AAIA Elects Robert Egan Chairman of the Board; New Officers Also Elected

Egan is vice president, North America -- Global Aftermarket of Federal-Mogul, headquartered in Southfield, Mich. Before joining Federal-Mogul in 1980, Egan spent 12 years at Chrysler Corp. in a number of sales and marketing management positions. For the past three years, he has been heavily involved with AAIA and served on the Show Committee, Board of Directors and Executive Committee. In 2008, Egan was honored with the Leader of the Year Award from the Automotive Warehouse Distributors Association (AWDA).

BETHESDA, Md. – The Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA) elected Robert Egan, AAP, as chairman of the AAIA Board of Directors for 2010-2011 at its Spring Leadership Days last week in Hollywood, Fla.

Egan is vice president, North America – Global Aftermarket of Federal-Mogul, headquartered in Southfield, Mich.

Before joining Federal-Mogul in 1980, Egan spent 12 years at Chrysler Corp. in a number of sales and marketing management positions. For the past three years, he has been heavily involved with AAIA and served on the Show Committee, Board of Directors and Executive Committee. In 2008, Egan was honored with the Leader of the Year Award from the Automotive Warehouse Distributors Association (AWDA).

Egan has been with Federal-Mogul for 30 years and is responsible for the North American aftermarket business.

Egan holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Detroit and a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from Xavier University in Cincinnati.

Also at its Spring Leadership Days last week in Hollywood, Fla., AAIA elected the following officers to its Executive Committee:
• Chair, Robert Egan, AAP, Federal-Mogul Corp.;
• Vice Chair, Richard Jago, Old World Industries;
• Vice President, Ira Davis, Multi Parts Supply;
• Vice President, Michael Klein, IDQ Holdings, Inc./Interdynamics;
• Vice President, Lisa Kranc, AutoZone Inc.;
• Vice President, Gary Perman, RPS Marketing;
• Secretary, David Scheer, Inland Truck Parts Co.;
• Treasurer, Timothy Lee, AAP, Lang Distributing Inc.; and
• Past Chairman, Jerry O’Pry, Blue Magic, Inc.

Five new individuals were elected to the AAIA Board of Directors, including:
• Ira Davis, Multi Parts Supply;
• Patricia Law, ANSA Automotive;
• William Maggs, National Pronto Association;
• Sherri Rains, Hopkins Manufacturing Corp.; and
• Timothy Trudnowski, Automotive Jobbers Supply.

Continuing board members are:
• Cal Wilkins, TASCO;
• Curtis Draper, United Components Inc.;
• David Barbeau, Delphi Corp.;
• David Segal, AAP, Automotive Supply Associates Inc.;
• Douglas Washbish, AAP, Moog Louisville Warehouse Inc.;
• F. Scott Pletz, Marketing & Promotion Inc.;
• George Keeley, Keeley, Kuenn & Reid;
• John Seal, Advance Auto Parts;
• Larry Easterlin, TCC (Technical Chemical Co.);
• Manny Grijalva, Gold Eagle Co.;
• Martin Gold, S-G Imported Car Parts Inc.;
• Michael Kamal, AAP, WAI (Wetherill Associates Inc.);
• Michael Lambert, Automotive Distribution Network;
• Odis Lloyd, AAP, NASCAR;
• Pamela Krebs, Robert Bosch LLC;
• Richard Mezadurian, Falcon Steering Systems Inc.;
• Rodney Pierini, California/Nevada/Arizona Automotive Wholesalers Association;
• Rusty Bishop, AAP, Federated Auto Parts Distributors Inc.; and
• Tony Zanders, Heritage Auto Repair.