PASADENA, MD — The Chesapeake Automotive Business Association (CABA) announced today that aftermarket industry veteran Skip Potter has been named executive director of the Maryland, DC & Delaware aftermarket trade association, effective immediately.
In making the announcement, CABA Executive Committee President, Mary Michael Kunkel, added, “We are excited to have a leader of Skip’s experience to be so conveniently available when we were faced with the unexpected resignation of Honey Eckardt.” Eckardt, who had been the CABA Executive Director for the past 11 years tendered her resignation on August 1, after she and her family had decided to relocate to Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Potter, who lives in Gaithersburg, Md., had recently left the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA) where he had been the vice president of membership for 16 years. Prior to joining AAIA, Potter had been employed for 24 years in auto parts sales and sales management in the Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC area. “This is a homecoming for me” said Potter of his new role with CABA. “I am very anxious to come back to the real grass-roots of the aftermarket. I hope to apply my lessons learned on the international stage so that our Chesapeake members can prosper.”
The Chesapeake Automotive Business Association was formed by the 2001 merger between the Chesapeake Automotive Wholesalers Association founded in 1961 and the Maryland Tire Dealers Association founded in 1970. CABA is a 501(c)6 not-for-profit corporation and operates a for-profit subsidiary and The Credit Union for the Automotive Aftermarket.
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