The Certified Automotive Parts Association (CAPA)
announces the election of Jerry Chen of DEPO/MAXZONE, Ray Chen of
PartsChannel, Fred Hoyle of PBSI, Bill Leise of State Farm Mutual Insurance
Co., Kelly McCarty of Carty's Collision Center, Tony Passwater of Quality
Assurance Systems International, Jeff Smith of LKQ-Keystone, and Mark
Woirol of Allstate/Tech-Cor to CAPA's Technical Committee.
The CAPA Technical Committee is comprised of a cross-section of industries
that are relevant to aftermarket parts, including manufacturers, distributors, insurers,
collision repairers and general interest groups. This body develops, maintains,
reviews and refines the CAPA Quality Standards to set legitimate and
effective quality requirements that CAPA manufacturers must achieve to
certify their parts. This consensus process assures the public of standards that
identify parts of true comparability to car company brand parts.
"CAPA is fortunate to have such a broad range of industry expertise represented
on our Technical Committee," said Jack Gillis, executive director of the non-profit
association. "Their insight into issues facing the aftermarket parts industry and
guidance with the program are extremely important to CAPA’s continuing success."
"As manufacturers and distributors introduce more
and more marketing based part identification programs it has never been more
important to have an independent, third party validation of true quality," said Jack
Gillis.
CAPA's Technical Committee members include:
Bill Brower, Liberty Mutual Insurance
Jerry Chen, DEPO/MAXZONE*
Ray Chen, PartsChannel, Inc.*
Charlie Hogarty, Superior Collision Parts
Fred Hoyle, PBSI*
Steve Huang, T.Y.G. Products, L.P.
Joe Lacy, GEICO
Bill Leise, State Farm Mutual Insurance Co.*
Keith Manich, Sterling
Kelly McCarty, Carty's Collision Center*
David McCreight, Collision Resources Inc.
Ron Nagy, Nagy's Collision Center
Tony Passwater, Quality Assurance Systems International, LLC*
Nick Scheid, API/Cornerstone
Mike Schoonover, Schoonover Bodyworks, Inc. (Chairman)
Jeanne Silver, CARSTAR/The Silver Group, Inc. (Vice-Chair)
Jeff Smith, LKQ-Keystone
Bob Smith, Storm Appraisal & Management Service, Inc.
Mark Woirol, Allstate/Tech-Cor*
* New or returning members
