Young Auto Care Network Group (YANG) Announces 2025 Next Step Program Scholarship Recipients
April 4, 2025
BETHESDA, Md. – April 4, 2025 – The Young Auto Care Network Group (YANG), an under-40 community of the Auto Care Association, today announced its 2025 Next Step Program scholarship recipients for this year’s YANG at Auto Care Connect. The Next Step Program offers young automotive aftermarket industry professionals a unique opportunity to develop lasting involvement in the auto care industry. Participants experience and engage in YANG at Connect programming and Spring Leadership Days, part of Auto Care Connect week, taking place May 12-15 at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown in Phoenix, Ariz.
Alexandria Gaston, Integrated Supply Network (ISN)
Chris Long, MANN+HUMMELL
Alyssa McGhee, MAHLE
Liz Perkins, L1 Automotive Diagnostics and Programming
Elisse Richardson, DRiV
The scholarship covers the entire cost to attend the 2025 Auto Care Connect week and provides access to networking opportunities for each of the scholarship recipients. The Next Step scholarship recipients can participate in up to 25 meetings and network with more than 450 veteran industry leaders during this three-and-a-half-day program. “Next Steppers” will experience up-close how the association and various aspects of the industry work.
The YANG programming at Auto Care Connect is tailored to young professionals in the auto care industry to facilitate building connections with peers, learning from industry experts and coming together as one collective industry by sharing the best of ideas and solutions for today’s automotive aftermarket industry challenges. This in-person event provides unique and industry-focused programming opportunities to enhance leadership skills and knowledge of the industry.
To learn more and register for 2025 YANG at Connect, visit autocare.org/yangleadership.
Contact Mary Ieng, manager, community engagement, YANG, at mary.ieng@autocare.org for any questions.
Auto Care Connect is the Auto Care Association’s largest learning experience, where attendees can maximize networking, collaboration, and educational opportunities for enhanced industry connections.
Next Step Scholarship Recipients
The 2025 Next Step Program Scholarship recipients are:
The scholarship covers the entire cost to attend the 2025 Auto Care Connect week and provides access to networking opportunities for each of the scholarship recipients. The Next Step scholarship recipients can participate in up to 25 meetings and network with more than 450 veteran industry leaders during this three-and-a-half-day program. “Next Steppers” will experience up-close how the association and various aspects of the industry work.
The YANG programming at Auto Care Connect is tailored to young professionals in the auto care industry to facilitate building connections with peers, learning from industry experts and coming together as one collective industry by sharing the best of ideas and solutions for today’s automotive aftermarket industry challenges. This in-person event provides unique and industry-focused programming opportunities to enhance leadership skills and knowledge of the industry.
To learn more and register for 2025 YANG at Connect, visit autocare.org/yangleadership.
Contact Mary Ieng, manager, community engagement, YANG, at mary.ieng@autocare.org for any questions.