Fundraising professional Scott Kruger was recently named executive director of the I-CAR Education Foundation. Kruger will implement the foundation’s new mission, which focuses on fundraising, grant research and the distribution of scholarship funds to schools and students involved in collision repair.

Kruger is a lawyer and advancement professional with more than 10 years of fundraising experience. He earned both his BA and JD from the University of Iowa. Kruger joins the I-CAR Education Foundation after serving as the first Executive Director of the John Marshall Law School Foundation.

Previously, he after served six years as the Director of Development for the Southern Illinois University School of Law and Associate Director of Development for the SIU Foundation. He has also been employed as a Director of Development for KCCK-FM/Kirkwood College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and the Assistant Director of Development-Annual Giving for Minnesota State University in Mankato. Kruger is a member of the Association for Fundraising Professionals and the Counsel for Advancement and Support of Education.

“There are many programs and priorities that we will focus on in the coming months, but my primary goal is to make sure that the Education Foundation supports the collision industry by enriching opportunities for students in collision education,” Kruger said. “These students are working toward a lasting and rewarding career in collision repair and our goal will be to help them get there.”

For more information, visit www.ed-foundation.org.