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Dealer Principals

Joe Steet Sr.
Dealer Principal
(315) 736-8241 ext. 717

Joe Steet Sr. has been working in the car business his entire life starting at age 11 reconditioning cars for his father and uncle's business, United Auto Sales! He lives locally in New Hartford, NY with his wife where they raised their two children, Joe Jr. and Carly, who also work in the family business! In the warmer weather, he loves riding his Harley Davidson with his wife, skiing at Gore Mountain in the winters, and spending time at his camp in Indian Lake in the summers with his family, especially his two grandchildren.

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Steve Ponte Sr.
Dealer Principal
(315) 736-8241 ext. 722

Steve Ponte Sr. has been working in the car business for over 30 years! He lives locally in Herkimer, NY with his wife, where they raised their four children. Steve's son, Steve Jr. also works in the family business! Steve is an avid golfer, having golfed at some of the world's best courses. He loves to spend time with his family, especially with his nine grandchildren, and taking their family trips to Lake George, Florida, and Disney!

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Sales Department

Greg Wrate
General Manager
(315) 736-8241 ext. 711

Greg Wrate is the General Manager at Steet Toyota of Yorkville and has been with us since we opened our doors in 1994! Greg lives locally in New Hartford with his wife where they raised their children. In his spare time, you'll find Greg on the golf course or at a Utica Comets Hockey game! His favorite Toyota is the classic Celica as well as the Highlander. 

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Joe Steet Jr.
Sales Manager
(315) 736-8241 ext. 737

Joe Steet Jr. is the third generation Steet family member in the business! He also grew up working at Steet Toyota; you may have seen him washing cars, working in the Parts Department, or as a Service Writer in years past. He graduated from Syracuse University and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi. Joe's hobbies include skiing, traveling, and investing in stocks. His favorite Toyota vehicle is his 2007 Toyota 4Runner!

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Frank "Gee" Guarascio
Sales Manager
(315) 736-8241 ext. 734

Frankie "Gee" Guarascio grew up in the car business having worked at his father's business, Frank Gee Chevrolet in the past. He has been with us for many years, and is one of our Sales Managers here at Steet Toyota of Yorkville! Frankie is an avid fisherman and has won MANY Bass fishing events! Frankie lives locally in Marcy with his wife, and his favorite Toyota is the Tacoma. 

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Brian Mathias
Used Car Sales Manager
(315) 736-8241 ext. 743

Brian Mathias is the Used Car Sales Manager at Steet Toyota of Yorkville and has worked with us for over 8 years now having started as a Sales & Leasing Consultant. Brian is a native of New Hartford where he lives with his wife, two kids, and dog, Harley! Brian is a member of the New Hartford Fire Department, and in his spare time, he loves riding his motorcycle, camping, exploring the Adirondacks, and spending time with his family and friends. His favorite Toyota is the 4Runner or Tundra!

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Brandon Aldrich
Sales & Leasing Consultant
(315) 736-8241 ext. 723

Brandon Aldrich is a Sales and Leasing Consultant here at Steet Toyota and has been working with us for a few years! He is a longtime resident of Upstate New York and his favorite Toyota vehicle is the Tundra. In his spare time, Brandon is an avid motocross racer; in the spring and summer months, you'll find him on the race tracks!

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Devin Baird
Sales & Leasing Consultant
(315) 736-8241 ext. 739

Devin Baird is a Sales & Leasing Consultant at Steet Toyota who started working with us in early 2023! He comes to us with many years of experience in this industry and we are happy to have him on our team. Devin lives locally in Rome, NY and in his spare time, he enjoys woodworking and snowboarding. His favorite Toyota is the GR-Supra A91-CF!

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Jason Coleman
Sales & Leasing Consultant
(315) 736-8241 ext. 732

Jason Coleman is a Sales & Leasing Consultant at Steet Toyota of Yorkville who started working with us in late 2019! He comes to us with many years of experience in the Auto Industry, and we're happy to have him on our team! Jason lives locally in New Hartford, NY, and in his spare time, he loves playing golf, drumming, flying his drone, boating in Alex Bay, and spending time with his 2 dogs! His favorite Toyota is the Toyota Camry XSE.

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Alissa Cook
Sales & Leasing Consultant
(315) 736-8241 ext. 736

Alissa Cook is a Sales & Leasing Consultant at Steet Toyota of Yorkville who started working with us in mid-2021! Alissa started off as our Business Development Representative and made the transition to the Sales Floor in mid-2022! She lives locally in Utica, NY and in her spare time, she loves spending time with her family and friends, interior design, and watching movies with her two sons! Her favorite Toyota is a toss up between the Toyota Camry or Toyota Highlander.

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Matthew Darling
Sales & Leasing Consultant
(315) 736-8241 ext. 745

Matt Darling is a Sales & Leasing Consultant at Steet Toyota of Yorkville. You may recognize him, as he has been a longtime employee here starting his career over 10 years ago, and has many years of experience in our Sales and Finance Departments. Matt lives locally in New York Mills, NY with his wife Krista, their daughter, and two dogs. In his spare time, he likes to ride his motorcycle, play golf, travel, and spend time with family and friends. His favorite Toyota is the Toyota Supra.

