2009 Green Fleet Conference
(R) Mike Antich, publisher & Green Fleet Conference chairman presents an Environmental Leadership Award to Mayor Michael B. Coleman.
More than 350 fleet industry professionals attended the 2009 Green Fleet Conference.
John Beyer (left) director of fleet, risk, and travel for Belron Corp., and Anthony Maietta of the EPA's SmartWay Program discussed Maietta's conference presentation.
At the evening’s networking reception were conference presenters (l-r) Paul McCue, Clean Oil Technology, Inc.; Carl Lisek, Legacy Environmental Services; Wendy Dafoe, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; and Frances Vogel, Wisconsin Clean Cities – Southeast Area.
Commercial fleet award recipients in attendance were top row, (l-r): James Cooper (on behalf of George Survant), Florida Power & Light; Kim Jamme, AstraZeneca; Mark Leuenberger (on behalf of Mike Mannheimer), Cox Enterprises; Jerome Webber, AT&T; Bud Reuter, Comcast; Serge Viola, Purolator; John Formisano, FedEx Express; and Catherine Tillman, Abbott; front row (l-r): Pete Silva, PepsiCo; Denise Cross, Carrier; Thomas Hartner, (on behalf of Millipore Corp.); Charles Schott, Pfizer; and Dick Malcom, State Farm.
Public Sector Environmental Leadership Award winners attending the Green Fleet Conference were: (l-r, front) Chris Wiley, City of Seattle; Sherry Lewis, University of California, Los Angeles; Renee Jordan, University of Michigan; Paul Condran; City of Culver City, Calif.; and (l-r, back) James Tillman, City of Houston, on behalf of Houston Mayor Bill White; David Roussel, Orange County, Fla.; Ariella Maron, New York City; Mike O’Donnell, City of Milwaukee, on behalf of Venu Gupta; Michael Picardi, City of Chicago; and Gerald Smith, City of Kansas City, Mo., on behalf of Samuel Swearngin.
Scott Harmon (left), senior VP strategy and business development for Trimble Mobile Resource Management, presents the 100 Best Fleets Green Fleet award to Paul Condran, fleet manager for Culver City, Calif.
Green Fleet Conference chairman Mike Antich (left) greets Frito-Lay Director of Fleet & Procurement Pete Silva (center) and David Haft, Frito-Lay Group VP of sustainability and productivity.
Tom Hartner, manager of global procurement for Millipore Corp., makes a point during the corporate-track panel discussion "How to Make Your Green Program Pay for Itself."
Environment and Energy Attorney Kipp Coddington does not see meaningful federal environmental legislation in the near future.
Mike Coffman of Donlen (left) and Mike Fogarty, procurement analyst with Johns Manville Corp., pause during a conference networking break.
Enjoying the networking reception were (l-r) Scott Singsank, Wheels Inc.; Charlie Schott, Pfizer; and Dan Belnap, Wheels Inc.