ASRW names Dan Stander NACE event chair

Automotive Service & Repair Week (ASRW) said Dan Stander, owner of Fix Auto Highlands Ranch in Littleton, Colo., will serve as the next event chairman for the International Autobody Congress & Exposition (NACE); and Bill Moss, owner of EuroService Automotive in Warrenton, Va., will return for a second term as the event chairman for the Congress of Automotive Repair and Service (CARS).

Each chairman will represent his segment of the industry and ASRW. The 2013 event is scheduled for Oct. 17-19 (with an education conference beginning Wednesday, Oct. 16) at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.

Stander follows Ron Nagy who concluded a two-year term as the NACE chairman from 2011-2012.

Stander is a second-generation collision shop owner with 30 years of experience. Stander holds the Accredited Automotive Manager (AAM) designation from the Automotive Management Institute (AMI) and is a graduate of the University of Colorado.

As an ASA member for 30 years, Stander is active in the ASA-Colorado affiliate, currently the President of ASA Colorado’s Collision Division and on the state organization’s Board of Directors. Stander also is instrumental in ASA's activities at the national level with his involvement in the ASA Collision Division Operations Committee and its Refinish subcommittee, as well as serving on the ASA Board of Directors as Collision Division director. He also serves on an industry committee within the Database Enhancement Gateway administrative team and the Database Task Force, with members from AASP and SCRS. Since 2007, Stander has taken an active role as an educational presenter and leader in the collision repair industry during NACE, and has attended the annual event each year since 2007.

Moss began his career at a full-service neighborhood gas station in 1973. He has been involved in the trade as a technician, shop manager, route salesman, compressed natural gas and propane retro fitter, 24/7 service station manager, and an automotive sales and service business partner. Moss has been a National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) certified master technician for more than 20 years and also holds L1, parts consultant and service consultant certifications. He received the Accredited Automotive Manager (AAM) designation from the Automotive Management Institute (AMI) in 2007.

He served on the ASA national Mechanical Division Operations Committee from 2002-2008 and has led the operations committee since 2010 serving as Mechanical Division director on the ASA board of directors. He has attended CARS since 2001. Moss is also a member of BIMRS, an automotive trade association representing independent BMW service professionals, and sits on that organization’s board of directors.