Dan Risley

Dan Risley started in collision repair at a family-owned shop in Chicago, then worked as a BASF refinish sales and service representative and as a project manager at CCC Information Services. He led the Society of Collision Repair Specialists as president for eight years and the Automotive Service Association as president for five, then returned to CCC as vice president of quality repair and market development. As a National Auto Body Council board member, he received its Pride Award for raising more than $250,000 toward a medical center at Camp Mak-a-Dream and created the “Leave Something Behind” charity program. He also served on the CIECA, Automotive Management Institute and Database Enhancement Gateway boards, as Collision Industry Foundation treasurer, on the CAPA Technical Committee and as co-chair of CIC’s Database Task Force and its Data Access, Privacy and Security Committee.