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Letter to the Editor
Tuesday February 1
CAPA Announces New Board of Directors and Technical Committee
The Certified Automotive Parts Association (CAPA) has announced the members of its Board of Directors and Technical Committee. Both groups are comprised of a cross-section of industries that are relevant to aftermarket parts, including manufacturers, distributors, insurers, collision repairers, consumer and general interest groups.The CAPA Board of Directors, which sets CAPA policies and oversees the program, includes:
- Bob Anderson, Anderson’s Automotive Service (Chairman)
- John Edelen, Allstate Insurance
- Jackie Gillan, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
- Jack Gillis, CAPA
- Carl Hartman, Keystone
- Robert Hurns, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America
- Don Keenan, Joseph T. Keenan & Sons, Inc.
- Jerry Kottschade, Jerry’s Body Shop, Inc.
- Brian O’Connor, Liberty Mutual Insurance
- Rich Rosenthal, USAA
- Bill Smeal, Choice Bumper, Inc.
- Maureen Willett, State Farm Mutual Insurance Co.
The CAPA Technical Committee develops and maintains the CAPA Quality Standards. They review and refine the Standards in order to set the quality requirements that CAPA manufacturers must achieve in order to certify their parts. The Technical Committee members include:
- Frank Bradbury, Liberty Mutual Insurance
- Alan Bush, USAA
- David Chen, Jui Li/U-Land International Corp.
- Jeff Chen, T.Y.G. Products
- Bill Dornon, Action Crash Parts
- Ed Eaton, Veng USA
- Rod Enlow, RENLOW Auto Technical Consulting, Inc.
- Donald Feeley, Jr., City Body & Frame (Chairman)
- Sharyn Germ, SKG Quality Consulting
- Scot Hansen, Collision Parts Network, Inc.
- Don Hill, State Farm Mutual Insurance Co.
- Charlie Hogarty, Keystone
- Jack Hsieh, Auto Parts Industrial Ltd.
- Mel Hunke, CARS
- Kelly McCarty, Carty's Collision Center
- Ben Steinman, Ben's Auto Body (Vice Chair)
- Chad Wadsworth, AutoLign Manufacturing Group
- Mark Woirol, Allstate
- Joe Woodin, Portage Central High School
“CAPA is fortunate to have such a broad range of industry expertise represented on both our Board and Technical Committee,” stated Jack Gillis, Executive Director of the non-profit association. “Their insight into issues facing the aftermarket parts industry and guidance with the program are extremely important to CAPA’s continuing success.”
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