About Us

Don retired as a Property and Casualty Claim Consultant from State Farm Insurance Company’s corporate office in Blooming Illinois in 2012 after 34 years of service. During his tenure at State Farm Don held several management positions. His consulting roles included Property Damage Consultant, Catastrophe Consultant, Estimatics Consultant, Salvage Consultant.

He joined United Recyclers Group, LLC September of that same year and accepted the role of United Recyclers Group CEO in May of 2013. He relinquished his role as URG’s CEO in August of 2023 and is currently serving with the organization as an Internal Business and Industry Consultant. Don continues to oversee the URG Warranty Claim operation and serves as president of the URG Insurance Company and the URG Scholarship foundation.

He is a graduate of Texas Tech University in Lubbock Texas with a BA. Don holds the following designations: Chartered Property and Casualty Consultant, Chartered Life Underwriter, Chartered Financial Consultant, Fellow, Life Management Institute, and Fellow, Financial Services Institute. He is currently involved in numerous recycling and salvage industry projects and actively serves on committees for the Collision Industry Conference and Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association.

His passion for the collision industry, the recycled parts industry and salvage industry makes him a valuable contributor to a number of industry committees.

Alan Scrimager is the senior lending officer with Pinnacle Financial Partners. Scrimager has more than 20 years of experience in banking and serves as Senior Lending Officer for Pinnacle Financial Partners’ Client Advisory Group in Memphis, TN. In his role, he leads a team that provides distinctive service and effective advice to commercial and private clients. Pinnacle is a full-service financial institution founded and headquartered Nashville, TN.

Prior to his work in financial services, Scrimager worked in the motorsports industry with Peterson Publishing and served as the Director of the National Muscle Car Association and Event Director for the Hot Rod Magazine Power Festivals.

He holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Memphis and a Master’s in Business Administration from Union University. He is also a graduate of the Barret School of Banking at Christian Brothers University and Southwest Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University. Scrimager and his wife Shannon reside in Collierville, TN.

Pinnacle has had a relationship with the NABC® since 2020 and became a Level One sponsor in 2021. Pinnacle and the NABC® collaborated on its first gifting that involved a NABC Recycled Ride® presented to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Memphis. Scrimager played a lead role in the gifting. In addition to helping a very needy cause, the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Memphis event provided the NABC® with additional partnership opportunities with National Ronald McDonald House Charities organization and the McDonald’s Corporation

Stacy Bartnik is the Intertek Industry Relations Manager representing the Certified Aftermarket Parts Association, CAPA. In this role she is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with key industry stakeholders, working with internal colleagues and technical staff to meet customer needs, as well as identify potential new clients.

Prior to joining Intertek Stacy worked at ITW Evercoat. She was also the Executive Director for Team PRP, providing support to the Board of Directors and operated as the key marketing and membership executive. She coordinated efforts of the members to ensure a cohesive strategy and achieve growth in a competitive market.

Stacy Bartnik was previously CARSTAR’s Vice President of Operations providing leadership to the CARSTAR Franchise System field service team – – regional service managers, store integration, and store financial services. Her roles include developing and maintaining the field staff, tracking and reporting service results, and promoting the value proposition of the CARSTAR system, products and services through consulting and coaching. She also assists with other training and identifying further franchisee development opportunities.

Ms. Bartnik has worked in many segments of the collision industry, including Shop Estimator, General Manager, Insurance Adjuster, Trainer, and Consultant. She is a recognized industry figure, often appearing at NACE as a speaker and presenter. She has been a speaker at WIN, contributing editor to ABRN, and was honored in 2004 by Akzo Nobel as one of the Most Influential Woman in the Collision Industry. Ms Bartnik was inducting into the Collision Industry Hall of Eagles in 2010.

Ms. Bartnik is involved in several industry associations. Currently serving the Collision Repair Education Foundation board of directors, as well as a past Chair. She served as the Chair of the Collision Industry Conference in 2007 and 2008 and serves as a judge for Skills USA. Ms. Bartnik also served on the Collision Division Sub-committee of the Automotive Service Association.

Gerry Poirier, a 50-year veteran of the auto physical damage and the collision repair industry, has recently partnered with Vector Squared and will provide his expertise in helping clients achieve maximum efficiency and overall performance improvement.

Gerry has more than 50 years of experience in the collision and auto physical damage (APD) industries and has held APD management positions with Hanover, AIG, and most recently, Farmers insurance companies. In those roles, he was tasked with multiple process improvement projects to improve the claim experience for consumers as well as provide guidance and technical expertise to the staff. He is an active member of the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF), Intertek, and multiple school collision advisory boards in Georgia. He holds a current position on the two boards of the National Auto Body Council (NABC) and its Changing and Saving Lives Foundation®, and was past fundraising chairman. He is a past board member of I-CAR and is currently the I-CAR Member Council Chairman. Gerry started his career in the collision repair industry and is I-CAR Platinum and has held numerous ASE Certifications. In the last 13 years, the charity golf event his I-CAR Committee holds for CREF has resulted in approximately $800,000 in funds to support local collision school programs and students.

Debby Robinson, who served the NABC® as head of marketing and public relations as president of Victory Management Group since 2017, was selected in a unanimous decision by the NABC® Board of Directors and Executive Committee for the role after an extensive search process. Robinson brings deep experience in the automotive industry, leading clients such as Driven Brands with its portfolio of companies including CARSTAR, Fix Auto USA, ABRA, Maaco, Auto Glass Now, Take 5 Oil Change and Meineke; VeriFacts Automotive; Goodyear Brakes; Lowe’s Racing; Dodge Motorsports; Ray Evernham Enterprises; Charlotte Motor Speedway and NASCAR Racing Experience, among others.

Dale Ross is a veteran of the collision industry, having spent 38 years with 3M Automotive Aftermarket Division in sales and marketing. He is a former Six Sigma Black Belt and Master Black Belt and retired from 3M as the US Marketing Operations Manager for the Collision Repair business in 2019. While at 3M, Dale led the 3M Hire Our Heroes program, which in conjunction with the Collision Repair Education Foundation raised over $1.3 million to help military veterans and their family members to prepare for careers in collision repair. Since then, he has been doing freelance consulting and public relations work within the automotive aftermarket and has donated his time to assist with NABC Recycled Rides® events at SEMA, CIC and various fundraising events.

Brian Gallamore, a career firefighter, is joining the NABC F.R.E.E.™ program as the program manager. He brings extensive experience as a first responder and educator, serving most recently as the Special Operations Captain for the Fairfax Country Fire and Rescue Department. From February 2003 – November 2022, he rose through the ranks from recruit firefighter to captain. He also served with the Spotsylvania County Fire and Rescue and the Colonial Heights Fire and EMS. He founded Interstate Rescue LLC in 2006, and led that business until it was sold to Municipal Emergency Services in 2022. He currently serves as Vice President – Rescue & Extrication for Municipal Emergency Services, and will continue in that role along with his NABC F.R.E.E.™ responsibilities.