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201 ABA Proposed Executive Committee
Board Office
Board Officers
Expiration Date
Committee Position
Committee Member
Expiration Date
Committee Position
Committee Member
Expiration Date
Board Chairman (3 yr term)
Don Devivo
2021 Policy Committee Chair (2 yr term)
Jim Jalbert 20 At-Large (2 yr term) (6 yr max)
Karen Sanders
2020 (1st term)
Board Vice Chairman (3 yr term)
Gene Berardi
2021 Fixed Route Representative (2 yr term) (6 yr max)
( term)At-Large (2 yr term) (6 yr max)
20( term)
Immediate Past Chairman (3 yr term)
John Meier
2021 Charter & Tour Representative (2 yr term) (6 yr max)
Terry Fischer
2020 (1st term)
At-Large (2 yr term) (6 yr max)
Steve Woelfel
2020 (1st Term)
Executive Committee Treasurer (1 yr term)
John Miller
20 Enterprise Representative (2 yr term) (6 yr max)
Buddy Young (2nd term)
2020 At-Large (2 yr term) (6 yr max)
Chris Shepler
20( term)
ABA President & CEO (1 yr term)
Peter Pantuso
20
Terms that end in January :-John Miller - Treasurer-
-
- , At-Large--Peter Pantuso, President & CEO
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2019 AUDIT COMMITTEE Gene Berardi Chair Adirondack Trailways Doug Anderson Member Anderson Coach & Travel Craig Lentzsch Member John Miller Member Miller Transportation Steve Woelfel Member Jefferson Lines Don DeVivo Ex-Officio DATTCO Inc. Pete Pantuso Staff Eric Braendel Staff The Audit Committee is the Board Committee principally charged with the following responsibilities:
• Assessing the adequacy of internal controls and risk management systems • Overseeing the financial and compliance reporting at year end • Overseeing the audit process • Selecting the independent auditor
The ABA Vice Chairman chairs the Audit Committee.
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2019 AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE COMMITTEE
John Meier Chair Badger Bus
Ben Blunt Member Concord Coach Lines
Linda Burtwistle Member Coach USA Michael Colborne Member Pacific Western Transportation Dane Cornell Member ABC Companies Polina Raygorodskaya Member Wanderu Ian Smart Member Motor Coach Industries Buddy Young Member Capitol Bus Lines
Gene Berardi Ex-Officio Adirondack Trailways
Don DeVivo Ex-Officio DATTCO
Autonomous Vehicle Committee: The Autonomous Vehicle Committee is an ad hoc ABA committee that monitors technological advancements that would enable autonomous motorcoach operations, and evaluates the potential for autonomous vehicles to enter and impact the industry.
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2019 BUSPAC COMMITTEE Peter Picknelly Chair Peter Pan Bus Lines
Dane Cornell Member ABC Companies
James Jalbert Member C & J Lines Ron Moore Member Burlington Trailways
TJ Morgan Member Citizen Auto Stage Lines
John Percy Member Niagara Tourism &
Convention Corp.
Gene Berardi Ex-Officio Adirondack Trailways
Don DeVivo Ex-Officio DATTCO Inc.
Suzanne Rohde Staff ABA
The BUSPAC Committee is the Board Committee principally charged with overseeing the administration and execution of a motorcoach industry Political Action committee. BUSPAC is entrusted with contributing to the political campaigns of members of the U.S, House and Senate who support the private over-the-road motorcoach industry. It obtains its funds by soliciting contributions from all authorizing company’s executive and administrative employees.
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2019 BYLAWS COMMITTEE
Al Spence Chair A.S. Midway Trailways
Doug Anderson Member Anderson Coach & Travel
Gene Berardi Member Adirondack Trailways
Bryan Cole Member Super Holiday Tours Terry Fischer Member Transportation Charter
Services
Stephanie Lee Member Group Sales Box Office Ron Moore Member Burlington Trailways
Camilla Morris Member Hale Transportation,
Oneonta Division
Don DeVivo Ex-Officio DATTCO Inc.
Richard Schweitzer General Counsel ABA
Pete Pantuso Staff ABA The Bylaws Committee is the Board Committee principally charged with reviewing and updating the ABA Bylaws. Another important function of this committee is to ensure the adherence to the Bylaws in all actions and duties undertaken by and attributed to the Board.
