AAIA elects new officers and board directors

July 10, 2013
Timothy Lee of Lang Distributing Inc., becomes executive committee chairman.

The Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA) elected its new officers and board of directors for 2013-2014. This board is effective as of July 1, 2013.

AAIA’s elected officers of the executive committee are:

• chairman, Timothy Lee, Lang Distributing, Inc.
• vice chairman, Richard Jago, Old World Industries, Inc.
• treasurer, Michael Klein, IDQ Holding, Inc.
• secretary, Ira Davis, Multi Parts Supply, Inc.
• vice president, Cal Wilkins, TASCO
• vice president, Mike Carlet, Driven Brands, Inc.
• vice president, Scott Leprohon, NAPA Headquarters
• vice president, John Washbish, Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance
• past chairman, Robert Egan, Federal-Mogul Corp.

Two new individuals were elected to the AAIA board of directors, including:

• Mark Finestone, AutoZone, Inc.
• Richard Schwartz, Schwartz Advisors

Continuing board members are:

• Thomas Beer, SSF Imported Auto Parts, Inc.
• Curtis Draper, ChangeWorks
• Jim Dykstra, Dykstra Auto Service
• Mike Fitzgerald, MFitzgerald Associates
• Todd Hack, Gates Corp.
• Patricia Law, ANSA Automotive Parts Distributors, Inc.
• William Maggs, National Pronto Association
• Roger McCollum, N.A. Williams Co.
• Tom Perry, US Chemical and Plastics, Inc.
• F. Scott Pletz, Marketing and Promotion, Inc.
• John Quirk, VIP, Inc.
• Sherri Rains, Blue Magic, Inc.
• Don Reimondo, HDA Truck Pride
• David Segal, Automotive Supply Associates, Inc.
• Mike Swearengin, O’Reilly Auto Parts
• Timothy Trudnowski, Automotive Jobbers Supply
• Randal Ward, Automotive Aftermarket Association Southeast
• Scott Webb, Pep Boys

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