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I-CAR Appoints New Chief Executive

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Tuesday, 10 June 2008

HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL -- June 10, 2008 -- The International Board of Directors of the Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair (I-CAR) has announced the appointment of John W. Edelen to the position of president and chief executive officer of the organization. Edelen has served as interim chief executive since November 2007.

Sam Pezzullo, Vice-Chairman of I-CAR’s International Board of Directors, made the announcement. “Since last November, at the request of the I-CAR Board, John Edelen has been serving as the Interim CEO of I-CAR. The Board is pleased with the progress that I-CAR is making under John’s leadership, and we want to see this progress continue. Through his appointment, we will be able to provide the organization with continuity, and build upon the early work that John has done with both the I-CAR Staff and Volunteers. John has resigned from his position as a member of the Board of Directors, and as Chairman, to assume this leadership role,” said Mr. Pezzullo.

Per the I-CAR Bylaws, Pezzullo, as vice-chair, will assume the responsibilities of the chairman position vacated due to Edelen’s resignation from the Board. “The past months at I-CAR have been both challenging and rewarding,” said Edelen. “The organization has stepped-up to meet the challenges of these difficult times for the auto collision repair inter-industry, and for I-CAR. We are re-engaging with our customers, and taking their lead in finding ways to deliver increased value from the I-CAR training experience. Our volunteers, instructors and staff have the highest levels of commitment to the vision of I-CAR - that every person in the collision industry, current and future, has the necessary knowledge and skills relevant to their position to achieve a complete and safe repair,” he continued. “I commit to do all that I can to lead I-CAR in fulfilling the Mission for which it was created by the auto collision inter-industry, close to thirty years ago.”

John Edelen had been a member of I-CAR’s International Board of Directors for five years. He had been an officer at Allstate Insurance Company, responsible for Allstate’s auto claim handling practices. He is a graduate of Rutgers College, and of New York Law School. Edelen has participated in a number of executive post-graduate courses, including studies at: The Sloan School of Management at MIT, The Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University, and a consortium of MIT, Tufts and Harvard, in Boston. Over the past ten years, Edelen has served on a number of for-profit and non-profit boards, including: Tech-Cor, LLC; Sterling Collision Repair Centers; the Certified Aftermarket Parts Association (CAPA); the CynCast Corporation; and, I-CAR, where he most recently served as Board Chairman. In the past, John has presented at inter-industry forums such as CIC, NACE and IBIS.

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