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Akzo Nobel, along with the Advisory Council of the Collision Industry Advancement Initiative (CIAI), has named the Spring 2006 endowment recipients - the fourth set of endowments since the program was established in 2004.
The CIAI program, whose mission is to be a tool for aiding in the growth, advancement and perception of the collision industry in North America meets twice a year to review requests. March 2006 endowments were awarded to the following: •Cypress College, Cypress, California •Elizabeth Jones, Education endowment •Erie Community College in Buffalo, New York •Maxwell High School of Technology, Lawrenceville, Georgia "The CIAI continues to receive applications from worthy individuals, organizations and educational institutions throughout North America," said newly-appointed chair of the CIAI Advisory Council Kate Lawrence. "The recipients of the endowments that were granted this spring touch a diverse set of needs within our industry. The Advisory Council believes that this series of investments achieves the cascading effect that the CIAI program was intended to have by enabling members of our industry to be trained, equipped and prepared as our industry changes and grows." Requests to the Collision Repair Industry Advancement Foundation can be made through the Akzo Nobel website: www.akzonobelcarrefinishes.net. |