ASA Announces New Board of Directors at 2008 Celebration of Excellence

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News Bulletin ASA-21
May 19, 2008

ASA Announces New Board of Directors at
2008 Celebration of Excellence

BEDFORD, TEXAS, May 19, 2008 – The Automotive Service Association (ASA) has announced its new board of directors, installed during the association’s Annual Convention May 1-3 in Santa Clara, Calif. The installation of the board took place during ASA’s Celebration of Excellence May 3.
Reggie Denney, AAM, Reggie Denney Auto Repair, Eden, N.C., was named chairman of ASA’s board of directors for 2008. Denney assumed the chairman’s post at the conclusion of the annual convention. He succeeds Aaron Clements, AAM, C&C Automotive, Augusta, Ga., who moves to the past chairman’s seat on the board of directors for one year.
Other members of ASA’s 2008 board include Earl Dohner, AAM, chairman-elect, E&E’s Garage, Brookville, Ohio; and Jerry Burns, AAM, secretary/treasurer, Automotive Impressions Inc., Rio Rancho, N.M.
Serving as general directors are Daniel Guido, AAM, Tony’s Service Center, Phoenix, Ariz.; Diane Rodenhouse, Rodenhouse Body Shop Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich.; and Carroll Proctor, A.C. Proctor’s Paint & Body Inc., Augusta, Ga.
Serving as affiliate directors are Russell McCloud, AAM, Accurate Automotive Attention, Yuma, Ariz.; Ron Nagy, AAM, Nagy’s Collision Center, Wooster, Ohio; and Dan Torbeck, AAM, Torbeck’s Auto Repair, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The final two board positions are held by the Collision Division and Mechanical Division directors: Darrell Amberson, AAM, Lehman’s Garage, Bloomington, Minn. (Collision Division); and Rolf Werner, AAM, Werner’s Mastertek Auto Repair, Aurora, Colo. (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 Denney, Dohner, Burns, Clements, Nagy and Pyle.
The Automotive Service Association is the largest not-for-profit trade association of its kind dedicated to and governed by independent automotive service and repair professionals. ASA serves an international membership base that includes numerous affiliate, state and chapter groups from both the mechanical and collision repair segments of the automotive service industry. ASA’s headquarters is in Bedford, Texas.
ASA advances professionalism and excellence in the automotive repair industry through education, representation and member services. For additional information about ASA, including past news releases, go to www.ASAshop.org, or visit ASA’s legislative Web site at www.TakingTheHill.com.
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