Roger Foss, a native of Rockford, Ill., earned a degree in industrial education from Western Illinois University in 1971 and taught high school auto repair before joining Jeep/American Motors Corp. He then spent 26 years at Toyota Motor Sales USA, where as national dealer development manager his department ran the Toyota Certified Collision Center program, and he later was national field support manager until retiring in 2011. He was vice chairman of the I-CAR International board of directors in 2001, co-chaired the Collision Industry Conference OEM Committee and championed SkillsUSA, urging CIC attendees in 2004 to see its student competitions firsthand. He died April 25, 2026, at 76.
Roger Foss
Class of 2002