In Memoriam: Mark Boada of Fleet Management Weekly
Mark Boada, executive editor for Fleet Management Weekly, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020.
Mark Boada
Mark Boada, executive editor for Fleet Management Weekly, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020, after suffering a fatal heart attack, according to the publication. He was 70.
Boada was an Ivy League educated, award-winning business writer who previously served as the editorial and public relations specialist for The CEI Group from 2005 to 2016. He joined fleet management weekly in early 2017 as the publication’s senior editor.
He graduated from Princeton University in 1975, with a bachelor’s degree in English Literature and Creative Writing, and later received a certificate of marketing from Columbia University School of Business in 1989.
Boada was active in his community and politics, and was a member of The Newtown Democrats and Newtown Township Finance Committee.
He is survived by his wife, Evelyn Christiansen Boada; daughters, Sarah and Lauren Boada, son, Andrew Boada, and daughter-in-law, Hellen Miller; his grandchildren, Eli and Nora Momtahan, and Eva Louise Boada; his brothers, Chris, Eric, Jeff, Albert, Larry, Stephen, his sister, Angelica, and step mother, Jean Boada.
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