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Call for Nominations Extended: 2024 Fleet Manager of the Year

The award recognizes a proficient fleet manager demonstrating exceptional business acumen in developing and executing key management policies in all areas.

May 30, 2024
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Sponsored by AFLA and Wheels, the Edward Edward J. Bobit Fleet Manager of the Year award is named after the late Bobit Business Media founder. 

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Automotive Fleet magazine is now accepting nominations for the 2024 Edward J. Bobit Professional Fleet Manager of the Year award. Submissions are due by Monday, June 17, 2024. The award is sponsored by Wheels Inc. and the Automotive Fleet & Leasing Association (AFLA).

The Fleet Manager of the Year award recognizes a commercial/corporate (non-public) fleet manager demonstrating exceptional business acumen in developing and executing key management policies in all areas.

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Qualified nominees are full-time commercial fleet managers who control a company-owned or leased fleet of more than 100 cars and light trucks combined and who are recognized nationally among their peers for their unique abilities and accomplishments.

Please fill out this brief questionnaire to submit your nomination. Only two nominations are allowed per company, and the nominations close at 11:59 p.m. PST Monday, June 24.

The 2024 Edward J. Bobit Professional Fleet Manager Award winner will be announced at the 2024 AFLA conference, which will be held Sept. 15-18, 2024, at the La Cantera Resort & Spa in San Antonio, Texas.

Last year’s Fleet Manager of the Year was Kimberly Fisher, director of global fleet and travel for NOV Inc. Fisher manages over 5,000 vehicles in the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom. In 2017, she created an initiative to recycle service bodies, projected to reach $2 million in cost savings in 2024.

The winner of the 2024 Edward J. Bobit Professional Fleet Manager of the Year award will be profiled in an issue of Automotive Fleet later this year.

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Use this link to nominate someone — or yourself — today!

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