From L to R: Outgoing Immediate Past President, Tom Aldridge, Dale Feste Automotive; Collision Director, Mike Cox, Ed’s Collision & Glass; Secretary/Treasurer, Jerald Stiele, Hopkins Auto Body; President, Dan Sjolseth, Superior Service Center; Mechanical Seat, Greg Kasel, Downtown Tire & Auto; Mechanical Seat, Scott McClure, St. Paul Automotive; Immediate Past President, John Ritter, Jr., Highland Autostar; Collision Seat, Joyce Weinhandl, Northfield & Twin City Auto Body; Outgoing Associate Director, Patrick McKinney, aaa Auto Parts; Executive Director, Judell Anderson, AASP-MN. Not pictured: Mechanical Director, Tom Gleason, Pro-Tech Auto & Truck; Associate Director, Kevin Martin, P.P.G. Automotive Finishes.

April marks the beginning of service for the 2013–‘14 Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota (AASP-MN) Board of Directors.  The new additions to the Board are:  Joyce Weinhandl, Northfield & Twin City Auto Body, Bloomington; and Greg Kasel, Downtown Tire & Auto, Hastings.

The new officers are President Dan Sjolseth, Superior Service Center, Eagan, and Secretary-Treasurer Jerald Stiele, Hopkins Auto Body, Hopkins.  John Ritter, Jr., Highland Autostar Collision in St. Paul continues on the Board as Immediate Past President and will be joined by:  Mechanical Division Director Tom Gleason, Pro-Tech Auto Repair, Corcoran; Collision Division Director Mike Cox, Ed’s Collision & Glass, Maple Grove; Associate Division Director Kevin Martin, PPG Automotive Finishes, Edina; and Mechanical Seat Scott McClure, St. Paul Automotive, St. Paul.   

AASP-MN extends is sincere appreciation to outgoing Board members Tom Aldridge, Dale Feste Automotive, Hopkins; Patrick McKinney, aaa Auto Parts, Rosemount; and Bruce Tschida, Lake Marion Collision, Lakeville.

All of these members are to be commended for their dedicated service to AASP-MN and Minnesota’s automotive service industry.

The 2013-’14 Board was installed during the AASP-MN Annual Meeting & Convention, April 12th, at the Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West, Plymouth.