Steet Toyota of Yorkville

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Meet Our Staff

Meet Our Staff

Dealer Principals

Joe Steet Sr.

Joe Steet Sr.

Dealer Principal

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.

Steve Ponte Sr.

Steve Ponte Sr.

Dealer Principal

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!

Sales Department

Greg Wrate

Greg Wrate

General Manager

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.

Joe Steet Jr.

Joe Steet Jr.

Sales Manager

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!

Frank "Gee" Guarascio

Frank "Gee" Guarascio

Sales Manager

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.

Brian Mathias

Brian Mathias

Sales Manager

Brian Mathias is one of the Sales Managers at Steet Toyota of Yorkville and has worked with us for over 10 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 Toyota Sequoia.

Devin Baird

Devin Baird

Sales & Leasing Consultant

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!

Jason Coleman

Jason Coleman

Sales & Leasing Consultant

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.

Connor Lasher

Connor Lasher

Sales & Leasing Consultant

Connor Lasher is a Sales & Leasing Consultant at Steet Toyota! He joined our team in early 2024, and started out part time as our Lot Attendant and was recently promoted to Sales Consultant! Connor lives locally in Remsen, NY, and in his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family and friends and exploring. His favorite Toyota vehicles are the Toyota Sequoia and the 1794 Toyota Tundra!

Mike Malachowski

Mike Malachowski

Sales & Leasing Consultant

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!

Frank Mariani

Frank Mariani

Sales & Leasing Consultant

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!

Jeffrey Oyer

Jeffrey Oyer

Sales & Leasing Consultant

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.

Dominic Panzone

Dominic Panzone

Sales & Leasing Consultant

Dominic Panzone is a Sales & Leasing Consultant at Steet Toyota who joined our team in early 2024! Dominic lives locally in New Hartford, NY, and in his spare time, he enjoys playing guitar and spending time with family and friends. His favorite Toyota is the Toyota Supra!

Marc Rabice

Marc Rabice

Sales & Leasing Consultant

Marc Rabice is a Sales & Leasing Consultant who joined our team in summer 2023, after having previously worked here for many years prior! We are excited to have him back on the sales floor, as we're sure many of his customers are, too! Marc lives locally in Utica, NY, and in his spare time, he's a DJ! His favorite Toyota is the Toyota Tacoma.

Jerry Reginelli

Jerry Reginelli

Sales & Leasing Consultant

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.

Dakota Relyea

Dakota Relyea

Sales & Leasing Consultant

Dakota Relyea is a Sales & Leasing Consultant who joined our team in mid-2025! Dakota lives locally in Oneida, NY, and in his spare time, he enjoys attending and participating in car shows all around the nation! His favorite Toyota is the Toyota 4Runner.

Finance Department

Christopher Bivins

Christopher Bivins

Financial Services Manager

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!

John Dunn

John Dunn

Finance Manager

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!

Internet Department

Vi Le

Vi Le

Sales Business Development Representative

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.

Destiny Miranda

Destiny Miranda

Service Business Development Representative

Destiny Miranda is a Service Business Development Representative at Steet Toyota who joined our team in late 2025. She is the one you'll be speaking with for your Service Scheduling needs! Destiny lives locally in New Hartford, NY, and in her spare time she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, and taking care of her snakes and pets! Her favorite Toyota is the Toyota Tundra.

Service Department

Andy Hicks

Andy Hicks

Service Manager

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.

Hussain Abukhdair

Hussain Abukhdair

Assistant Service Manager

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.

Collin Litz

Collin Litz

Service Advisor

Collin Litz is a Service Advisor who joined our team in late 2024! Collin lives locally in Floyd, NY, and in his spare time he enjoys hunting, and spending time with his family and friends. His favorite Toyota is the Toyota Tacoma!

Dan Perry

Dan Perry

Service Advisor

Dan Perry is a Service Advisor at Steet Toyota who joined our team in late 2025! He lives locally in Schuyler with his family, and in his spare time he enjoys spending time with his family, friends, and especially his kids! His favorite Toyota is the Toyota 4Runner.

Jim Deeghan Jr.

Jim Deeghan Jr.

Service Advisor

Jim Deeghan Jr. is a Service Advisor at Steet Toyota! Jim started working with us here in early 2023, having previously worked in our Body Shop across the street! 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.

Kyler Ford

Kyler Ford

Service Advisor

Kyler Ford is a Service Advisor at Steet Toyota who joined our team in late 2025! Kyler lives locally in Herkimer, and in his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his wife, and going on walks with their dog. His favorite Toyota is the Toyota Corolla GR!

Ed McTiernan

Ed McTiernan

Service Advisor

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!

Jaime Musselwhite

Jaime Musselwhite

Warranty Administrator

Jaime Musselwhite is the Warranty Administrator who joined our team in mid-2025! Jaime lives locally in Utica, NY, and in her spare time she enjoys spending time with her son and writing poetry! Her favorite Toyota vehicle is the Toyota Rav4.

Casey Weismuller

Casey Weismuller

Service Advisor

Casey Weismuller is a Service Advisor at Steet Toyota who joined our team in mid-2024! He lives locally in Holland Patent, NY, and in his spare time he enjoys fishing and spending time with family and friends. His favorite Toyota is the Toyota Supra!

James Zuchowski

James Zuchowski

Service Advisor

James Zuchowski is a Service Advisor at Steet Toyota who joined our team in early 2026! James lives locally in Clinton, NY, and in his spare time he enjoys rock climbing, and spending time with family and friends. His favorite Toyota is the Toyota Sequoia!

Body Shop

Todd VanDyke

Todd VanDyke

Body Shop Manager

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!

Shawn Sprague

Shawn Sprague

Body Shop Advisor

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.

Parts Department

Rich Thompson

Rich Thompson

Parts Manager

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.

Jeff Coller

Jeff Coller

Parts Consultant

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!

Nic Manno

Nic Manno

Parts Consultant

Nic Manno is a Parts Consultant at Steet Toyota in Yorkville! Nic lives locally in New Hartford, NY and in his spare time he enjoys snowboarding in the winter, working on his car, and spending time with his family and friends! Nic's favorite Toyota is the Toyota Prius Prime.

Marc Spina

Marc Spina

Parts Consultant/Parts Delivery Driver

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.

Daniel Standley

Daniel Standley

Parts Consultant

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