I-CAR members approved four individuals to fill open board seats in the recent I-CAR Board of Directors election, which concluded June 17.

Patrick Burnett

I-CAR’s Board of Directors includes four representatives from collision repair, three from OEM, three from insurance, one from related services, and one from tools, equipment and supplies. At the board’s discretion, up to four hybrid seats can be added for requisite subject matter expertise.

Patrick Burnett, USAA claims operations vice president, and Dan Tessadri, CSAA Insurance Group APD process senior manager, were elected to serve three-year terms.

Burnett has more than 26 years of claims experience and, according to his LinkedIn profile, has “an established track record of driving outstanding claims management performance through strategy, communication, and collaboration.”

Dan Tessadri

Tessadri’s background is in business process consulting in the insurance industry including business process improvement and training.

Two incumbents were also reelected to serve for four years — Barry Dorn, vice president of Dorn’s Body & Paint, as a representative of the collision repair segment, and Jennifer Goforth, General Motors North America sales, service and marketing executive director, as an OEM representative.

Goforth currently serves as vice chair.

The new terms begin immediately following the July 17 board meeting.

Barry Dorn

“In addition to welcoming our new members, we would also like to express our sincerest appreciation to our outgoing Board Members for their passion and dedication to I-CAR throughout their tenure,” I-CAR wrote in an email announcing the results.

Outgoing members are Kyle Thompson, Gerber Collision & Glass client services vice president, and Sandee Lindorfer, an Allstate vice president.

“Thank you to all of those who have dedicated time to serving I-CAR in the pursuit of our vision, and to our membership for participating in the election process and ensuring the industry’s voice is heard,” I-CAR said.

Jennifer Goforth

In 2019, I-CAR voted to scale down a 22-seat board to 13 directors, with the option to add up to four more “Hybrid Directors” for shortened, single-year terms to support knowledge gaps or strategic initiatives. The full board list can be found here.

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