Lou DiLisio

Lou DiLisio grew up in his family’s collision business and in 1974 became owner and general manager of his own collision repair facility in Mount Kisco, N.Y. A Westchester Putnam Rockland Auto Body Association board member, he followed Sal Donzella, a 1993 inductee, into national industry work. In the mid-1980s he moved into consulting and opened a fraud investigations firm that worked with insurers, later consulting with CCC Information Services and Carter & Carter International. In 1999 he founded Automotive Industry Consulting Inc., and he later served as a vice president at Sterling Autobody Centers. He chaired the Collision Industry Conference in 2001 and 2002 and chaired the Society of Collision Repair Specialists from 2003 to 2005. His honors include the 2005 ABRN Industry Leadership Award, the 2010 SCRS Lifetime Achievement Award and a 2024 I-CAR Chairman’s Award.