To share ideas that will create benefits to the manufacturer’s representative profession and to improve the value and performance of all manufacturer’s representative members.
To provide the member representative access to professional legal advice and service in the areas of contracts, collections and employment law.
To promote the value of manufacturer’s representatives to the automotive aftermarket, principals and customers, and to continually enhance professional skills and educational opportunities for manufacturer’s representative members.
AAIA offers your aftermarket company a number of opportunities which assist you in improving your profits and bottom line. Through its many services and benefits, AAIA:
- Provides a legal counsel for members.
- Keeps you updated on industry trends, events, issues, news, and profit opportunities
- Enhances your employees' knowledge, skills and abilities
- Provides you access to the leaders of the industry and to your suppliers
- Gives you information and market research studies to help you improve profits and develop new markets and customers
- Protects your business from regulatory and legislative actions by state and federal agencies
- Furnishes you with tools to meet regulatory compliance standards
- Offers you a variety of services and products at competitive group rates to reduce your business expenses
Sample the following business resources AAIA membership brings you:
For additional membership information, contact AAIA directly or visit the About AAIA portion of the site.
Click here for AAIA's Online Membership Application Form.
The segment committee meets twice a year to help plan the activities and events of the segment. Opportunities exist to become involved in the leadership of the association through serving as volunteers on segment committees. Segment leadership is reviewed every three years, and new candidates are nominated. To become involved with the segment committee, send a letter of interest and bio to the segment liaison, Barbara Clark. To send e-mail to committee members, click on their names.
James M. Shapiro, SRS Marketing Company, Inc. Willow Grove, Penn.
Bill Lorenz, Siskel Sales Company; Div. of N.A. Williams Company Wilmette, Ill.
Jack Ancich, Trans-Western Marketing Fife, Wash.
Keith Craley, Repforce Inc. Aston, PA
John Grant, Grant Brothers Sales Limited Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Ronald Groves, Groves & Sivert, Phoenix, AZ
Denny Hershey, Service Sales, LLC Cleveland, Ohio
Thomas Kitchin, Kitchin & Sons, Inc. Richmond, Ind.
Wally Lyssy, Hirsig-Frazier Co., Inc. Richardson, Texas
Roger McCollum, N.A. Williams Company Atlanta, Ga.
Doug O'Brien, Grinold-O'Brien Sales Sharon, Mass.
Jeff Owen, JOSCO, Charlotte, NC
Randall Pack, RepWorks Marketing, LLC, Phoenix, AZ
F. Scott Pletz, Marketing & Promotion, Inc. Irving, Texas
Thomas Powell, PSKB Inc. Atlanta, Ga.
Robert Riefberg, SRS Marketing Company, Inc. Westbury, NY
Joel Rosenthal, Gantt-Thomas & Associates, Inc. Lenexa, Kan.
Gary Swarberg, Pacific Marketing Santa Ana, Calif.
Robert White, WT Sales, Inc. Paoli, Pa.
Joseph B. Mittelman, Team Marketing, Inc. Laguna Niguel, Calif
Barbara Clark, AAIA E-mail: Barbara.Clark@aftermarket.org
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