Karen Fierst

Karen Fierst founded KerenOr Consultants in 1998 to provide business, market and strategic development services to the collision and aftermarket parts industries, and became U.S. liaison for the Taiwan Auto Body Parts Association. Earlier, she held executive positions at the Certified Automotive Parts Association. She served more than 10 years on the National Auto Body Council board, four as treasurer. She co-chaired the first year of its Recycled Rides program with Michael Quinn and the “Hop on the Bus” campaign for a new Camp Mak-a-Dream bus, and chaired the workforce committee that brought more than 100 volunteers to build a Habitat for Humanity house in Kansas City in one week. She chaired numerous Collision Industry Conference committees, and AkzoNobel named her one of the Most Influential Women in the Collision Repair Industry. Nominated by fellow Eagle Stacy Bartnik, she was inducted Aug. 7, 2018, in Atlanta during NACE Automechanika.