PEOPLE & UPCOMING EVENTS
than 25 years of experience. At Laidlaw, he was a regional VP of operations. James Rogan of Chestnut Transportation
Ridge SafeGuard’s Aaron Acton was promoted to
product line manager for school bus seating and motorcoach seating, as well as wheelchairs, tie- downs and restraints. He will lead the strategic direction for these product lines of SafeGuard, a brand of IMMI. Acton has been with IMMI for more than 14 years. North America Central School Bus Holding
Company, LLC announced that Steve Hem- merlein will become CEO of contractor Illinois Central School Bus starting in the new year. With 20 years of experience in the student transportation industry, he most recently was senior vice president at First Student. Hemmer- lein replaces Bruce Barr, who is retiring but will stay on as a company consultant until January 1. In the interim, Regional Operations Manager H. Kevin Mess will assume the role of COO. Mess joined the company in May and has more
was named the new chairman of
the New York State Education Department School Bus Driver Instructor Advisory Commit- tee. Rogan is director of safety and training at the school bus contractor in Chestnut Ridge. A longtime school bus safety advocate, he has been active with SBDI since 2009. Te SBDI Ad- visory Committee is responsible for forming a body of pupil transportation safety instructors who advise the department about safety-train- ing curricula for school bus drivers, monitors and attendants statewide. After 55 years of service, Frank Shicatano
recently announced his retirement from Wolf- ington Body Company, one of the nation’s oldest continuously operating bus distributors. Since joining Wolfington in 1957, Shicatano has sold school buses to three generations of school bus contractors and school district transporta- tion directors throughout Pennsylvania.
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Transporting Students with Disabilities Fall Seminar Nov. 6–8, TBD, Texas Contact: Marisa Weisinger, 713/744-6319, mweisinger@esc4. net,
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Ohio School Boards Association Capital Conference Nov. 11–14, Columbus, Ohio Contact:
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Transporting Students with Special Needs & Preschoolers Fall Seminar and Trade Show Nov. 15–17, Spring, Texas Contact: Marisa Weisinger, 713/744-6319,
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