Four highly accomplished automotive glass business leaders to be added to board
The Independent Glass Association (IGA) announced that its board of directors has appointed four new members, effective July 17, 2012. The appointments bring the total number of board members to eight. The new directors are Rex Altree, founder and managing member of New Image Auto Glass, LLC, Matt Bailey, owner and president of 20/20 Auto Glass, Jared Hoggan, owner and president of AAA Glass, Inc., and Benjamin Weaver, manager of Alderfer Glass Company. In addition to the new directors, the IGA announces that incumbent directors Corey Hemperly and David Burns have resigned from the board due to personal reasons not related to the IGA or the automotive glass repair and replacement industry (AGRR). The IGA thanks Messrs. Hemperly and Burns for their participation and dedication to both the IGA and the industry at large.
Alan Epley, president of the IGA, discussed the new directors’ backgrounds: “Rex Altree is a respected serial entrepreneur with over 14 years’ experience in the AGRR industry. Jared Hoggan will be an important voice on our board, thanks to his decade plus of successfully running his retail operations and without being a member of any of the network programs for the past 3 years.
“Matt Bailey is a self-taught AGRR businessman with 12 years of industry experience with the last 6 of those years running his own automotive glass retail business. Matt has also been instrumental in the recent South Carolina AGRR legislation. Benjamin Weaver is a highly regarded and influential manager who brings a keen focus to the issues family owned independent retailers face in the AGRR industry.” “I am confident that the IGA’s members and the industry at large will benefit from all of their talents and ideas, and I look forward to working closely with the entire board and management team as we pursue the exciting opportunities in front of us,” Epley concluded. As a reminder, the IGA is one of many associations hosting Auto Glass Week 2012. which will be held September 20-22, 2012 at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville, Kentucky. The IGA encourages all independent automotive glass retailers to attend as it will be hosting many interactive sessions and addressing issues such as the ongoing encroachment by third-party administrators, industry standards, sales, marketing and more.
For more information about Auto Glass Week, visit http://www.autoglassweek.com. Visit the IGA at Auto Glass Week 2012 in booth #209.