The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers (AASP) elected its
executive
committee for 2011-2012 at its board of directors meeting Nov. 3 in
Las Vegas.
Massachusetts shop owner, Rick Starbard will serve a second term as
president. The
following AASP board members will join Starbard on the executive
committee:
- Jeff Walter, Zimmerman's Auto Service, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
- A.C. Guarino, A.C. Automotive, Winston-Salem, N.C.
- Bruce Tschida, Lake Marion Collision, Lakeville, Minn.
- Reiling, AASP-Missouri, St. Charles, Mo.
- Nick Kostakis, Angelo's Auto Body, Irvington, N.J.
Starbard, the president of Rick's Auto Collision in Revere, Mass.,
is a former collision
repair instructor. He currently serves as president of AASP-MA and is a
member of the
Collision Industry Conference (CIC) Database Task Force and joint
operating committee of the Database Enhancement Gateway (DEG). Starbard
holds I-CAR and ASE certifications.
"I am proud to be part of a group that has so many unique ideas that
come from each of our state affiliates," Starbard says. "We are truly
driven to enhance our members' ability to do business, and I think that
is evident in some of the initiatives that we have undertaken. I look
forward to the possibility of more like-minded state associations
becoming AASP affiliates. By harnessing the numbers that state
affiliates bring to the table, we can provide additional national
benefits to all of our members. States also need to know how sensitive
AASP is to each affiliate's need to operate as an independent
organization. AASP recognizes that the makeup and needs of each state
are very different, and gives each affiliate the autonomy to determine
its mission and operation."
