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AAIA
Introduces AAIA SmartBrief, New Electronic
Newsletter for Members
AAIA Honored
with Marketing Awards
AAIA
Holds Successful Meetings at Spring Leadership Days in
Florida
AAIA
Elects Jerry O’Pry Chairman of the
Board
AAIA
Elects New Officers and Board of
Directors
WELCOME NEW AAIA
MEMBERS
AAIA Introduces AAIA
SmartBrief, New Electronic Newsletter for
Members
AAIA members will begin
receiving a new electronic newsletter on Thursday, April
24, called AAIA SmartBrief. The newsletter,
which will replace the segment FACTS
newsletters, will be sent twice weekly on Tuesday and
Thursday, and will be coming from the e-mail
address aaia@smartbrief.com.
In addition to AAIA news, each issue will contain news
on current developments impacting the industry,
technology trends, business leadership, sales and
marketing best practices, and government and regulatory
news, as featured in Capital Report. Individual
segment news will be conveniently accessed from each
SmartBrief.
AAIA Honored with Marketing
Awards
AAIA has been selected as a
winner in three categories in the 2008 American Inhouse
Design Awards. Of the more than 5,000 entries in this
year’s program, the following were honored: Best Annual
Report, AAIA 1 Book; Best Brochure or
Collateral Material, AAIA Town Hall Agenda and Best
Publication, Aftermarket Insider.
The American Inhouse Design
Awards has emerged as the premier showcase for
outstanding work by inhouse designers. It is a unique
opportunity for inhouse design, marketing and
communications departments within corporations,
publishing houses, non-profits, universities and
government agencies to be recognized for their
creativity, for the special challenges they face and for
their contributions to their businesses and
institutions.
AAIA Holds Successful Meetings
at Spring Leadership Days in Florida
More than 400 volunteers and
industry guests attended AAIA’s Spring Leadership Days,
April 9-11, at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point in Bonita
Springs, Fla.
More than 25 meetings
were held over the three-day event, including eight
segment and 14 committee meetings, as well as a meeting
with AAIA’s Board of Directors. The board officially
announced Jerry O’Pry, Blue Magic, Inc., as the new AAIA
chairman.
At the Volunteer Recognition
Luncheon on April 10, O’Pry presented the executive
summary of the new AAIA Strategic Plan, while Kathleen
Schmatz delivered the annual “State of the Association”
address.
AAIA’s Fall Leadership Days
will be held Sept. 3-5, 2008 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in
San Antonio, Texas.
AAIA Elects Jerry O’Pry
Chairman of the Board
AAIA elected Jerry O’Pry
chairman for the AAIA Board of Directors for 2008-2009
at its Spring Leadership Days in Bonita Springs, Fla.
O’Pry is president of Blue Magic, Inc., headquartered in
Conroe, Texas.
O’Pry began his automotive
career with Union Carbide Corporation in 1973, and then
joined Turtle Wax in 1983, where he was the director of
sales and national accounts and managed international
business. Six years later, he became vice president
of sales and marketing for ARA Automotive Group. In
1991, O’Pry moved to Blue Coral serving as vice
president of sales, where he was directly involved with
the development and implementation of new programs and
products. From 1996 to 1999, he worked with
Radiator Specialty Company as their national sales
manager, where he was responsible for sales and
marketing for the $200mm automotive chemical
manufacturer.
Before joining Blue Magic in
2006, O’Pry was director of sales of the automotive
products division of Georgia-Pacific Corporation. Prior
to joining Georgia-Pacific, he served as executive vice
president for Harold Schnair Sales Company.
O’Pry has been active serving
as committee chairs with the Automotive Parts &
Accessories Association (APAA) and AAIA. He has served
on the AAIA Board of Directors since 2001 and the AAIA
Executive Committee since 2002. He graduated from
Oklahoma City University in 1973 with a bachelor of arts
in business management and marketing. O’Pry resides with
his family in Irving, Texas.
AAIA Elects New Officers and
Board of Directors
AAIA elected its new officers
and board of directors for 2008-2009 at its Spring
Leadership Days in Bonita Springs, Fla.
AAIA’s elected officers of
the Executive Committee are:
- Chair, Jerry
O’Pry, Blue Magic, Inc.
- Vice Chair, Gary
D. Perman, RPS Marketing, LLC
- Vice President,
Larry Easterlin, TCC (Technical
Chemical Co.)
- Vice President,
Jon Owens, AAP, Babcox
Publications
- Vice President,
Kenneth D. Walker, AAP, MAAP, Meineke
Car Care Center
- Vice President,
John Washbish, AAP, Affinia
- Secretary, David
W. Scheer, Inland Truck Parts
Co.
- Treasurer, Timothy
A. Lee, AAP, Lang Distributing,
Inc.
- Past Chairman,
Richard H. Morgan, AAP, Aftermarket
Auto Parts Alliance, Inc.
Five new individuals were
elected to the AAIA Board of Directors,
including:
- David
Barbeau, Delphi Corporation
- Curtis
Draper, United Components Inc.
- Robert F. Egan,
AAP, Federal-Mogul Corporation
- F. Scott
Pletz, Marketing & Promotion, Inc.
- Tony
Zanders, Heritage Auto Repair
Continuing board members
are:
- J. David
Bell, Erie DriveTrain, Inc.
- Todd
D’Angelo, A. D’Angelo & Sons/Angel
Warehouse
- Martin T.
Gold, S-G Imported Car Parts, Inc.
- Manny
Grijalva, Gold Eagle Co.
- Greg
Henslee, O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.
- Richard J.
Jago, Old World Industries, Inc.
- Kevin
Judge, Brenton Productions/Two Guys
Garage
- Lisa R.
Kranc, AutoZone, Inc.
- Pamela A.
Krebs, Robert Bosch, LLC
- Michael
Lambert, Automotive Distribution
Network
- Odis
Lloyd, NASCAR
- Norman
Matthew, Custom Accessories, Inc.
- Bill Murray,
Jr., Bill Murray & Associates
- Rodney K.
Pierini, California and Nevada Automotive
Wholesalers Association
- Malcolm
Sissmore, UltraFit Exhaust Systems
- Sean
Stanic, IPC Global Solutions
- Charles Walker,
AAP, Trico Products
- Douglas R.
Washbish, AAP, Moog Louisville Warehouse
Inc.
WELCOME NEW AAIA
MEMBERS
April 11-17, 2008
Nothern Factory
Sales, Inc., Roseville, Minn.
(HDDA)
Shelter Logic,
Watertown, Conn. (Retail)
Tianjin Jimkoo
International Trade Co., Ltd., Tianjin,
China
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