We would like to congratulate Todd Ainsworth as this year’s 2023 Outstanding Member of the year. Outstanding Member of the Year is the highest honor bestowed on any member of Northwest Auto Care Alliance.

2022 Outstanding Member of the Year - Micah Strom Over the last several years this person has excelled in helping NWACA move forward during these troubling times. This past year, this person has jumped at the opportunities to get involved in NWACA...

We would like to congratulate Jeff Lovell as this year’s 2021 Outstanding Member of the year. Outstanding Member of the Year is the highest honor bestowed on any member of Northwest Auto Care Alliance.

We would like to congratulate Leon Martin as this year’s 2020 Outstanding Member of the year. Outstanding Member of the Year is the highest honor bestowed on any member of Northwest Auto Care Alliance.

This gentleman’s story with ASA begins in 1993.  After a fire destroyed the business he was part of at the time, he saw firsthand what the ASA family was capable of.  Members in his local chapter and across the state stepped forward with money, tools, toolboxes, and...

Mark, Sara and Emily Simons were in Dayton Beach Florida during our winter retreat, in Leavenworth, where Mark was selected as the 2015 Northwest Auto Care Alliance Outstanding Member of the Year. Mark is the owner of Rolf’s Import Auto Service in Lakewood and The I-5...

Outstanding Member of the Year 2014 – Pete & Nita Harksell Pete Harksell has been a ASA member since 1982, working with his father in his shop. In 1991, Pete and Nita Harksell opened their own shop, Pete’s Auto Repair in Ferndale, Washington and joined ASA. Pete’s...

Our winter retreat in Leavenworth saw Bryan Kelley from Valley Automotive & Electric in Maple Valley receive the 2013 Outstanding Member of the Year award for his service and dedication to Northwest Auto Care Alliance!

Brian not only successfully runs his own business, but is also the Affiliate Delegate on the Northwest Auto Care Alliance Board of Directors. There are always many people that stand out and definitely deserve to be the recipient of the award, but we do have to choose...

This year’s Outstanding Member of the Year is Butch Jobst.  Butch not only successfully runs his own business, but is also the ASA-WA Secretary on the Board of Directors. There are always many people that stand out and definitely deserve to be the recipient of the...

This year’s Outstanding Member of the Year is Richard Weeks.  Richard not only successfully runs his own business, but also is the Allied Division Chairman on the Board of Directors of our Association, and hold positions with other associations too. Richard donates...

This year’s outstanding member of the year recipient Dudley Bain with Benefit Consultants Northwest has more than 40 years of extensive leadership experience serving business owners in the Northwest with management, marketing and administration.  Dud is active in the...

This well deserved honor went to Kelly Wright, with Preedy Brother’s Tires, Inc. in Spokane. Kelly has been involved with ASA-WA both on the unit level and state since 1992. He has been to every unit meeting in the state and took the presidents conference to the next...

Todd opened his own shop at the age of 25, and today operates 2 locations with 14 employees.  Todd is an ASE Certified technician and holds a Journey Man Certificate.  Todd has been active on the Automotive Advisory Committee at Bellingham Technical College for over...

Brian Johnson, Motoring Service in Kennewick was the recipient of the “2006 Outstanding Member of the Year” award. Brian’s dad Dave Johnson started Motoring Services Auto Repair in 1979 and Brian got involved with the business in 1982.  Dave got Brian involved with...

Scott Tveten of Tveten’s Auto Clinic in Lakewood has received the highest honor given a member of ASA-WA.  Scott was named the “Outstanding Member of the Year for 2005”. Chip Keen, Chairman of the Board, said the decision was based on many things.  Chip stated “Scott...

Jerry Smith of Parts and People/Northwest Motor Edition is the 2004 Outstanding Member of the Year.  Jerry is widely known and respected by ASA Washington members, and has been extremely dedicated to our association and to the automotive industry as a whole. Jerry has...

Chip has been a member of ASA-WA, on the state and national level since 1990.  With strong support from his wife Linda, they established and built a very successful auto repair business, Hansville Repair.  After 26 years, they sold their business and established...

Reto Filli, Circle & Square Global Car Service, Port Hadlock was named ASA Washington’s 2002 Outstanding Member of the Year. Reto together with his wife Jana have been very active members of ASA-WA since 1991. Reto has held several positions of leadership in the...

Rick McCabe, owner of McCabe’s Automotive Specialists in Tacoma was named ASA-WA’s 2001 Outstanding Member of the Year.  This honor was awarded to Rick by ASA-WA’s President, Elaine Mills. Rick joins 32 other prestigious leaders who have been honored since 1968....

Vern Allen, with Interstate Batteries of Seattle, was named ASA-WA’s Outstanding Member of the Year for 2000.  This award was presented to Vern by ASA-WA’s President, Elaine Mills. This honor is bestowed upon the member who has contributed the most during the...

Joel Baxter, co-owner of B & B Auto Repair, Inc. of Bremerton was named ASA-WA’s Outstanding Member of the Year for 1999.  This prestigious award was given to Joel by ASA-WA’s President Tom Smith. Joel has been a shop owner for over twenty years.  Together with...

Don Wagoner, owner of White Pass Garage, in Yakima, Washington was named ASA-WA’s Outstanding Member of the Year for 1998.  This honor was awarded Don by ASA-WA’s President, Tom Smith. Don joins 30 other prestigious leaders who have been honored since 1968.  Together...

Jerry Saling, owner of Ray’s Truck Service in Spokane, was named ASA-WA’s Outstanding Member of the Year 1997.  This award was presented to Jerry by ASA-WA’s President Ed Cushman. Jerry joins his father Ray Saling, ASA-WA Outstanding Member of the Year of 1978, as the...

Gini Steffy, co-owner of G & S Motors in Lynnwood was named ASA-WA’s Outstanding Member of the Year 1996.  This honor was awarded to Gini by ASA-WA’s President, Ed Cushman. As the first woman to receive this award, and her husband Larry received the Outstanding...

Tom Smith of Tom Smith’s Automotive, Inc., in Seattle was awarded the Outstanding Member of the Year 1995. Tom has been involved in the auto repair business in Seattle for the last twenty-give years and has actively participated in ASA-WA since 1988.  Tom served on...

Luther Taylor, Transmission instructor at Clover Park VIT was presented the Outstanding Member of the year for 1989. During 1989 Luther served as Secretary on the ASA-WA Board of Directors.  Luther currently holds the position of Parliamentarian & Historian on the...

In 1984 Dan & Sue Meyer purchased Kay Parks Auto Body and renamed it Kay Parks/Dan Meyer Auto Rebuild. They joined ASA Washington on March 2, 1985, and have been very involved and responsible for much of the success of our association over the past thirty years....

Dan was always curious about moving parts and at age 12, with no experience, began the process of replacing the clutch in his family’s 1934 Oldsmobile.  After much effort, and a lack of proper tools, he finally got the vehicle repaired and it was used until 1947 when...

I was born in England, traveled to America on the Queen Elizabeth in 1948, settled in Washington state at the young age of nine and have been here ever since. During high school I worked in a hardware/sporting goods store, this experience has proven to be very...

Mitchell N. Mullan Jr. “What A Wonderful World!” August 21, 1930 to April 19, 2016 Mitch was born on August 21, 1930, and peacefully joined his Heavenly Father on April 19, 2016. Devoted husband, father, and grandfather, Mitch is survived by Agnes, his loving wife and...