Dallas--The Automotive Service Association and the 2008 Congress of Automotive Repair & Service (CARS) has announced that Aaron Clements, immediate past chairman of the ASA Board of Directors, has accepted the appointment as the 2008 event chairman, which includes serving as chairman of the CARS Attendee Advisory Council.
CARS 2008 will be held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas during the recently created Automotive Repair & Service Week (ASRW) on Nov. 5-8.
Before serving as chairman of the 2007 ASA Board of Directors, Clements, AAM and president of C&C Automotive Inc., had held the positions of chairman-elect and secretary/treasurer on ASA's board.
Clements has been an ASA member since 1981, and his business is AAA-approved as well as a National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Blue Seal of Excellence facility. Ninety percent of the staff is certified by ASE, and 50 percent are ASE Master-certified.
A 33-year veteran of the automotive service industry, Clements is an ASE Master technician and a member of the Augusta Chamber of Commerce and the Better Business Bureau.
Clements began his involvement with ASA by serving in various leadership positions with the local ASA-Augusta chapter in the 1990s. He later moved on to serve at the affiliate level and was elected as president of ASA-Georgia in 1999 and 2000.
In 2001, Clements earned his Accredited Automotive Manager (AAM) designation from the Automotive Management Institute (AMI). He is on the advisory board of Augusta Technical College.
Clements donates his time and expertise speaking before groups on how to care for a vehicle and hosts a Saturday morning radio talk show. He has been answering motorists' questions through his radio program for 14 years.
In 2000, Clements was awarded the Carl J. Montgomery Memorial Award for professionalism and dedication in the auto repair industry. He was also named the NAPA/ASE Technician of the Year finalist from the Atlanta region each year from 1995 to 2005.
