Celebrating Membership Milestones

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This month several Members and Affiliates are celebrating important NAFA membership milestones. NAFA would like to thank them for being a part of our family.  It is our Members who help make this Association successful. Your volunteer work has helped create and successfully run various committees, provide publications, educational workshops and testing, and annually offer our Institute and Expo. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication!

Celebrating 35 Years With NAFA:

Donald Rittenhouse
Baldwin, New York

Honorary Member Donald Rittenhouse is celebrating his 35th Anniversary with NAFA.

Rittenhouse has served in every officer position in the New York Chapter and continues to serve as Treasurer. He has worked on nearly every chapter committee. On the national level, he served as Secretary on the Board of Trustees, Vice Chair of the NAFA Board of Delegates, and chaired the Audit Committee (as well as served on this committee for over a decade). 

Rittenhouse has served as served as the Co-Chair of the Chapter Reception Committee (1996-1997), Chair of the Chapter Reception Committee (2001-2002), Chair of the Chapter Arrangements Committee (2001-2002), and Treasurer of New York Chapter (1997-2011).  

Rittenhouse was instrumental in initiating NAFA’s Outstanding Chapter Service Awards.

Celebrating 30 Years With NAFA:

David Lighthall, CFM/CAFM
National Fleet Supervisor, Kraft Foods, Inc., Northfield, Illinois

Dave Lighthall, CAFM, joined NAFA in July 1980 and was a member of NAFA's first graduating class from the Wharton School of Business CFM program.

Dave served as Chapter Chair, Secretary, 35th anniversary Co-Chair, Archives Chair and on the Program, Golf Outing, Reception, and Nominating Committees for the Chicago Chapter.

On the national level, Dave served as Chair and Vice Chair on the Educational Development Committee, Vice Chair of the Board of Delegates, and Vice Chair of the FMI (now I&E) Curriculum Committee.  Dave also served on the Certification Committee, Educational Steering Committee, Nominating Committee, Outstanding Chapter Service Award Committee, Larry Goill Award Committee, Editorial Committee, Legislative Task Force and the Emergency Operations Manual Team. He was awarded the Member Outstanding Chapter Service Award in 1997.

Dave has served as FMI Program Moderator, FMI Workshop Leader, NAFA Audio Seminar Speaker and has contributed to the NAFA magazine.  He was also a member of the Illinois Alternate Fuel Task Force and an industry speaker.

Also celebrating an anniversary with NAFA is Thomas D. Sours of Bloomington, Illinois, who is celebrating his 25th anniversary.