Shawn Moody

Background

Moody grew up in Gorham, Maine, and is the youngest of three children.

Career

At 17, while in his senior year at Gorham High School, Moody borrowed $6,000 to start an auto body repair business. As of 2010, Moody’s Collision Centers is the largest auto repair business in New England, with 75 employees at five locations in Maine. In 2003 the company converted to an employee stock ownership plan (Employee Stock Ownership Plan), giving Moody’s workers a 34 percent financial stake in the company.

In 2008, the Department of Environmental Protection recognized Moody’s as an industry leader in environmental excellence.

Primarily self-funded, Moody joined the 2010 Maine gubernatorial election as an Independent on June 9, 2010. Moody registered as an unenrolled soon after he became eligible to vote in Maine in 1978.

His initial television ads featured an endorsement from longtime Gorham High School teacher and reality television star, Bob Crowley. Independent Eliot Cutler was in second place with 36.7% of the votes (less than 7,500 votes behind LePage), while Democrat Libby Mitchell was a distant third with 19%.

Moody and Independent Kevin Scott received 5% and 1% of the vote, respectively.

On March 3, 2014, Governor LePage nominated Moody to serve on the board of trustees of both the University of Maine System and the Maine Community College System.

Achievements

• The company has also been recognized in Maine and nationally for its environmental excellence and business achievements, ranking it in the top one percent of 40,000 shops nationwide in customer service and operating performance. The company won the 2003 Governor's Award for Excellence in With 94% of precincts reporting on the day after the election, the Bangor Daily News declared Republican Paul LePage the winner, carrying 38.1% of the votes.