chocolate Lab sidekick."
Josh Snider
Sales Consultant
Name Josh Snider
Title Sales Consultant
Josh Snider is a customer sales advisor, joining the Newell team full time in 2017. Born and raised in Mooresville, NC, Josh grew up around NASCAR, enjoying personal friendships with many of the current and retired participants. He enjoys taking care of the motorhome needs of many in the racing community. Josh also enjoys church, family time, golfing and trolling on his boat taking it easy.
After graduating from UNC-Charlotte, Josh was employed with Dale Earnhardt Inc. He then joined the Tom Johnson Camping Center for 14 years selling high-end motorhomes to the auto racing and sports market. While with Tom Johnson, Josh coordinated Tom Johnson’s relationship with Newell, offering Newells to the NASCAR community desiring to “move up” to a Newell from a production coach.
Josh and his wife Stacey, and their two children Baylor Grace and Bradford enjoy living on Grand Lake, Oklahoma.
Amanda Burt
Sales/Marketing Coordinator
Name Amanda Burt
Title Sales/Marketing Coordinator
Upon graduating from Missouri Southern State University, Amanda Burt joined the Newell team as a Sales and Marketing Coordinator in May 2022. Amanda was born and raised here in Miami, Oklahoma and graduated from Miami High School in 2007. She enjoys spending time with family outdoors, swimming, kayaking, traveling, and photography. Amanda is married to her husband, Zeb and together they have two children, Emalyn and Eli.
Meet the Service Staff
Todd Dills
Vice President - Customer Service
Name Todd Dills
Title Vice President - Customer Service
Todd Dills has worked for Newell Coach since 2014, serving as the company’s VP of Customer Service Operations. He is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the service, parts and paint departments . Prior to coming to Newell Coach, Todd served as a Fixed Operations Director at a Mercedes Benz dealership for 23 years, focusing on the day-to-day service and parts operations, customer satisfaction and the development and training of the staff. Todd lives on Grand Lake, where he enjoys boating, golfing and spending time with friends and family.
Dusty Ford
Service Manager
Name Dusty Ford
Title Service Manager
Prior to coming to Newell, I worked in the class A trucking industry for the last 20-plus years in the role of body shop manager before becoming a service manager. My focus was on day-to-day operations, customer satisfaction, and staff development. I live on Grand Lake, enjoy fishing, and spending time with friends and family.
Mark Merit
Front Line Supervisor
Name Mark Merit
Title Front Line Supervisor
Twila McMillan
Service Billing Administrator
Name Twila McMillan
Title Service Billing Administrator
Twila McMillan has worked for Newell Coach since 2004. She started out as the Warranty Clerk and later was promoted to the Service Billing Clerk. For a short time she also served as the Shipping Clerk. Twila provides IT support for the Service department and keeps track of the time for 36 technicians.
Creslie Clark
Service Advisor
Name Creslie Clark
Title Service Advisor
Jimmy Raymond
Service Advisor
Name Jimmy Raymond
Title Service Advisor
Tracy Marshall
Service Advisor
Name Tracy Marshall
Title Service Advisor
Matt Kirkwood
Service Advisor
Name Matt Kirkwood
Title Service Advisor
Cambri Mosley
Customer & Wholesale Parts Manager
Name Cambri Mosley
Title Customer & Wholesale Parts Manager
Carlos Nava
Parts Room Clerk
Name Carlos Nava
Title Parts Room Clerk
Jana Luper
Customer Service Concierge
Name Jana Luper
Title Customer Service Concierge
Meet the Office Staff
Grant Kernan
President & CEO
Name Grant Kernan
Title President & CEO
Grant Kernan has worked for Newell Coach since 2012, serving as the company’s General Manager, and now President and CEO. He is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the business and providing leadership support to the Engineering, Service, Manufacturing and Administrative teams. Prior to coming to Newell Coach, Grant served in executive and marketing roles for several large consumer product manufacturers, focusing on marketing and product development.
Grant received his education at Dartmouth College, where he played on the football team. Grant, his wife Amber, and their children Jackson and Ella live on Grand Lake, where they enjoy boating and spending time with friends and family.
Cindy Woods
Benefits Manager
Name Cindy Woods
Title Benefits Manager
Cindy Woods joined the company in May of 1996. She is the Executive Assistant and also administers Newell’s health plan and work comp program. Before coming to Newell, she worked for three hospitals, one as Director of Managed Care and the others in Human Resources as a Professional Recruiter, Employment Specialist and HR Generalist.
She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Personnel Management from Oklahoma State University. Cindy loves family time. She is married to Stewart (who also works for Newell Coach) and has three children, Grant, Summer, and Parker and two grandchildren, Cash and Asa. Cindy’s hobbies include spending time in the gym, running, hiking national parks, and traveling.
Kayla Wyrick
Controller
Name Kayla Wyrick
Title Controller
Kayla Wyrick serves as the Controller for Newell Coach. She has been with the company since 2015.
