The American Bus Association (ABA) named more than a dozen new members to its board of directors during its annual meeting in Virginia Beach, Va.
ABA elects new members to board
Elected during annual meeting in Virginia Beach, Va.
February 20, 2008
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The new members are:
Darren Berg, CEO of MTR Western in Seattle; Bill Bergstrom, executive vice president and COO of Coach America in Dallas; Dane Cornell, president & CEO of ABC Companies in Winter Garden, Fla.; Dave Leach, president & CEO of Greyhound Lines in Dallas; Rick Manna, sales manager of ZF Industries in Vernon Hills, Ill.; John Meier, GM & CEO of Badger Coaches in Madison, Wis.; Dale Moser, CEO of Coach USA in Paramus, N.J.; C.W. Newman, vice president of Express Transportation in Orlando, Fla.; Arthur Keith, Sr. vice president & GM of Gaylord Opryland in Nashville, Tenn.; Ross Summers, president & CEO of the Branson Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce & Convention & Visitors Bureau; Greg Shipley, CEO of Academic Travel Services in Hendersonville, N.C.; and Sara Hamlin, vice president of Tourism for the Greater Birmingham Convention & Visitors Bureau and 2009 Marketplace chair for the event scheduled to take place Jan. 7-12 in Charlotte, N.C.
The new board was elected unanimously by voice vote of ABA members.
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