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Mike Malachowski
Sales & Leasing Consultant
(315) 736-8241 ext. 713

Mike Malachowski is a Sales & Leasing Consultant at Steet Toyota of Yorkville and a longtime employee here! Mike lives locally in Utica, NY with his two children. In his spare time, he loves spending time with his kids, attending all of their sporting and school events, kayaking,  mountain biking, traveling, and spending time with friends. His favorite Toyota is the Toyota Tacoma, which he drives himself!

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Frank Mariani
Sales & Leasing Consultant
(315) 736-8241 ext. 740

Frank Mariani is a Sales & Leasing Consultant at Steet Toyota of Yorkville and a longtime employee here! He lives locally in Utica, NY with his two sons, and his favorite Toyota is the Tacoma. In his spare time, he loves to spend time with his family and friends and is an avid hunter!

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Jeffrey Oyer
Sales & Leasing Consultant
(315) 736-8241 ext. 714

Jeff Oyer is a Sales & Leasing Consultant at Steet Toyota of Yorkville and a longtime employee here having worked here for almost 15 years! Jeff is a Central New York native, and lives locally in Utica with his wife. He enjoys spending time with his daughter and grandson outside of work, and, many may not know, he is always in charge of coordinating our holiday and work parties! His favorite Toyota is the Land Cruiser.

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Jerry Reginelli
Sales & Leasing Consultant
(315) 736-8241 ext. 738

Jerry Reginelli is a Sales & Leasing Consultant and longtime employee of Steet Toyota of Yorkville! Jerry is a graduate of SUNY Albany, and lives locally in Whitesboro with his wife and their two children! In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family, camping, and riding his motorcycle. His favorite Toyota is the Sequoia.

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Finance Department

Christopher Bivins
Financial Services Manager
(315) 736-8241 ext. 718

Languages Spoken: English & Conversational Spanish

Chris Bivins has been one of our Financial Service Managers for over a decade! You can catch him representing our store at any of the local parades with his two sons. Rain or shine, they're always passing out candy! Chris' favorite Toyota is the Tacoma. Outside of work, he loves spending time with his sons, swimming, and building things for his house!

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John Dunn
Finance Manager
(315) 736-8241

John Dunn is one of our Finance Managers that joined our team in early 2023! John comes to us with many years of experience in the Auto Industry, especially with Toyota! He lives locally in Rome, NY, and in his spare time he enjoys spending time with his family and friends, fly fishing, and riding motorcycles. His favorite Toyota is the Toyota Tundra!

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Internet Department

Vi Le
Sales Business Development Representative
(315) 736-8241 ext. 712

Languages Spoken: English & Vietnamese 

Vi Le is a Sales Business Development Representative at Steet Toyota who started working with us in early 2022! She is the one you will be speaking with when you inquire on a vehicle on our website and can answer any questions you may have. Vi lives locally in New York Mills, NY, and in her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, and trying out new restaurants! Vi's favorite Toyota is a Toyota Rav4, which she drives herself.

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Jim Deeghan Jr.
Service Business Development Representative
(315) 736-8241 ext. 754

Jim Deeghan Jr. is one of our Service Business Development Representatives. Jim started working with us here in early 2023, having previously worked in our Body Shop across the street! He is one of the people that will help with your service scheduling and can answer any questions about your service appointment. His father works alongside him as a Service Advisor as well! Jim lives locally in Clark Mills, NY and in his spare time he enjoys golfing. His favorite Toyota is the Toyota Highlander.

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Jasmine Wall
Service Department Business Development Representative
(315) 736-8241 ext. 719

Jasmine Wall is the Service Department Business Development Representative at Steet Toyota of Yorkville who started working with us in early 2022! She lives locally in Lee Center, NY, and in her spare time she enjoys hiking all the local trails and photography. Her favorite Toyota is the Toyota Supra!

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Service Department

Andy Hicks
Service Manager
(315) 736-8241 ext. 742

Andy Hicks is the Service Manager at Steet Toyota of Yorkville. He has been with us for many years and was promoted to Service Manager in late 2021! He lives locally in New Hartford with his wife, 2 kids, and their dogs. Andy is a member of the New Hartford Fire Department, and you can catch him playing softball for the Department in the Summers! In his spare time, Andy enjoys spending time with his family, friends, and dogs. His favorite Toyota is the 4Runner.

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Hussain Abukhdair
Assistant Service Manager
(315) 736-8241 ext. 727

Hussain Abukhdair is the Assistant Service Manager at Steet Toyota of Yorkville who started working with us in early 2022, and was recently promoted to Assistant Manager in early 2023! He comes to us with many years of experience in the Auto Service industry. He lives locally in New Hartford with his wife and their 4 kids! Outside of work, he enjoys going to the range, spending time with his family, and hiking. His favorite Toyota is the Toyota 4Runner.

