Staff

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  • Michael Gallegos
    Assistant Service Manager
    Michael Gallegos

    Michael Gallegos has been in the automotive industry for over 10 years.  He started with American Toyota in April of 2008.  Michael's experience and excellent customer relations skills are a valuable part of the American Toyota Service Team.

  • Chris Sweeney
    Assistant Service Manager
    Chris Sweeney
    866-588-9689

    Chris Sweeney has been in the automotive industry for over 10 years.  He started with American Toyota in March of 2008.  Chris' experience and knowledge of vehicles is a great asset to our team.

  • Lawrence Cohen
    Assistant Service Manager
    Lawrence Cohen
    866-588-9689

    Lawrence Cohen started with Toyota in 1999.  He joined the American Toyota team in November of 2006.  Lawrence is a Master Certified Assistant Service Manager.  Lawrence has a consitent record of very high customer satisfaction, making him an integral part of our service operations.

  • Tim Scully
    Service Director
    Tim Scully

    Tim started with American Toyota in March of 2008.  He has over 10 years of automotive management experience. 

  • David Chavez
    Office Manager
    David Chavez

    David Chavez has been with American Toyota for 20 years.  The last 12 have been served as our Office Manager.

  • Dave McDowell
    Pre-Owned Manager
    Dave McDowell


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  • Hud Romero
    Pre-Owned Manager
    Hud Romero

    Hud Romero has been with American Toyota for over 6 years.  He operated our Special Finance department and then moved to Pre-Owned Manager.

  • Joe Espinoza
    New Car Manager
    Joe Espinoza


  • Bill Stahelin
    New Car Manager
    Bill Stahelin


  • Phil Saunders
    Finance Manager
    Phil Saunders

    Phil Saunders is a Toyota Certified Master Sales Associate.  He is also a Toyota Certified Finance Manager.  He has been with Toyota for over 8 years, serving as a Finance Manager for the last two years.

  • Finance Director
    Phil Sciarrotta
    Finance Director

    Phil has been in the automotive business for 31 years.  He has been a Finance Manager for 23 years.  He received his BA degree from UNM.  Phil has been with Toyota for 17 years and is a Certified Toyota and Scion Business Manager.

  • David Ryan
    Finance Manager
    David Ryan

    David Ryan started as a lot attendant at American Toyota in 1995.  He began selling cars in 1997 and kept that position for 2 years.  After two years in sales he left the dealership to attend Texas Tech University where he earned a degree in business management in 2001.  David has been a Finance Manager since January of 2002.

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  • Michelle Aragon
    Customer Relations Manager
    Michelle Aragon
    505-998-0172

    Michelle has been with American Toyota for over 6 years.  She handles public relations for each of our departments as well as coordinating all dealership functions and meetings.  Michelle is our Charities Director for the New Mexico Larry H. Miller Automotive Group and the Marketing Director.  Her position at the dealership is to ensure that our customers receive the utmost best customer service in the Albuquerque Metro Area.  Please contact her to submit any customer concerns, charity and marketing proposals.