David Bruton Smith was elected as Chief Executive Officer of Sonic in September 2018 and Chairman of the Board in July 2022. Prior to his election as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Smith served as Sonic’s Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Strategic Officer from March 2018 to September 2018, as Sonic’s Vice Chairman from March 2013 to March 2018 and as an Executive Vice President of Sonic from October 2008 to March 2013. He has been a director of Sonic since October 2008 and has served in Sonic’s organization since 1998. Prior to being named an Executive Vice President and a director in October 2008, Mr. Smith had served as Sonic’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Development since March 2007. Mr. Smith served as Sonic’s Vice President of Corporate Strategy from October 2005 to March 2007, and also served prior to that time as Dealer Operator and General Manager of several Sonic dealerships. Mr. Smith is also a director and an officer of Sonic Financial Corporation, the largest stockholder of Sonic, and a co-owner and director of Speedway Motorsports.

Mr. Jeff Dyke has over 25 years of experience in the automotive retail industry. He’s served as President of Sonic Automotive, one of the largest automotive and powersports retailers, since October 2018 and was elected to the company’s Board of Directors in July 2019.

Mr. Dyke first joined Sonic in October 2005 as the Vice President of Retail Strategy, a position he held until April 2006, when he was promoted to Division Vice President - Eastern Division, a position he held from April 2006 to March 2007. From March 2007 to October 2008, Mr. Dyke served as the company’s Division Chief Operating Officer – Southeast Division, where he oversaw retail automotive operations for the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. He served as Executive Vice President of Operations for Sonic Automotive from October 2008 to October 2018, where he was responsible for direct oversight of Sonic's retail automotive operations and EchoPark Automotive, a subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, which is the company’s pre-owned vehicle dealership network.

In 2016, Mr. Dyke was asked to serve on the BMW of North America dealer advisory board, lending his thought leadership and dealer operator expertise to the manufacturer. He also spent four years, from 2016 through 2020, as a member of the Audi USA dealer advisory board. In 2020, Mr. Dyke was appointed to the Schreiner University Board of Trustees.

Prior to joining Sonic, Mr. Dyke worked at AutoNation from 1996 to 2005, where he held several dealership, divisional, and regional leadership positions with the company.

Heath R. Byrd has served as Sonic’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since April 2013. Mr. Byrd was previously a Vice President and Sonic’s Chief Information Officer from December 2007 to March 2013, and has served our organization since 2007. Prior to joining Sonic, Mr. Byrd served in a variety of management positions at HR America, Inc., a workforce management firm that provided customized human resource and workforce development through co-sourcing arrangements, including as a director, as President and Chief Operating Officer and as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer. Prior to HR America, Mr. Byrd served as a Manager in the Management Consulting Division of Ernst & Young LLP.