2012 STN LEADERSHIP AWARD WINNER
HUMBLE TEXAN THE BY RYAN GRAY
Charley Kennington of Innovative Transportation Solutions in Houston is recognized for transforming support and training services for states, districts across the nation…all while exhibiting a gentleman’s humility
36 School Transportation News Magazine November 2012
For the past five and a half years, student transporters in
the Houston area and beyond have benefitted from the lead- ership and expertise of Charley Kennington and his team at Innovative Transportation Solutions, the student transporta- tion division of the Region 4 Education Service Center. But while he has one of the most recognizable faces na-
tionwide in student transportation circles, Kennington is a quiet man, not one prone to cacophonous self-promotion. He sets an example by championing the utmost in child safety, as seen in the hands-on NHTSA Child Passenger Safety Restraint Systems on School Buses seminar he presents at na- tional and state conferences. He also has the ability to be a consensus builder and consummate teammate on whatever project he’s a part of. For these and many other reasons, School Transporta-
tion News selected Kennington as the seventh recipient of the magazine’s annual leadership award. He was honored at the NAPT Summit in Memphis, Tenn., on Oct. 22. Kennington reflects the extreme benefits of leading by
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