11 Compete for the 2009 Fleet Manager of the Year Award
TORRANCE, CA – Eleven fleet managers were nominated to compete by industry peers for their outstanding leadership and hard work over the past year. A panel of judges will narrow these down to three finalists.
TORRANCE, CA – Eleven fleet managers were nominated to compete for the 2009 Automotive Fleet Professional Fleet Manager of the Year award. Individuals were nominated by industry peers for their outstanding leadership and hard work over the past year.
A panel judge of fleet professionals made up of previous fleet manager award winners, manufacturers, auction companies, fleet management companies, dealers, and AF staff will review the nominations and narrow the finalists down to three.
The announcement for the final three (to be featured in the April issue of the magazine) will be made in the upcoming months, and the winner announced on Sunday, April 26, at NAFA's Institute & Expo in New Orleans.
The following individuals have been nominated for their achievements this past year:
Theresa F. Anderson, Parsons
Theresa Belding, Forest Pharmaceuticals
Sue Burke, Carestream Health
Christy Coyte, Johnson Controls
Joseph Fiorelli, Cardno-TBE Group, Inc.
Jeffrey Hurrell, Hewlett Packard
Jason Pucely, Best Buy
Milton "Bud" Reuter, Comcast
Dean Saunders, The Wackenhut Corp.
Jack Scott, ConocoPhillips
Michael Sims, Church of the Latter Day Saints
Full bios for these nominees will be published in the March issue of Automotive Fleet.
The following panel of judges will help select the 2009 Professional Fleet Manager of the Year:
*Fleet Managers
Dick Prettyman, Cephalon
Charles Bowen, Rollins
Susan Miller, McDonalds
Stephen Levine, Pfizer
Shirley Collins, Glaxo-Wellcome
Patsy Brownson, Cox Enterprises
Debbie Mize, Hallmark
Jim Anselmi, Lorillard
Jim McCarthy, Siemens
Scott Mayo, Wendy's
Lynda Dinwiddie, LabCorp.
Joe LaRosa, Merck
*Manufacturers
Brian McVeigh, General Motors
Kevin Koswick, Ford
Pat Dougherty, Chrysler
Scott Heyer, Toyota
Ed Fargo, Nissan
*Media
Ed Bobit, Automotive Fleet
*Auctions
Hal Logan, Manheim
Bob Rauschenberg, Adesa
*Fleet Management Services
Jim Frank, Wheels
Bill McKee, ARI
Bob Mitchell, GE Capital Fleet
Jim Rallo, PHH
Greg Tepas, Emkay
Gary Rappeport, Donlen
Mike Pitcher, LeasePlan
Robert Singer, Merchants
Wayne Smolda, CEI
Marty Bertagole, Mike Albert
Bob Martines, CCM
Scott Mawaka, Fleet Response
*Dealers
Russ Cass, Piemonte Network
Joe David, Pacifico Fleet
Rick Nicoletti, Napleton Group
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