School Transportation News Magazine | Buyer’s Guide 2026


BUS OEMS AND DEALERS


Thomas Built Buses 1408 Courtesy Rd. | High Point, NC 27260


336-889-4871 thomasbuiltbus@daimler.com | www.TomasBuiltBuses.com


Tomas Built Buses manufactures a complete line of Type A, Type C, and Type D school and activity buses, including the Saf-T-Liner® C2 Jouley® all electric bus. Te company also manufactures proprietary chassis products for all of its Type D transit-style school buses. All buses are manufactured in a facility that sends zero waste to the landfill.


T. J. Reed President & CEO tj.reed@daimlertruck.com


Daoud Chaaya VP Sales, Aftermarket & Marketing daoud.chaaya@daimlertruck.com


Mark Childers General Manager, Direct Sales & Technology Development john.childers@daimlertruck.com


Kendra Eads VP, Engineering kendra.eads@daimlertruck.com


Ryland Walters Northeast Regional Sales Manager ryland.walters@daimlertruck.com


Mike Guarino Midwest Regional Sales Manager mike.guarino@daimlertruck.com


Thomas Built Buses State Dealers


ALABAMA Transportation South 800-367-9463 www.thebuscenter.com


ALASKA Gordon’s Truck Center 907-563-3238 www.trailercraft.com


ALBERTA Te Bus Centre 780-962-4645 www.thebuscentre.com


ARIZONA Arizona Bus Center 833-222-4897 www.arizonabuscenter.com


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ARKANSAS Midwest Bus Sales 479-474-2433 www.midwestbussales.com


BRITISH COLUMBIA Velocity Truck Centre Vancouver 604-888-1424 www.firsttruck.ca


CALIFORNIA BusWest 310-984-3900 www.buswest.com


COLORADO Midwest Bus Sales 712-460-6417 www.midwestbussales.com


CONNECTICUT New England Transit Sales 978-649-0777 www.newenglandtransit.com


DELAWARE & DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA American Bus Sales & Service 410-224-8224 www.american-bus.com


FLORIDA Matthews Bus Alliance 407-219-3820 www.matthewsbusesflorida.com


Mario DiFoggio General Manager, Dealer Sales, Marketing & Events mario.difoggio@daimlertruck.com


Mitch Miller Southeast Regional Sales Manager mitchell.miller@daimlertruck.com


Dee Dee Parnell General Manager, Dealer Network Development casandra.parnell@daimlertruck.com


Vance Nofziger General Manager, Strategic Pricing vance.nofziger@daimlertruck.com


Steve Burkett Northwest Regional Sales Manager steven.burkett@daimlertruck.com


Nick Musto Central Regional Sales Manager dominic.musto@daimlertruck.com


Nick Rini VP, Quality & CX nicholas.rini@daimlertruck.com


Jason Austin General Manager, Sales Operations jason.austin@daimlertruck.com


Alfredo Valencia Account Management & Field Sales Manager alfredo.a.valencia@daimlertruck.com


Greg Webb Western Regional Sales Manager greg.webb@daimlertruck.com


Ashraf El Malak Canadian Regional Sales Manager ashraf.elmalak@daimlertruck.com


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