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2019 Editorial Board Doug Anderson Member Anderson Tour & Travel Chris Anzuoni Member Plymouth & Brockton
Ben Blunt Member Concord Coach Lines Brenda Borwege Member ABC Companies
Vicki Bowman Member Motor Coach Industries
Mike Butts Member Visit Charlotte Mikie Shepler Member Ride the Ducks - Seattle Bryan Cole Member Super Holiday Tours Jim Diebel Member Hanover Holiday Tours Sara Hamlin Member Greater Birmingham CVB
Sean Hughes Member Coach USA/MegaBus.com
Randy Kester Member Burlington Trailways
Patti Lloyd Member Cape Cod CVB
Don Meador Member Landmark Hotel Group TJ Morgan Member Gray Line of Tucson John Percy Member Destination Niagara USA
Pat Plodzeen Member Motor Coach Industries
Danielle Powell Member Anderson Tour & Travel
Jackie Spencer Member Destination Cleveland Linda Spruill Member Beau Rivage Resort & Casino
Stacey Yates Member Louisville CVB
Gene Berardi Ex-Officio Adirondack Trailways
Don DeVivo Ex-Officio DATTCO Erin Birmingham Staff ABA
Melanie Hinton Staff ABA
Pamela Brossman Staff YGS Staff Kristy Freeman Staff YGS Staff Ashley Reid Staff YGS Staff The Communications Committee brings marketing and public affairs experts within the industry together with ABA's Communications, Marketing & Media Relations department to serve as strategic counselors as ABA works to provide members with new messaging tools to reach target audiences. The group leverages its collective intellectual capital to act as a sounding board for insights on new projects, identifies future challenges, and prioritizes issues to help the industry enhance its image and elevate awareness of the value it provides to society. The group works toward consensus to ensure that ABA speaks with one industry voice in its external outreach to the media, policy-makers and consumers.
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2018 ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE
TJ Morgan Chair Citizen Auto Stage Lines/Gray Line of Tucson Ron Bast Member Go Riteway Julia Conway Member Big Bus Tours USA
Terry Fischer Member Transportation Charter
Services
Joe Gillis Member Northwest Navigator
Luxury Coaches
Peter Grunwaldt Member Premier Alaska Tours Louis Hotard Member ABC Companies David Kestenbaum Member University of Vermont
Stephanie Parr-Brooks Member Globus
Scott Riccio Member NorthEast Trailways Linda Spruill Member Beau Rivage Resort &
Casino Patricia Ziska Member Motor Coach Industries Gene Berardi Ex-Officio Adirondack Trailways
Don DeVivo Ex-Officio DATTCO Inc.
Peter Pantuso Staff ABA Brandon Buchanan Staff ABA The Environmental Committee is the Board Committee charged with developing, reviewing and directing ABA's strategic initiatives to elevate awareness among key audiences that motorcoaches are the greenest way to travel. Committee members examine ways to raise the visibility of the role motorcoaches play in environmental stewardship, and discuss ways to leverage motorcoaches' eco-friendliness among policy-makers. The Committee will also work closely with the ABA Communications Committee to investigate how to continuously improve the ways in which the green coach story is delivered to elected officials, ABA members, the media and consumers.
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2019 ETHICS COMMITTEE
Buddy Young Chair Capitol Bus Lines
Doug Anderson Member Anderson Coach & Travel
Chris Anzuoni Member Plymouth & Brockton Street Railway Co.
Bill Blankenship Member Greyhound Lines
Bryan Cole Member Super Holiday Tours
Julia Conway Member Big Bus Tours USA
Dane Cornell Member ABC Companies Alan Glickman Member Starr Tours John Miller Member Miller Transportation Ron Moore Member Burlington Trailways
TJ Morgan Member Citizen Auto Stage
Company/Gray Line Tours of Tucson
Cam Morris Member Oneonta Bus Lines
Stephanie Parr Brooks Member Globus
Karen Sanders Member Bus Supply Charters
Al Spence Member A.S. Midway Trailways
Steve Woelfel Member Jefferson Lines
Gene Berardi Ex-Officio Adirondack Trailways
Don DeVivo Ex-Officio DATTCO Inc.
