Service King’s Bonner to speak at PBES spring conference

Cathy Bonner, chairman of the board, Service King Collision Repair Centers, will be a featured speaker at the 2013 Paint, Body & Equipment Specialists (PBES) Spring Conference, May 14-16 at the Embassy Suites Phoenix-Scottsdale. Bonner will present “Service King’s Vision for Expansion and Outlook for the Industry.” In addition to her company’s vision for expansion, she will share her view of the Carlyle Group’s entry into the industry and her outlook on multi-shop consolidation. 

Bonner is a business entrepreneur with more than 35 years’ experience in leading a variety of multi-million dollar organizations in both the public and private sector. Fortune Magazine named Bonner one of the 25 most influential women entrepreneurs in America, calling her “…smart, gutsy, and innovative – as interested in making a difference as in making money.”

In 2010, Bonner was hired as Service King’s president to develop a strategic growth plan for the company. In August 2012, the Carlyle Group, an investment firm, purchased Service King.

“We are really excited to have Cathy Bonner as a featured speaker, who is already generating a high level of interest among our audience,” says Peggy Volpe, Autobody Supply Co., Inc., and co-chair, PBES Conference Committee. “With the constant changes occurring in the industry, I know conference attendees will be very interested in her experience and outlook.”

This year’s PBES conference theme is “Tackling Tomorrow’s Trends Today.” To register and for a preliminary schedule, visit www.aftermarket.org/Segments/PBES/Events.

About Paint, Body & Equipment Specialists (PBES)
PBES, a segment of the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA), educates and disseminates information to its members who are business owners and executives representing the PBE industry’s leading jobbers, warehouse distributors, manufacturers, business services, major program groups and manufacturers’ representatives. It provides opportunities for PBES business people to network with their wholesalers, counterparts, suppliers and customers; and is proactive on legislation and regulations and other issues that affect the PBE and collision repair sectors of the aftermarket. For more information, please visit http://www.aftermarket.org/segments/pbes.aspx.

About AAIA
AAIA is a Bethesda, Md.-based association whose more than 23,000 member companies and affiliates manufacture, distribute and sell motor vehicle parts, accessories, service, tools, equipment, materials and supplies. Through its membership, AAIA represents more than 100,000 repair shops, parts stores and distribution outlets.

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