Congrats Rick Grisham, Cobb County, Ga.
get in the black by implementing cost-saving timers for bus heaters and a bus rental program. “Trough my coaching and teaching and through USTA, I came in with this real team approach on all that we did,” he said. But Grisham’s not one to stop at improving just his own locality.
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Within a year, he had joined the Oklahoma Association of Pupil Transportation and was giving talks on team building at various state conferences. Te tennis industry reclaimed him for three years as he served in the prestigious role of USTA executive director for Georgia. Following a diversifying of interests, he began teaching physical education at Cobb County School District in 2001. Tere, he distinguished himself by attending the Teacher Leader Institute, graduating from the district’s Leadership Academy and being named his school’s Teacher of the Year in 2006. After returning to school for a post-master’s degree certificate in educational leadership, he served as assistant principal for Lassiter High School during 2007. Tat position included overseeing much of the school bus operations. “I’ve always loved bus drivers, bus monitors and the transporta- tion industry,” Grisham said fondly, “So I always gravitated to the transportation staff at the schools I worked at.” When NAPT Hall of Fame member and Distinguished Service
Award winner Caroll Pitts, Jr. retired that fall after 26 years as Cobb County’s executive director of transportation, Grisham was
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