A native of Orchard Park, Scott Bieler began his career with the West Herr Automotive Group in 1975 as a salesman, was promoted to Sales management in 1979, General Manager in 1981, and became President in 1997, and has been majority owner since 2000, along with his partners; Brad Hafner, John Wabick and Bill Loecher. Employing over 2,300 people, he has helped grow the company to become the largest automotive group in New York State and the 22nd largest auto group in the country.
Scott’s community involvement has been extensive through the years. He is the Vice Chair of the Roswell Park Alliance Foundation Board, and co-chaired their capital campaign to build the new Bieler Clinical Sciences Center, Board of Director for Visit Buffalo Niagara, Invest Buffalo Niagara and Daemen College, and a member of the Greater Buffalo Racial Equity Roundtable. Scott served on the Upstate New York Federal Reserve Regional Advisory Board for 5 years and has also served on the Boards of the Buffalo Zoo, Buffalo Niagara Partnership, and Hilbert College.
His civic efforts have been recognized numerous times; He and Kathy Lasher recently received the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site Foundation’s Exemplary Citizenship Award, he has been named an Outstanding Citizen by The Buffalo News, received the Canisius College Distinguished Citizen Award, and Roswell Park’s Katherine Anne Gioia Inspiration Award, and recognized as the Outstanding Philanthropist through the Association of Fundraising Professionals among other honors.
Scott’s community involvement has been extensive through the years. He is the Vice Chair of the Roswell Park Alliance Foundation Board, and co-chaired their capital campaign to build the new Bieler Clinical Sciences Center, Board of Director for Visit Buffalo Niagara and Invest Buffalo Niagara, a member of the Greater Buffalo Racial Equity Roundtable, and is the Chairman of the Contribution Committee for the Ford Friendship Express van donation program. Scott served on the Upstate New York Federal Reserve Regional Advisory Board for 5 years and has also served on the Boards of the Buffalo Zoo, Buffalo Niagara Partnership, and Hilbert College, where he received an Honorary Degree, Doctor of Humane Letters.
Scott’s civic efforts have been recognized numerous times; He and Kathy Lasher recently received the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site Foundation’s Exemplary Citizenship Award, he has been named an Outstanding Citizen by The Buffalo News, received the Canisius College Distinguished Citizen Award, and Roswell Park’s Katherine Anne Gioia Inspiration Award, and recognized as the Outstanding Philanthropist through the Association of Fundraising Professionals among other honors.
