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David Barton, Veteran Stock and Super Stock Competitor, 2016 & 2017 Factory Stock Showdown Champion.

Magnuson Superchargers has been a great supporter to Ray Barton Racing Engines, my race team and my clients. We use their superchargers on our COPO racing engines. Their performance, technical support, quality and service has been superb from day one.

I’ve gotten to know Kim personally through our relationship with Magnuson Superchargers. Kim is someone I personally admire and find highly motivating to be around. You can tell she is very dedicated with anything she does. She is the person I want on the board of SEMA protecting our performance rights.
– David Barton

“In for a penny, in for a pound” describes Kim’s dedication & affinity for our Industry.

I have known Kim for several years and have worked with her on business, education and

Non-Profit platforms.  I have experienced firsthand how educated, accomplished and well respected a leader she is.  Kim is a visionary, having built on her own, several successful companies from the ground up, she understands and is keenly aware of all levels involved to develop, be financially responsible and positively launch products to market and beyond which includes regulatory compliance.

Kim is highly perceptive and listens to the heartbeat of the SEMA members, OE partners and the legislature.  She is well aware of the challenges & opportunities we each have with our businesses and is prepared to do whatever it takes to see our member companies succeed.  As an industry veteran that gives of her time and serves unconditionally, not for any accolades, but solely for the future benefit of our entire industry.  

On the SEMA Election Ballot this year are some popular and good candidates.  Many can “talk the talk” however only a select few have the depth of experience and knowledge to “walk the walk” in order to really get things done appropriately, wisely and with discernment.  Kim has proven track record that she can “walk the walk” and is more than qualified for a seat on the Board of Directors through her decades as a solid industry leader, business owner, advocate and philanthropist.

Kim is the right choice and will work tirelessly to protect our companies, our rights and our future with distinction.  Please join me in casting your vote today for Kim Pendergast for the SEMA Board of Directors.  

Rose J. Kawasaki
Vice President, Exports International LLC
2012 SEMA Mustang Build Powered by Women Chairman
Past SEMA Businesswomen’s Network Chairman 2013-2015
Past SEMA Scholarship Select Committee Member 2016-2018
SEMA Scholarship Application Judge 2015-Present

“I’ve jumped out of planes with Green Berets into foreign countries, I’ve been in the biggest tank battle since World War II, and I’ve negotiated international agreements with national leaders and dangerous warlords.  I’ve also taken a company public in the middle of the great recession and lived through 9/11 in downtown New York running a firm two blocks from the World Trade Center.  I’ve seen a lot – and a lot of leaders in a lot of different situations.  If I had to pick a leader that I’d want with me in a foxhole or in the boardroom, it would be Kim Pendergast – whom I’ve known for over twenty years.  Tough, smart as the dickens, committed, far-seeing and broad-minded, this woman is a marvel.  She’d be my top draft pick in about a dozen totally different leadership situations.   I’ve been the chairman of a big trade association, and I think SEMA would be lucky to have her on the board and helping the industry and its companies build the partnerships, customers, and employee base that it needs in the next generation.  I have no doubt that she would be a vigorous champion of performance rights and a visionary who works with her industry colleagues to build for the future.  I could not endorse Kim more highly.  Elect her!”

John Hillen – The Honorable Dr. John Hillen is the CEO of EverWatch Corporation, a mid-sized technology solutions firm developing tools and expertise for the US Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense.  He is the former CEO of several companies, public and private, and is an award winner business school professor of leadership and strategy.  He was youngest chairman of his trade association, the Professional Services Council.  A former Assistant Secretary of State and decorated combat veteran, he has written several acclaimed books, the latest of which, “What Happens Now?”, was recently selected as one of the top business books of 2018.