Ward's Powersports Staff
Ownership
Audie Ward
Co-Founder / President
Name Audie Ward
Title Co-Founder / President
Audie is our owner and president. In 1973, Audie and his parents, Larue and Brenda, founded Ward's Powersports as a small Yamaha dealer in Troy. In 1992, growing the company alongside his parents, Audie brought Suzuki, Kawasaki, Polaris, and Honda into the showroom making Ward's Powersports one of the South's largest Motorcycle, ATV, and Watercraft dealers. Audie fully inherited our company in 2017 after his father passed. In 2020, Audie and his son AJ added Can-Am to our inventory, which meant that we had 6 brands under our roof giving our customers plenty of options to chose from when picking out their new ride.
AJ Ward
CEO / Vice President / Sales Manager
Name AJ Ward
Title CEO / Vice President / Sales Manager
AJ has worked at Ward's since he was 13 years old. Being the eldest son of Audie Ward, he was raised around this industry and began working here at a young age. When he first started he was a helping hand in every department before eventually becoming a PDI Technician. He worked in PDI until 2011 where he then became the Managing Sales Representative.
AJ is married to Amy.
Administration
Mary Joyce
General Manager
Name Mary Joyce
Title General Manager
Mary joined the Ward's family in 2002 as a floater. After she had done parts, service, and F&I, the opportunity of General Manager was given to her and she took it with open arms. Ever since then, Mary has been the "Jack-Of-All-Trades" of Ward's Powersports.
Monica Ward
Receptionist
Name Monica Ward
Title Receptionist
Monica joined the Ward's family in 2016 as our Receptionist and has been here ever since. Throughout her time here at Ward's, she has strived to make the customers needs come first, and never let a customer go un-helped or unwelcomed.
Monica is married to Troy Ward
Finance and Insurance Department
Amy Ward
F&I Manager
Name Amy Ward
Title F&I Manager
Amy started her career at Ward's in 2006. Throughout her time at Ward's she has done just about anything one can do here. Everyday Amy strives to guide customers through the process of filling out every piece of paperwork to be able to buy a unit from us. If you've ever bought a unit from us, you've met Amy.
Madison Joyce
F&I Assistant
Name Madison Joyce
Title F&I Assistant
Madison joined the Ward's family in 2024 as a F&I Assistant. Over her time working here she has been determined to make the entire application process as smooth as possible for our customers, making them feel at home at the same time.
Sales Department
AJ Ward
CEO / Vice President / Sales Manager
Name AJ Ward
Title CEO / Vice President / Sales Manager
AJ has worked at Ward's since he was 13 years old. Being the eldest son of Audie Ward, he was raised around this industry and began working here at a young age. When he first started he was a helping hand in every department before eventually becoming a PDI Technician. He worked in PDI until 2011 where he then became the Managing Sales Representative.
AJ is married to Amy.
Troy Ward
Sales Representative
Name Troy Ward
Title Sales Representative
Troy Ward - Audie's youngest son and AJs brother. Troy has a burning passion for what he does and the industry that he was raised in. Striving every day to make the family buisness as successful as he can and making customers life long friends along the way!
Troy is married to Monica.
Billy Joyce
Sales Representative
Name Billy Joyce
Title Sales Representative
Billy started his career at Ward's in the Parts Department as the Parts Manager, and has been doing it for over 16 years. Over the 16 years he has worked for Ward's he has strived in making good connections with his customers, making them feel at home while at our dealership. In the past 2 years Billy has taken a new position as a Sales Representative.
Billy is married to Mary, and their kids are Madison and Brody.
Parts Department
Logan Mauldin
Parts Manager
Name Logan Mauldin
Title Parts Manager
Logan joined the Ward's family in 2019. He started in PDI, and then was asked to become a service writer. After a breif time of service writing, the position of Parts Manager was brought before him, where he has strived providing customers with any parts needs they may have.
Ryan Powell
Parts Salesman
Name Ryan Powell
Title Parts Salesman
Ryan started his career with Ward's in PDI, then he worked in the Service Department before moving to the Parts Department, where he works today with 17 years of experience selling customers all of their parts needs, while passing out a smile and a good laugh along the way.
JW Hurley
Parts Salesman
Name JW Hurley
Title Parts Salesman
JW joined the Ward's family in 2024 in the Parts Department. Over the time he has worked here he has strived to make sure that every customer is provided every resourse available to assist them with any of their parts needs.
Service Department
Heather Jones
Service Advisor
Name Heather Jones
Title Service Advisor
Heather joined the Ward's family in 2020 as a Service Advisor for the Service Department. Over the past 5 years, she has made sure that every customer that brings their unit in for a service is communicated to about any and all updates on their unit while it is here in our service department.
Jerry McGough
Service Advisor
Name Jerry McGough
Title Service Advisor
Jerry joined the Ward's family in 2024 as a Service Advisor in the Service Department. Over the time he has worked here he has made sure that every part needed for a repair order is ordered or picked up, and stored properly until it is needed in the shop.
Stephen Dunn
Shop Foreman / Lead Service Technician
Name Stephen Dunn
Title Shop Foreman / Lead Service Technician
Stephen joined the Ward's family in 2002 as the Lead Technician and Shop Foreman in the Service Department. Over the past 23 years he has spent countless hours daily fixing, diagnosing, and rebuilding thousands of customer's units to get them back to a like new condition.
Jeremy Richards
Service Technician
Name Jeremy Richards
Title Service Technician
Jeremy joined the Ward's family in 2005 as a Service Technician in the Service Department. Over the past 20 years, he has strived to make sure that he has done every measure to repair every customers unit that comes into our shop.
Joey Renfroe
Service Technician
Name Joey Renfroe
Title Service Technician
Joey started his career with Ward's in PDI before becoming a Service Technician in the Service Department. With his 20 years of experience, he works on every customers unit with determination and expertise.
Craig Fisher
Service Technician
Name Craig Fisher
Title Service Technician
Craig joined the Ward's family in 2024 as a Service Technician in the Service Department. Over the time he has worked here he has used his prior experience as a mechanic to work alongside some of the best technicians in the southen region.
PDI Department
David Hanville
PDI Manager
Name David Hanville
Title PDI Manager
David joined the Ward's family in the PDI Department in 2016. In his 9 years at Ward's he has built thousands of powersport vehicles with near perfection. For the past 5 years he has been able to work alongside his son, Drake, teaching him everything he knows about the craft he does so well.
Drake Hanville
PDI Technician
Name Drake Hanville
Title PDI Technician
Drake joined the Ward's family in the PDI Department in 2020. Working alongside his father, David, he has learned and practices the craft of building top of the line powersport vehicles.
Tristan Mcleod
PDI Technician
Name Tristan Mcleod
Title PDI Technician
Tristan joined the Ward's family in 2023 in the PDI Department. Over the past 2 years he has spent countless hours building, and making sure every unit has been properly inspected and cleaned before it leaves our dealership.
Brody Joyce
PDI Technician
Name Brody Joyce
Title PDI Technician
Brody joined the Ward's family in 2025 in the PDI Department. Over the past few months he has strived to get more knowledge and experience in the craft he works in.
Vehicle Delivery
Bill Baker
Delivery Driver
Name Bill Baker
Title Delivery Driver
Bill joined the Ward's family in 2014 and has been with us ever since. If you have ever had a unit dropped off or picked up, you've met Bill, and his sidekick Ms.Shirley.