PEOPLE
Syntec Seating Solutions named Shane
Wright as dealer account manager. He has worked as a sales and territory representa- tive for 25-plus years in the wood products and adhesives industries. First Student Inc. hired Dave Chappell as
location manager for its Greensboro, N.C., site. Chappell will oversee all transportation operations, including oversight of safety and maintenance for Guilford County Schools. Fras-le appointed Rodrigo Meirelles
as vice president and general manager of North American and European operations. He will oversee business growth in both markets and the production launch of heavy-duty brake linings at the manufac- turing facility in Prattville, Ala. David Harden is the new regional sales
manager at Trans/Air Manufacturing Corp. in Dallastown, Pa. He comes to Trans/Air with more than 30 years of experience in the truck and bus industry. CleanFuel USA promoted Wayne Moore
to chief operating officer. Moore will over- see product development and day-to-day operations in the company’s Michigan and Texas locations. Joanne Vento, SPED Trainer at Doug-
las County School District in Castle Rock, Colo., is the 30th person in North America to complete the NAPT Special Needs Transportation (SNT) Training Program. In August, Pamela Layral, training supervisor at
the Riverside, Calif., location of Stu-
dent Transportation of America, became the 31st, while Ted Finlayson-Schueler,
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president of Safety Rules! in Syracuse, N.Y., became the 32nd. Te Minnesota School Bus Operators
Association (MSBOA) handed out 2012 Transportation Specialist Awards at its an- nual summer conference. Te association recognized five school bus drivers: Steve Keute, M & M Bus Service, Annandale; Brad Toelke, Sunburst Transit, St. Paul; Rich Hudson, Faribault Transportation Co., Faribault; Lowell Hawton, Vision of Elk River; and Steve Warme, Southwest Coach- es, Marshall (posthumous). Its Lifetime Achievement Award went to Betty Jeanne Trobec, owner of Trobec’s Bus Service, Inc., and the prestigious Jim DeVeau Award to Bruce Dischinger, owner of Monarch Bus Service in Roseville.
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