Thornhill, Ontario--August 24, 2010--The Automotive Recyclers Association (ARA) has just announced that Derek Covey of Covey's Auto Recyclers, Ltd. in Blandford, Nova Scotia will be its new Canadian regional director for region XI.

Covey will officially join the Regional Directors Committee at the end of the Annual General Meeting at the ARA convention in Austin, Texas on October 24, 2010.

The Regional Directors supply grassroots information in to the ARA leadership. Covey is replacing Ed MacDonald from Maritime Auto Salvage in Truro, Nova Scotia. MacDonald is joining the ARA executive.

The other ARA Canadian regional director is Willis Thys of LKQ Action Auto Parts in Winnipeg, Manitoba.