Automotive Parts Associates Inc. (APA) has announced the addition of two new team members to APA headquarters staff. They will fill the functions of Caprice Caster, director of events and promotions, who has decided to leave the company to pursue other interests.
Inge Hafkemeyer, certified meeting manager (CMM), will be handling all the details for APA’s meeting planning and the incentive trip program, and Sara Griewing will be serving in a marketing/administrative role.
Hafkemeyer has 30 years of meeting planning experience. She also is a certified hospitality sales professional and has a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration.
Griewing has more than 15 years of marketing, copywriting and graphic design experience. She’s worked in marketing for both Hallmark Cards and Russell Stover Candies. She also oversaw events and marketing for more than 30 automotive events a year for Super Chevy, Fun Ford and the Mopar Action Series. In addition, she belongs to both SEMA and the Mustang Club of America.
Griewing will be handling APA’s spring and fall promotions, the service center program and assisting with all of the company’s events.