Richard Schweitzer Counsel ABA
Peter Pantuso Staff ABA The Ethics Committee is the Board Committee principally charged with reviewing and ruling on charges of violation of the Association's Code of Ethics. A violation of the Code of Ethics may warrant censure, monetary fine, suspension of membership, withdrawal of membership privileges, or expulsion from the ABA. Another important function of this committee is to investigate and resolve complaints regarding newly submitted applications for ABA membership and complaints that a member is no longer eligible for membership.
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2019 FINANCE AND BUDGET COMMITTEE
Gene Berardi Chair Adirondack Trailways
Doug Anderson Member Anderson Coach & Travel
Alan Glickman Member Starr Tours
Jim Jalbert Member C & J Lines
Tom JeBran Member Trans-Bridge Lines
Daryl Johnson Member J & J Tours and Charters
John Miller Member/Treasurer Miller Transportation Inc.
Ian Smart Member Motor Coach Industries
Steve Woelfel Member Jefferson Lines
Don DeVivo Ex-Officio DATTCO Inc.
Eric Braendel Staff ABA
The Finance and Budget Committee will be the committee principally charged with developing and reviewing the ABA budget, investments and other finances. The Finance and Budget Committee will help develop the proposed budget each year and will provide oversight to the Board throughout the year.
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2019 GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE John Meier Chair Badger Coaches
Doug Anderson Member Anderson Coach & Travel
Michael Colborne Member Pacific Western Transit Co
David Eaton Member Conway Tours Tony Fiorini Member Silverado Stages
Jim Jalbert Member C&J Lines
Tom JeBran Member Trans-Bridge Lines
Craig Lentzsch Member Chris Shepler Member Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry Francis Tedesco Member Academy Bus
Gene Berardi Ex-Officio Adirondack Trailways
Don DeVivo Ex-Officio DATTCO Inc. Peter Pantuso Staff ABA The Governance Committee is the Board Committee principally charged with reviewing the attendance and participation of existing Board members at Board meetings, determining the turnover of Board seats, vetting viable candidates for election to the Board by the membership, orienting new Board members, and re-nominating expiring Directors to the Board. The Committee also evaluates the performance of the Board, its structure, degree of membership representation, and meeting format The ABA Past Chair chairs the Governance Committee.
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2019 GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS & POLICY COMMITTEE Jim Jalbert Chair C & J Lines Chris Anzuoni Vice Chair Plymouth & Brockton Street
Railway Co.
Suzanne Rohde Staff ABA Non-members: Ron Eyre *All Board Members serve on the Government Affairs and Policy Committee unless they ask to be removed. The Government Affairs & Policy Committee is the Board Committee principally charged with developing, reviewing, and disseminating the policy positions taken by the ABA on issues such as highway infrastructure, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the status of federal funding programs. The committee will often be presented with the emerging transportation issues of the day and will be depended upon to recommend policy strategies that the Association may pursue. A member of the Executive Committee chairs the Policy & Government Affairs Committee. Alternates and Meeting Invitees Chris Crean Peter Pan Bus Lines David Coburn Steptoe & Johnson Greg Cohen Greyhound Lines Sean Hughes Coach USA Jonathan Miller Volvo Tom Picknelly Peter Pan Bus Lines Bob Schwarz Highway Users/Greyhound Lines
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2019 MARKETPLACE STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE
Open Chair
David Eaton Vice Chair Conway Tours Group
Bryan Cole Member Super Holiday Tours
Terry Fischer Member Transportation Charter
Services
Tom JeBran Member Trans-Bridge Lines Daryl Johnson Member J & J Tours and Charters John Miller Member Miller Transportation Inc.
Camilla Morris Member Hale Transportation
Oneonta Division Stephanie Parr-Brooks Member Globus
John Percy Member Destination Niagara USA
Polina Raygorodskaya Member Wanderu
Chris Shepler Member Shepler’s Mackinac Island
Ferry
Mikie Shepler Member Ride the Ducks of Seattle Linda Spruill Member Beau Rivage Resort &
Casino
Gene Berardi Ex-Officio Adirondack Trailways
Don DeVivo Ex-Officio DATTCO Inc. Lynn Brewer Staff ABA
Marketplace Strategic Planning Committee: This committee is principally charged with establishing a strategic plan that will allow ABA’s Marketplace to continue to evolve and to conduct a critical review of important benchmarks of the show’s growth, gauging its true successes and shortcomings.
