NASTF Names Ron Pyle Chairman

Posted 2/10/2011

Ron Pyle

Ron Pyle, president and chief staff executive for the Automotive Service Association, has been named chairman of the National Automotive Service Task Force (NASTF).

Serving with Pyle will be Allen Pennebaker as vice chairman and David Lowell as secretary-treasurer.

Pennebaker is president of Orinda Motors, Orinda, Calif., and past president of the Automotive Service Councils of California; and Lowell is executive director of the Associated Locksmiths of America Inc., Dallas.

"The new slate of officers will continue the NASTF tradition of ensuring that the automotive service aftermarket has access to the information it needs to service and repair today's complex vehicle fleet," said Charlie Gorman, the immediate past chairman of NASTF. The change of officers was effective Jan. 3 and represents the first change in leadership since the organization's inception in 2006.

The next NASTF general meeting will be held May 3 at the Gansevoort Miami Beach in Miami Beach, Fla. The meeting will be held in conjunction with the Equipment & Tool Institute's ToolTech. Additional details of the spring meeting will be released as they become available.

NASTF was established in 2000 to identify, communicate and resolve gaps in the availability and accessibility of automotive service information, service training, diagnostic tools, and equipment for the benefit of automotive service professionals and their customers. NASTF was incorporated in 2006. Additional details can be found at www.nastf.org.