Warren Clauss Elected NAAA Vice President
ORLANDO, Fla.— Warren M. Clauss will be vice president of the National Auto Auction Association (NAAA) for the 2015-2016 term, serving on the executive board with President Mike Browning and President-elect Jerry Hinton. The association, which represents more than 300 member auctions and 100 associate members in North America, elected the ADESA Buffalo general manager at its 67th annual convention in Orlando.
As general manager for ADESA Buffalo since 1996, Clauss is the longest-running general manager at any of the 66 ADESA auctions.
He has also actively served in NAAA executive leadership positions for more than a decade, first as president of what is now the Eastern Chapter in 2004-2005. He then sat on the association’s board of directors from 2006 to 2008 and again from 2013 to 2014. Prior to his election as vice president, Clauss was a member of the NAAA Legislative, Membership and Convention committees.
A native of Buffalo, N.Y., Clauss earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from St. Bonaventure University in Olean, N.Y.. After receiving his Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation he spent eight years in public accounting with a local firm in his hometown and then the Buffalo office of Deloitte & Touche.
Clauss entered the auto auction profession in 1992 when he joined the ADESA Buffalo team as controller. He took on the role of assistant general manager of the auction in 1994 and, two years later, became general manager.
Today, Clauss resides with his wife Molly in Eggertsville, N.Y. They have three children, Hans, 25, Theodore, 24, and Grace, 21. In his free time, he enjoys golf and skates as a USA Hockey ice official for the New York State Hockey Officials Association. Clauss also serves as a lector for St. Benedict Catholic Church.
In addition to NAAA, Clauss’other professional memberships include the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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