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2019 MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Don DeVivo Chair DATTCO Inc. David Eaton Vice Chair Conway Tours Tina Abellanosa Member Gaylord Opryland Resort
Bryan Cole Member Super Holiday Tours Anthony Fiorini Member Silver State Trailways
Terry Fischer Member Transportation Charter
Services
Rich Gilbert Member MD Office of Tourism Sandy Haines Member Myrtle Beach Area CVB Patti Lloyd Member Cape Cod Chamber/CVB Camilla Morris Member Hale Transportation
Oneonta Division
Stephanie Parr-Brooks Member Globus
John Percy Member Niagara Tourism & Convention Corp.
Karen Sanders Member Bus Supply Charters Chris Shepler Member Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry Mikie Shepler Member Ride the Ducks of Seattle Linda Spruill Member Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Bill Torres Member DC Trails Gene Berardi Ex-Officio Adirondack Trailways Peter Pantuso Staff ABA The Membership Committee is the ABA Committee principally charged with recommending policies, procedures, and strategies for enhancing the membership in ABA both numerically and qualitatively. The Membership Committee, working in cooperation with ABA’s Board, President & CEO, and selected staff, is responsible for investigating new markets for membership growth, evaluating ABA partnerships through established benchmarks and ensuring the retention of current members through the offerings of services that meet their needs.
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2019 STRATEGIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Capitol Bus Lines
Greyhound Saucon
Anderson Coach & TravelConcord Coach Lines
Concord Coach Lines
Greyhound Lines
Coach USAPacific Western
ABC CompaniesSilverado Stages
Buddy YoungAl SmithMike McDonal Doug Anderson Ben Blunt Woody Blunt Bill Blankenship Linda Burtwistle Michael Colborne Dane Cornell Tony Fiorini Terry Fischer
Alan Glickman
James Jalbert Craig Lentzsch John Meier John Miller Ron Moore Ian Smart Gene Berardi Don DeVivo Brandon Buchanan Peter Pantuso
Chair
BISC Chair
BusMARC Chair
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Ex-Officio
Ex-Officio
Staff
Staff
Transportation Charter
Services
Starr Bus Charter & ToursC&J Bus Lines
Badger Coaches
Miller Transportation Inc.
Burlington Trailways Motor Coach Industries Adirondack Trailways DATTCO
ABA
ABA
The Strategic Safety Committee is the Board Committee charged with the developing, reviewing and directing ABA’s strategic safety goals and initiatives. In meetings, committee members will review all safety related policy issues, the Bus Industry Safety Council (BISC) issues agenda for consistency with committee goals and ABA policy positions, oversee ABA participation in the Motor Coach Standards Review Council, and assess research proposals on strategic safety issues.
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2019 TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
Alex Berardi Chair Adirondack Trailways
Ben Blunt Member Concord Coach Lines
Kyle DeVivo Member DATTCO
John Henry Member Martz Group
John Meier Member Badger Coaches
Polina Raygorodskaya Member Wanderu
Gregory Tedesco Member Academy Bus
Eugene Berardi Ex-Officio Adirondack Trailways
Don DeVivo Ex-Officio DATTCO
The Technology Committee will be the committee principally charged with monitoring and analyzing technological change and developments that could affect the motorcoach, travel and tourism industry.
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2019 TIME-PLACE COMMITTEE
Gene Berardi Chair Adirondack TrailwaysMike Butts Member Visit Charlotte
Michael Colborne Member Pacific Western
Transportation
Bryan Cole Member Super Holiday Tours
Dave Eaton Member Conway Tours/Gray Line
of Rhode Island
Craig Lentzsch Member
Stephanie Parr-Brooks Member Globus Polina Raygorodskaya Member WanderuChris Shepler Member Shepler’s Mackinac Island
Ferry
Mikie Shepler Member Ride the Ducks of Seattle
Don DeVivo Ex-Officio DATTCO Inc. Peter Pantuso Staff ABA Lynn Brewer Staff ABA
The Time and Place Committee is the Board Committee principally charged with reviewing the venues, geographic orientation, and timing of the meetings of the Board of Directors. This includes reviewing the progress, contractor proposals and venue bids for prospective and anticipated Marketplace sites.
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