Clark Plucinski

Clark Plucinski began his collision repair career in 1970 as a technician at a General Motors dealership. After serving in the U.S. Navy, he co-owned and was president of BCP Auto Body Inc., a four-location business in the Washington, D.C., area, from 1973 to 1996. He co-founded True2Form Collision Repairs, a multistate network, as executive vice president, and later was a vice president at Gerber Collision & Glass after Boyd Group acquired True2Form. He was executive director of the Collision Repair Education Foundation from 2012 to 2020 and later chaired the Certified Automotive Parts Association. He served on the boards of I-CAR, CREF, CAPA and the ASA Collision Division Committee and was president of the Washington Metropolitan Auto Body Association. His honors included the I-CAR Founders Award, the I-CAR Chairman’s Award and BodyShop Business Collision Shop Executive of the Year for 1996. He died Nov. 29, 2025, at 75.