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Eldin Seho
Shop Foreman & Master Technician
(315) 736-8241

Languages Spoken: English & Bosnian

Eldin Seho is our Shop Foreman and Master Certified Technician at Steet Toyota! He has been a longtime employee here and a great asset to our team! He lives locally in Yorkville, NY, and in his spare time, he enjoys golfing, going to the range, building PC's and spending time with his wonderful wife and their 2 dogs! His favorite Toyota is the Toyota Camry.

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Bryan Austin
Service Advisor
(315) 736-8241 ext. 741

Bryan Austin is a Service Advisor at Steet Toyota of Yorkville who started working with us in late 2022! Bryan lives locally in Utica, NY, and in his spare time he enjoys photography and spending time with family and friends. His favorite Toyota vehicles are the Toyota Supra and the Toyota Cressida!

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Alex Cherubin
Service Dispatcher
(315) 736-8241 ext. 720

Alex Cherubin is the Service Dispatcher at Steet Toyota of Yorkville and a longtime employee of the Steet Ponte Auto Group! He lives locally in Whitesboro, NY, and in his spare time he loves spending time with his family and golfing. His favorite Toyota is the Avalon.

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Jim Deeghan
Service Advisor
(315) 736-8241 ext. 728

Jim Deeghan is a Service Advisor at Steet Toyota of Yorkville! He started working with us in 2017 and enjoys meeting new people and our Technicians while at work! Jim lives locally in Clinton, NY, and in his spare time enjoys carpentry and building things around the house. His favorite Toyota is the Tundra!

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Alec Hurd
Service Advisor
(315) 736-8241 ext. 727

Alec Hurd is a Service Advisor at Steet Toyota who started working in this department in early 2023 having moved to the front side of our Service Department from our shop out back! Alec lives locally in Verona, NY and in his spare time, he enjoys working on project cars. His favorite Toyota is the 86.

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Ed McTiernan
Service Advisor
(315) 736-8241 ext. 726

Ed McTiernan is a Service Advisor at Steet Toyota of Yorkville who recently started working with us in late 2018! Ed lives locally in Schuyler, NY, and in his spare time he enjoys exercising and spending time with family and friends. His favorite Toyota is the Tacoma, which he also drives himself!

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Body Shop

Todd VanDyke
Body Shop Manager
(315) 736-3267

Todd VanDyke is the Body Shop Manager at our Yorkville Body Shop located across the street from our store. Todd previously worked as our Body Shop Manager for over 10 years and recently came out of retirement to be our Body Shop Manager! Todd lives locally in Utica, NY and in his spare time he enjoys golfing and spending time with his family. His favorite Toyota is the Toyota Tundra and his favorite all time vehicle is the Ford 1969 Ford Mustang Fastback!

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Shawn Sprague
Body Shop Advisor
(315) 736-3267

Shawn Sprague is one of our Body Shop Advisors at the Steet Ponte Body Shop who started working with us in late 2022! Shawn lives locally in Sherrill, NY and in his spare time he likes spending time with his family and anything to do with cars! His favorite Toyota is the 86.

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Parts Department

Rich Thompson
Parts Manager
(315) 736-8241 ext. 731

Rich Thompson is the Parts Manager here at Steet Toyota of Yorkville who started working with us again in late 2019! Rich has many years of experience in the Auto Parts industry, and has worked with us for many years. Rich lives locally in New Hartford, NY and his favorite Toyota is the Toyota Tundra. In his spare time he enjoys spending time with family and friends.

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Jeff Coller
Parts Consultant
(315) 736-8241 ext. 744

Jeff Coller is a Parts Consultant at Steet Toyota of Yorkville who started working with us in 2017! He lives locally in Frankfort, NY, and his favorite Toyota is the Toyota Supra. In his spare time, he enjoys target shooting!

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Nick Manno
Parts Consultant
(315) 736-8241 ext. 730

Nick Manno is a Parts Consultant at Steet Toyota who started working with us in late 2022! He lives locally in New Hartford, NY, and in his spare time he enjoys golfing in the warm months and snowboarding in the winter months! Nick's favorite Toyota is the Toyota Supra.

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Marc Spina
Parts Consultant/Parts Delivery Driver
(315) 736-8241 ext. 730

Marc is a Parts Consultant and Parts Delivery Driver at Steet Toyota of Yorkville! Mark lives locally in Deerfield, NY, and in his spare time he loves to go camping and spend time in the Adirondacks, especially Old Forge! His favorite Toyota is the Toyota Tundra.

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Daniel Standley
Parts Consultant
(315) 736-8241 ext. 729

Daniel Standley is a Parts Consultant at Steet Toyota of Yorkville!  His favorite Toyota is the Tundra. He lives locally in Oneida, NY and in his spare time he enjoys landscaping and lawn maintenance on his property and golfing.

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