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USAA’s Sean Burgess Named Chief Claims Officer at Lemonade

November 22, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

Lemonade announced the appointment of Sean Burgess as Chief Claims Officer. Burgess joins the insurance company after more than 25 years at USAA, serving the military community and their families. In his new role at Lemonade, Burgess will oversee the company’s key claims functions across the US and EU, and report to Gavin Blair, SVP, […]

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National Auto Body Council Announces New Board Members

November 12, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

At the 2021 NABC Annual Meeting, the National Auto Body Council held its board elections for the upcoming year. In addition to re-electing five members whose terms were expiring, it also welcomed two new members to the National Auto Body Council Board. Active members in attendance at the virtual NABC annual meeting had an opportunity […]

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Linden Wicklund Named Executive Director of AASP-MN

November 12, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota (AASP-MN) announced that Linden Wicklund has been selected as the association’s executive director following the retirement of longtime leader, Judell Anderson, CAE, at the end of the year. Wickund will transition into the role working alongside Anderson starting on November 29. The association undertook a thorough and […]

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Tom Elder Named Lee Vetland Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

November 9, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

During its Annual Meeting at Gran Centurions in Clark, NJ, the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/NJ) conducted a special awards ceremony where the second Lee Vetland Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to AASP/NJ Treasurer Tom Elder of Compact Kars, Inc. in Clarksburg, N.J. Named in honor of the New Jersey auto […]

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Tony Molla Announces Retirement from ASA

November 9, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

Tony Molla, vice president of Industry Relations at the Automotive Service Association (ASA), will retire from the organization at the end of the year. “My plans to retire have been in the works for some time now,” Molla said, “I’ve been blessed to work with some of the highest-performing teams in the industry during my […]

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Jeff Kritzer Elected to Third Term as Automotive Lift Institute Chairman

November 3, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

Longtime Automotive Lift Institute (ALI) Board of Directors participant Jeff Kritzer of BendPak (Santa Paula, California) was elected to a third one-year term as chairman of the board at the organization’s annual meeting in Las Vegas on Nov. 1. Doug Brown of Vehicle Service Group (Madison, Indiana) was elected to a new three-year term. He […]

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Alicia Figurelli Inducted into AASP/NJ Hall of Fame

November 2, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey’s (AASP/NJ) recent Annual Meeting, held at Gran Centurions in Clark, NJ, featured an exciting highlight: Alicia Figurelli, senior vice president of Thomas Greco Publishing, became the second woman in the association’s history to be inducted into AASP/NJ’s Hall of Fame. “I was completely taken by surprise […]

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Chris Chesney Named Vice President of Training & Organizational Development at Repairify

November 1, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

Repairify, Inc., a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, LLC (“Kinderhook”), announced it has hired automotive training and development veteran Chris Chesney as its new Vice President of Training & Organizational Development to establish a comprehensive training initiative for customers, industry partners, employees and the network of technicians throughout the global Repairify ecosystem. “Chris Chesney is […]

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Steve Warwick Named to the Solera Audatex UK Sales Team

October 27, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

Steve Warwick has moved from his position as Regional Trainer to that of Business Development Manager responsible for Audatex sales within the UK body shop industry. Starting his career as a body shop manager for the Karl Vella Group in the North-West, Warwick moved through a number of assessor positions within the body shop and […]

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Rob Pugh Appointed to Head Fix Auto UK Owned Sites Division

October 25, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

Fix Auto UK has appointed Rob Pugh to head up its division of owned repair centers. Reporting directly to shareholders, the 25-year-old takes up the position of Head of Commercial for Fix Auto UK (Owned Sites) with immediate effect, overseeing the eight existing Fix Auto UK-owned sites and any new additions going forward. Pugh, a […]

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