CAN Announces Board Of Directors Election Results

Custom Automotive Network (CAN) recently announced the election results for its 2020-2021 board of directors. Tracie Nunez shared, “2019 has been an exciting year of changes for CAN and marks the first year every member type has been represented on the board of directors. The results from this election provides us with another significant moment as the first manufacturer, Cary Redman of Edelbrock, has been elected to serve as CAN’s chairman-elect. We look forward to a prosperous year and welcoming several new directors in January of 2020.”

Redman, VP of brand sales at Edelbrock, will continue to serve on the CAN board as the newly elected chairman-elect for the 2020-2021 term. This year’s director election was held to fill three distributor, one manufacturer and one partner director seats. Having previously served on the board, Rich Butler, CEO of R&R Marketing Consultants and Bob Barra, executive VP of sales and marketing at Premiere Performance, have each been reelected for a second term as directors. New board members include: Dana Seefeldt, director of merchandising at AutoAnything, Fred Petrivelli, VP of U.S. sales at Keystone Automotive Operations, and Chris Fairless, director of sales at Hypertech.

Federated Auto Parts Distributors announced it is entering into a collaboration with the Association of Independent Oil Distributors (AIOD) – one it said will focus on mutual benefits for the respective members.

“Federated is constantly looking at ways to improve value for all constituents and this agreement provides that,” said Sue Godschalk, president of Federated. “This collaboration provides added volume and opportunities for our suppliers, new partners for our members, and added supply points and products for shop customers. We have enjoyed working closely with several AIOD members in the past and this agreement will expand and create further opportunities for both Federated and AIOD.”