Auto Value Store Manager of the Year 2013

St. Cloud, Minn. — February 28, 2014 — Automotive Parts Headquarters Inc. (APH), a St.Cloud-based aftermarket auto parts distributor and store group, named Dan Thom as the recipient of the 2013 Auto Value Store Manager of the Year award. Thom is the manager of the Alexandria Auto Value parts store. He was recognized during an awards banquet at APH’s annual Winter Conference on Monday, January 20, 2014 at Cragun’s Resort and Conference Center in Brainerd, Minnesota.

Each year Auto Value parts store regional managers throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota and Michigan have the opportunity to nominate a store manager they believe deserves the award.

Thom has been a member of the APH organization since 1983, when he worked part-time as a counterperson for the National Bushing store in Fergus Falls. He later transferred to the Alexandria store in 1990. In 2000, Thom was the recipient of the Auto Value Salesperson of the Year award. He was promoted to store manager in 2006.

(From left to right: John Bartlett, CEO of APH; Dan Thom, store manager; and Corey Bartlett, president of APH)