New ASA Board of Directors Installed During Annual Business Meeting in D.C. - BodyShop Business

New ASA Board of Directors Installed During Annual Business Meeting in D.C.

The Automotive Service Association (ASA) has announced its new board of directors, which was sworn in during the association’s annual business meeting May 9-11 in the Washington, D.C., area.

Ron Nagy, AAM, Nagy’s Collision Centers, Orville, Ohio, was named chairman of ASA’s board of directors for 2011-2012. Nagy assumed the chairman’s post at the conclusion of the annual business meeting. He succeeds Jerry Burns, AAM, Automotive Impressions Inc., Rio Rancho, N.M., who moves to the immediate past chairman’s seat on the board of directors for one year.

Additional members of the board include Darrell Amberson, AAM, chairman-elect, Lehman’s Garage, Bloomington, Minn.; and Diane Rodenhouse, AAM, secretary/treasurer, Rodenhouse Body Shop Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Serving as general directors are Gary Keyes, AAM, E&M Motors Inc., Stuart, Fla.; Donny Seyfer, AAM, Seyfer Automotive Inc., Wheat Ridge, Colo.; and Bob Wills, AAM, Wills Auto Service, Battle Creek, Mich.

Serving as affiliate directors are Joel Baxter, AAM, B&B Auto and Truck Repair, Bremerton, Wash.; Mark Gurnsey, AAM, Accountable Auto Care Inc., Broomfield, Colo.; and Roy Schnepper, AAM, Butler’s Collision Inc., Roseville, Mich.

The final two board positions are held by ASA’s Collision Division and Mechanical Division directors: Dan Stander, Jerry Stander’s Collision Works, Littleton, Colo. (Collision Division); and Bill Moss, AAM, Ferris Automotive Inc., Warrenton, Va. (Mechanical Division).

Ron Pyle, ASA president and chief staff executive, also serves on the ASA board of directors in an ex officio capacity. Members of the ASA Executive Committee are Nagy, Amberson, Rodenhouse, Burns, Wills and Pyle. Wills serves in the position of fifth seat.

The next function scheduled from the national office is Automotive Service and Repair Week (ASRW) Oct. 5-8, 2011, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. ASA will bring its annual trade shows – the International Autobody Congress and Exposition (NACE) and the Congress of Automotive Repair and Service (CARS) – to the East Coast during ASRW, and says it has received positive feedback from members, exhibitors and the industry at large regarding the return to a rotating schedule.


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