James Neatherry
Vice President - Engineering
Name James Neatherry
Title Vice President - Engineering
Nathan Kelly
Customer Project & Design Manager
Name Nathan Kelly
Title Customer Project & Design Manager
Nathan Kelly is a Customer Project & Design Manager at Newell Coach, where he coordinates information between the customers, engineering department, and the manufacturing team. He began working at Newell Coach in January of 2015 as a member of the production team, mostly working on installation of cabinet doors and drawers. Nathan obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Missouri Southern State University. Nathan enjoys spending his free time with his wife Alyssa, and his three kids Noah, Kreed, and Haidyn. He also enjoys the outdoors, sports, and woodworking.
Amber Kernan
Interior Designer
Name Amber Kernan
Title Interior Designer
Sidney Rupert
Interior Design Assistant
Name Sidney Rupert
Title Interior Design Assistant
Becky Dwyer
Rally Coordinator
Name Becky Dwyer
Title Rally Coordinator
Jim Cossairt
Design Engineer
Name Jim Cossairt
Title Design Engineer
Richard Arnall
Design Engineer
Name Richard Arnall
Title Design Engineer
Richard is a member of the Engineering team and has been with Newell Coach since 2000. He is responsible for the management of each coach’s Bill of Materials, designing the interior cabinetry, drafting, problem solving and general support for the production of all coaches. He was born and raised in the Grove/Grand Lake area and has lived in NE Oklahoma his entire life. Richard and his wife Ronna have three children and seven grandkids.
Aric Yurko
Structural Engineer
Name Aric Yurko
Title Structural Engineer
Graham Dills
Special Projects Engineer
Name Graham Dills
Title Special Projects Engineer
Duane Maynard
Electrical Engineer
Name Duane Maynard
Title Electrical Engineer
Adam Fields
Coach Network Specialist
Name Adam Fields
Title Coach Network Specialist
Dalton Hull-Jones
Quality Control
Name Dalton Hull-Jones
Title Quality Control
Tami Kelly
Materials Management Supervisor
Name Tami Kelly
Title Materials Management Supervisor
Tami Kelly has worked at Newell Coach since 2004, starting in the Accounting Department and is now the company’s Material’s Management Supervisor. She is responsible for the Purchasing Department and the Production and Service Parts Departments, managing both the vendors and inventory.
Tami and her husband Brian, have two children and one grandchild. They enjoy boating, fishing and hosting big family cookouts at their country property.
Jake Martin
Purchasing Agent
Name Jake Martin
Title Purchasing Agent
Jake Martin has been with Newell Coach since 2011. Jake started out as the Parts Runner before moving into his current role as a Purchasing Agent. As a Purchasing Agent, he is responsible for forwarding orders to vendors, monitoring and expediting orders, and ensuring materials are available on a day-to-day basis.
Jake stays busy as a Youth Pastor, City Councilman, and serves as the President of the local softball league. Jake is married to his wife and better half, Leandra. Together, they have three children, Lexi, Jaxon, and Lynnix.
Trish Spriggs
Purchasing Agent
Name Trish Spriggs
Title Purchasing Agent
Trish Spriggs started working for Newell Coach in 2010 as the Warranty Administrator. In 2015 she joined the Purchasing team and now works closely with the Design team to acquire all of the custom-ordered interior “pretties” for the interiors of the coaches.
Trish moved to Oklahoma from her childhood home in Maryland right after graduating from high school, to marry her high school sweetheart, Chris. They have 2 adult children, Christina and Kyle, who are both pursuing careers in the medical field.
Sierra Reynolds
Warranty Clerk/Purchasing
Name Sierra Reynolds
Title Warranty Clerk/Purchasing
Sharma Hardee
Accounting Assistant
Name Sharma Hardee
Title Accounting Assistant
Meet the Production Team
Chuck Evans
Vice President - Manufacturing
Name Chuck Evans
Title Vice President - Manufacturing
Gene Langston
Assistant Plant Manager
Name Gene Langston
Title Assistant Plant Manager
Brad Gibson
Production Cabinet/HVAC/Upholstery Supervisor
Name Brad Gibson
Title Production Cabinet/HVAC/Upholstery Supervisor
David Pannell
Production Cabinet/HVAC/Upholstery Supervisor
Name David Pannell
Title Production Cabinet/HVAC/Upholstery Supervisor
Stewart Woods
Production Flooring/Tile & Plumbing/Outfitting Supervisor
Name Stewart Woods
Title Production Flooring/Tile & Plumbing/Outfitting Supervisor
Tim Owens
Production Paint Supervisor
Name Tim Owens
Title Production Paint Supervisor
Tim Owens has worked at Newell Coach for over 13 1/2 years. He started at Newell as a production painter for 10 years. He became the production paint supervisor over 3 1/2 years ago. Tim has an associate's degree in Business Administration from NEO A&M College. Tim enjoys spending time with his wife of nineteen years and his nine-year-old daughter.