Contact:	Angie Wilson (800) 272-7467, ext. 216 angie@asashop.org
For Release:	Immediate News Bulletin ASA-22 May 19, 2008

ASA Announces
Collision Division Operations Committee

BEDFORD, TEXAS, May 19, 2008 –The Automotive Service Association (ASA) has announced its 2008 Collision Division Operations Committee. Darrell Amberson, AAM, Lehman’s Garage, Bloomington, Minn., was re-elected as Collision Division director. As such, Amberson serves on ASA’s board of directors and chairs the ASA Collision Division Operations Committee. The position of Collision Division director is a two-year term.

Additional members of the operations committee have been announced by ASA’s board of directors, including Ron Nagy, AAM, Nagy’s Collision Center, Wooster, Ohio, who is serving as assistant division director.

Joining the operations committee this year is Scott Benavidez, Mr. B’s Paint & Body Inc., Albuquerque, N.M. Returning committee members include Mike Anderson, AAM, Wagonwork Collision, Alexandria, Va.; Dan Bailey, CARSTAR Inc., Overland Park, Kan.; Boyd Dingman, Dingman’s Collision Center, Omaha, Neb.; Dustin Eckhart, Hernandez Collision Center, Savannah, Ga.; Steve Furman, Hayes Brothers Collision Center, Sacramento, Calif.; Roy Schnepper, Butler’s Collision, Roseville, Mich.; Mike Schoonover, Schoonover Bodyworks Inc., St. Paul, Minn.; and Dan Stander, Jerry Stander’s Collision Works, Littleton, Colo.

Members of ASA’s Collision Division Operations Committee represent shops of varying sizes from across the United States. The committee works on behalf of all ASA collision members to advance and promote the collision repair industry. Several committee projects are handled through various subcommittees, which currently include refinish, automobile manufacturer, estimating, insurance and crash parts.

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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