Finalists for NAFA’s Fleet Excellence Awards Are Announced

Finalists for NAFA’s 2018 Fleet Excellence Awards have been chosen. Winners will be announced during the Sixth Annual Fleet Excellence Awards presentation on Tuesday, April 24, at the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, Calif., during NAFA’s annual conference, the Institute & Expo (I&E).

The Fleet Excellence Awards (or FLEXYs for short) were designed to shine a spotlight on those who have impacted fleet management in both the corporate and public fleet segments during the previous year. Three finalists were chosen for each of the seven categories.

The FLEXY Awards nominations process was open to all fleet professionals throughout the United States and Canada, regardless of whether or not they were members of NAFA Fleet Management Association.

The list of finalists is as follows:

Outstanding Achievement in Corporate Fleet Management

• Karla Guajardo, Fleet Manager, Honeywell International
• Adam Orth, CAFM^®, Fleet Services Manager, General Mills Inc.
• Yogi Shivdasani, LKQ Corporation

Excellence in Fleet Safety – Corporate

• Kevin Everett, Fleet and Environmental Manager, at EMCOR Services, MESA Energy Systems
• Andy Gattermeyer, Road Safety Advisor,  BP Pipeline
• Joe Suarez, Director, Florida Power & Light Company

Excellence in Fleet Sustainability – Corporate

• Michael Bieger, Senior Director Global Fleet, ADP Inc.
• Sharon Etherington, Manager of Regional Procurement Services, Roche
• Safelite AutoGlass, Columbus, Ohio

Excellence in Fleet Safety – Public

• Patrick Bartole, CAFM, Fleet Manager, New Jersey City University Dept. of Facilities and Construction Management
• Charles Grab, UCONN Transportation and Fleet Services
• Rick Medina, Fleet, Fuel, and Equipment Services, Mission Support and Test Services LLC

Outstanding Achievement in Public Fleet Management

• Ronald Gitelman, CAFM, Fleet Administrator, Yale University
• Robert Gordon, Director of Fleet Management, DeKalb County Fleet Management
• Kathy Wellik, CAFM, Director, Iowa State University Transportation Services

Excellence in Fleet Sustainability – Public

• Richard Battersby, CAFM, Fleet Manager, City of Oakland Public Works
• Rick Medina, Fleet, Fuel, and Equipment Services, Mission Support and Test Services LLC
• Angela Sherick-Bright, Assistant General Manager, City of Los Angeles General Services Dept.

Excellence in Fleet Leadership

• Mario Moses, Fleet and Sourcing Manager, Bayer
• Steven Schoen, Director, Mobility Services Americas, Siemens
• Joe Suarez, Director, Florida Power & Light Company

For more information on NAFA’s 2018 Institute & Expo visit www.nafainstitute.org.