2012 AFLA Conference
The Fleet Hall of Fame Awards were presented to six fleet professionals for 2012, five of whom were in attendance. Accepting the awards from Ed Bobit (third from right), chairman of Bobit Business Media, was: (L to R) Don Miller of Mike Albert Fleet Solutions (retired), Howard Wodack of ARI (retired), Debbie Mize of Hallmark, Sue Miller of McDonald’s Corporation, and Jerry Frick of Ford North American Fleet Lease & Remarketing Operations (retired). The sixth inductee, Sal Crimi, co-founder of SALEX, was honored posthumously.
Businessman and author Josh Linkner was one of the keynote speakers at the conference.
Tom Callahan (left), Donlen president and COO, accepted the President’s Recognition Award from outgoing AFLA President Theresa Belding.
(L-R) Dennis Saric of ARI, Lisa Adams of WL Gore, Kristina Nicoles of ARI, and Jim Creighton of ARI have fun during the Monday night tailgate party.
Rick Nicoletti (left), general manager for the Napleton Fleet Group, networks with Rick Ravelo, fleet administrator/division finance analyst at Fidelity National Insurance.
John Dmochowsky, CAFM, sales fleet manager for Kraft Foods, helped open the conference.
Donlen’s Tom Callahan, AFLA’s incoming president, addressed attendees.
Theresa Belding (right), outgoing AFLA president, presented a President’s Recognition Award to Lori Rasmussen, one of AFLA’s past presidents.
Attendees enjoy one of several prominent keynote speeches during the AFLA conference.
In addition to networking, attendees had the opportunity to attend top-notch educational sessions during the AFLA conference.
Donna Bibbo (left), manager, fleet & travel at Novo Nordisk and Frank Memolo, fleet manager at Panasonic, sport N.Y. Jets colors.
Mary Sticha (second from left), SVP - commercial programs at GE Capital Fleet Services, takes a break with Terry Langness, national sales VP at PARS.