Collision Hub plans to broadcast
AkzoNobel Automotive & Aerospace Coatings Americas’s upcoming Most Influential Women and FIT Sustainability awards along with live coverage of AkzoNobel’s Sustainability Symposium from 8 to 10 a.m. MDT on July 20. The symposium aims to bring greater industry focus, understanding and action on
sustainability.
“The objective of this inaugural event is to
engage key industry stakeholders in constructive
dialogue about what it will take to move the
collision repair industry towards a sustainable
business model,” said Mike Shesterkin, Manager of
Sustainability and Business Process Improvement
for AkzoNobel Automotive & Aerospace Coatings
Americas. “This model needs to be one that can be
quantified in ways that demonstrate a triple
bottom linepeople, planet and profit.”
Moderator for the program will be Dr. Debra
Steketee. Dr. Steketee is an Associate Professor
of Sustainable Business and Executive Director for
the Center of Sustainability at Aquinas College in
Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Panelists will
include:
- Thad and Shawn Moody, Moody’s
Collision Centers, Gorham Maine
- Mark Milacic, Mark’s Autobody Ltd.,
British Columbia, Canada
- Ryan LaFontaine, LaFontaine
Automotive Group, Highland, Michigan
- Chris Evans, State Farm Insurance,
Bloomington, Illinois
- Rocco Neglia, Economical Insurance
Group, Waterloo, Ontario
- Chris Bunbury, Environmental Risk
Managers, Leland, Michigan
- Robby Robbs, NuCon Services
- Rick Fifer, AkzoNobel, Norcross,
Georgia
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Coverage will also highlight this year’s 5
distinguished MIW award recipients: Barbara Davies
of Autobody News, Michelle Rolls, Queensway
Autobody, Jennifer Justice-Hayley, Valley Paint &
Body Inc., Susanna Gotsch, CCC Information
Services, and Sharon Mazanec of Northbrook,
Illinois. Also highlighted will be the second year
recipients of AkzoNobel’s FIT Sustainability
Award: Mark’s Auto Body Ltd. of British Columbia,
Canada, Moody’s Collision Centers of Gorham, Maine
and Lafontaine Automotive Group in Highland,
Michigan.
The MIW program was established in 1999 by
AkzoNobel as an industry honorarium. The goal of
the program was to promote the contributions of
key leaders and grow the future involvement of a
valuable resource pool for the collision repair
industry. The FIT Award is the collision repair
industry’s first recognition for organizations
that are using business practices that meet the
needs of the present without compromising the
needs of the future. This award was created to
promote the leadership role and unique
contributions that the collision repair industry
is making to generate a more sustainable
future.
“Collision Hub is looking forward to the
opportunity to highlight the powerful and game-
changing work being done by AkzoNobel in the
Collision Repair Industry,” said Collision Hub
Founder and CEO Kristen Felder. “It is also a
privilege to be invited to participate in
celebrating these amazing individuals and
businesses that meet AkzoNobel’s high standards.”
For more information, visit or contact Elizabeth Blackman at
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