PEOPLE
Blue Bird named Dale Wendell as the
company’s new vice president of global sales and marketing. Wendell, a former Ford Motor Company executive, began working with Blue Bird in a sales and consulting capacity last Spring.
Zonar Systems announced that Chris
Hines joined the company as executive vice president, bringing more than 25 years of financial and technological experience in the transportation industry.
Landmark Student Transportation
appointed Greg Walter as vice president of business development. With more than 27 years of industry experience, Walker most recently worked at school bus
contractor Durham School Services. Lion Bus announced that John
Barrington has come aboard as vice president of sales and compliance for the U.S. market. Barrington has more than 20 years of experience in the school bus industry, previously working at IMMI–SafeGuard, Thomas Built Buses and Mid Bus.
Krapf Bus Companies Chairman Dale
Krapf received the CEO of the Year Award from the Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry in Pennsylvania. His recent and long-term business accomplishments and his community involvement led to this recognition,
according to a chamber representative. Also a past-president of NSTA, Krapf has worked in the family business for 44 years.
Radio Engineering Industries, Inc.
(REI) announced the promotion of Chris Shigley to national sales manager–school bus and Darwin Rubeck to national sales manager pf transit and motorcoach. Shigley has more than 10 years of sales experience and Rubeck has more than 30 years, including five as a member of the REI sales team.
NAPT President Alexandra Robinson
last month was named the new executive director of transportation for the New York City Department of Education.
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54 School Transportation News Magazine January 2012 Family-owned and operated since 1928,
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