ACC Board & Membership
Engaging marketing and communications professionals in the Automotive Industry through peer mentoring, idea sharing, collaboration, networking, and idea-sharing with like-minded professionals.
ACC Board of Directors
2025-2026 Officers
- President – Leyla Saad – Aftermarket Marketing Coordinator, ZF Aftermarket
- Vice President – Sheila Sarkosi – Senior Marketing Manager of Industry and Growth, RepairPal
- Treasurer – Taran Sodhi, Founder & CEO, Conceptual Minds
- Immediate Past President – Patrick Cronin– Marketing Manager, Automotive Aftermarket, NTN Bearing Corporation of America
Directors
- Chris Feist, Senior Marketing Specialist, DENSO Products and Services Americas Inc.
- Alyssa McGhee – Head of Regional Marketing NA, MAHLE Aftermarket Inc.
- Chris Messer – Executive Vice President, Endeavor Business Media
- Kevin (KJ) Wilk – Marketing and Communications Coordinator, Litens Aftermarket
Memberships
- ASE
- ATEQ
- ATEX TPMS Tools
- AutoNet TV
- Babcox Media, Inc.
- Conceptual Minds Inc.
- CRP Industries
- CRC Industries Inc.
- DENSO Products and Services Americas Inc.
- Dorman Products
- Endeavor Business Media
- EXTEND GROUP
- FCP Euro
- I-car
- John Dow Industries
- GPC
- Litens Aftermarket
- Pinnacle Media
- MAHLE Aftermarket Inc.
- MBE Group
- MotoRad
- NTN Bearing Corporation
- OEC
- Yelp
- Spark Interactive
- TOPDON USA
- Turnkey Media
- ZF
Membership
ACC membership is valuable and rewarding for marketing & communications professionals in all phases of their careers and from all segments of the industry. Whether you’re working for an agency, manufacturer, distributor, OEM, program group, media channel, or other industry-related company, the ACC will engage, inspire, and bring you together with other marketing & communication professionals in our great industry.
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Join ACC
Welcome to the Automotive Communications Council (ACC), a forum for learning and professional development focused on current and emerging marketing practices, and the longest-running organization in the auto care industry. Along with the opportunities and benefits that membership provides, we believe you will find the programs and activities innovative and a reflection of the shared interests and ideas of the membership.
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