Past, Present, Future of Personal Mobility - Flying Cars to Take Off

Topic:  Tim will be sharing with us his expertise in the car industry and the little-known but developing electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Vehicles (eVTOLs). 

Bio: Tim Jackson has served 30 years in the automotive industry and 35 years in association management. Of those, 18 years overlapped as Tim served as president/CEO of the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association (CADA), the trade association for 400 new car, truck, RV and motorcycle dealers across the state. Tim led the advocacy efforts for the statewide association winning 23 of 23 priority must-pass measures for the association. At CADA, Tim produced the annual Denver Auto Show for 18 years, the third oldest new car show in the country, which dates to 1902.
As a private pilot and aviation enthusiast as well as car aficionado, Tim became very interested in the now fast-growing, yet little known, start of an entirely new industry in mobility, that of electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Vehicles (eVTOLs), also frequently referred to as passenger drones or flying cars. Today’s presentation will cover both automotive and aviation and how they may soon intersect. Tim has a personal goal to visit as many Rotary Clubs as possible. So far, Tim has made over 550 Rotary Club presentations, including to 132 of Colorado’s 146 Rotary Clubs, some as many as five or more times. And Tim has also presented to Rotary Clubs in Long Beach, CA, Washington, DC and Kemmerer, Wyoming. Tim offers one of the most popular and exciting Rotary Club presentations available.
Tim and his wife, Beverly, reside in Denver and spend winters in the Phoenix area. They have two grown children – a daughter, who is an attorney with FDIC, and a son, who teaches economics at the University of York, England. Tim earned his Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation in 1995 and Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) designation in 1997 and is a frequent speaker on business, automotive and aviation industry issues. In 2021, Tim was recognized by Automotive News as an Automotive All-Star. In 2023, Tim became the 64 th honoree inducted into the Colorado Automotive Hall of Fame.

Resources: https://www.flyingcarbook.com/