SEMA Honors Ambassador of the Year 2001

LAS VEGAS (Oct. 30, 2001) - SEMA member Dick Dixon of Access RPM Yellow Pages received the 
association's "Ambassador of the Year" award at this year’s 2001 SEMA Show for recruiting 45 new SEMA 
members during the past year. 

"We congratulate Dick Dixon on this outstanding achievement and thank him for using his charm and 
personality to help recruit new members," said SEMA President Charles R. Blum.  "Congratulations also go to 
all SEMA ambassadors who recruited 314 new members during our 2001 Member-Get-A-Member Campaign.  
Their assistance will help our organization continue to thrive."

Second-place Ambassador of the Year honors went to Rick Kovalick of Keystone Automotive Operations Inc. 
who signed on 19 new members.  Honorable mentions were awarded to Karl M. Stearns of Auto Trim Design 
of the Poconos with 14 new members; Steve Milizia of Add-On Distributing Inc. with 13 new members; and 
Don Crassweller of Crassweller Media with 11 new members. 

SEMA held its annual trade show in the Las Vegas Convention Center from Tuesday, Oct. 30 to Friday, Nov. 
2.  The show, which is held concurrently with AAPEX organized by the Automotive Aftermarket Industry 
Association (AAIA) and the Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA), drew approximately 
70,000 attendees from 124 countries.

SEMA, the Specialty Equipment Market Association, represents the $24.86 billion specialty automotive 
industry. The trade association is composed of nearly 4,800 member companies, and is the authoritative 
source of research data, trends and market growth information for automakers and the specialty auto products 
industry. The industry provides appearance, performance, safety, comfort, convenience and technology 
products for passenger cars, minivans, pickups, SUVs and recreational vehicles. It's a specialty market as old 
as the automobile and as new as cutting-edge technology. For more information, please contact SEMA at 
1575 S. Valley Vista Dr., Diamond Bar, CA 91765; call 909/396-0289; or visit www.sema.org or 
www.enjoythedrive.com.

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