AAA names Doney national office CEO

ORLANDO, Fla. (July 7, 2015) — AAA appointed Marshall L. Doney its new president and CEO, effective July 1.

Mr. Doney, who had been AAA's president and chief operating officer the past two years, will head the national office for the federation comprising 43 affiliated clubs with 55 million members in the U.S. and Canada.

He takes over for longtime CEO Bob Darbelnet, who retired from AAA on July 1 after serving the organization for 42 years, including in the capacity of AAA president and CEO since November 1994 after 11 years as CEO of CAA-Quebec. According to the association, Mr. Darbelnet “led the organization through several decades of growth and innovation.”

AAA said Mr. Doney is “well positioned for his role” as CEO after having successfully overseen the organization's automotive initiatives as the vice president of automotive services from 1996

until his appointment as president and COO two years ago. It called him “a respected and proven leader who is known for his collaborative leadership style and building high performance teams across the AAA association.”

Mr. Doney began his AAA career in 1984 as assistant district manager at AAA Wisconsin. He joined the AAA national office in 1991 as director, strategic planning and research, then moved to AAA New York as its director of marketing and service quality before rejoining the national office to take the position in automotive services.

He is a graduate of Marquette University in Milwaukee, holding both bachelor's and master's degrees in business administration.