Newell Coach Announces Grant Kernan as its new President and CEO
Miami, OK. May 19, 2021
Newell Coach Corporation announced today that Grant Kernan will assume the responsibility of President and CEO. Karl and Alice Blade, the owners of Newell for the past 42 years, will continue as Co-Chairpersons. Karl stated:
“Grant joined the Newell Team nine years ago to participate in a smooth and successful transition to the next generation of leadership at Newell. He has risen to the challenge.
"At Newell, we engineer, manufacture, sell, and service a very complex product that is widely recognized as the very finest recreational motorcoach in the world. This is accomplished within a firmly established culture committed to the highest level integrity and fairness in our dealings with our customers, our suppliers, our community, and critically, with each other. Grant has shown a thorough understanding of the Newell culture that is fundamental to our mutual success.
“With his wife Amber at his side and in partnership with Becky and Pat Dwyer, Grant carries forward the tradition of Newell being a family enterprise, a family that includes the entire Newell team and our owners. Grant is the right person to fill a key leadership role in the Newell family’s future.
"Alice and I look forward to a continuing role in working with the Newell family in the business we have loved for four decades. Our employees and owners are dear to our hearts.”
Kernan has been managing the day-to-day operations of the business as General Manager the past few years. Kernan stated: “I’m excited and honored to continue leading Newell with the same emphasis on quality, innovation, and service that our customers have come to expect. We have a great team here at Newell, and I look forward to continuing working with our talented employees and coach owners in designing, building and servicing the most incredible motorhomes available today.”
ABOUT NEWELL COACH
Newell Coach Corporation is the leading designer and manufacturer of custom luxury motor coaches. Newell coaches feature state-of-the-art design and top-quality materials, custom furnishings and appliances, and full-time customer service and support. Based in Miami, Oklahoma, Newell has been manufacturing custom coaches since 1967.
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