TENURED FACULTY and NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

& ADDITIONAL PRESENTERS

The Conference Tenured Faculty, National Advisory Board and additional Presenters comprise a slate of more than 40 experts who are charged with offering you workable, practical answers to your vital information needs, questions and issues.
        Linda F. Bluth, Tenured Faculty, Emeritus, will continue to offer advice and council on the conference agenda and on selection of presenters, although effective for the 2012 conference she is retiring from presenting at this and other national conferences.

Linda F. Bluth, Ed.D, Ph.D
Director, Office of Quality Assurance & Monitoring, Div. of Special   Ed/Early Intervention Services
Maryland Dept. of Education; and President, National Assn. for Pupil Transportation

Peggy A. Burns, Esq.
Consultant and Owner

Education Compliance Group, Inc.

Pauline M. Gervais
Consultant, Education Compliance Group, Inc., and former Executive Director of Transportation, Denver Public Schools

Alexandra H. Robinson, M.Ed
Presiden, NAPT, and Executive Director, Office of Pupil Transportation, New York City Dept. of Education

Susan Englert Shutrump, OTR/L
Supervisor, Occupational & Physical
Therapy Services
Trumbull County ESC, OH

Cheryl Wolf
Special Needs Transportation Specialist, and former Transportation Supervisor, Lafayette IN School Corp.

Jean M. Zimmerman, PT
Supervisor, Occupational & Physical Therapy
Palm Beach County School District, FL
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ADDITIONAL PRESENTERS, 2012

Greg Akin, Transportation Director, Volusia County Schools, and President, Florida Assn. for Pupil Transportation

Theresa Anderson, Anderson Consulting

Marilyn J. Bull, MD
Morris Green Professor of Pediatrics
Developmental Pediatrics
Riley Hospital for Children

Barbara L. Bush, Ed.D
Director, Exceptional Student Education & Student Services
Volusia County School District

Diane Clinkscales, Transportation Facilities Coordinator, NeighborImpact Head Start

Michele E. Drorbaugh, Assistant Manager Field Operationsr, Seattle Public Schools

Susan Hunt, Transportation Services Coordinator, Oregon Child Development Coalition

Julie Jilek, Director of Business Services & Facilities, Northwest Suburban Special Education Organization

Nancy Kessler, Special Needs Coordinator, Katy ISD

NATIONAL BOARD OF ADVISORS

Kathleen A. Furneaux
Executive Director
Pupil Transportation Safety Institute

Mark Hinson, SPHR
Chief Human Resourse Officer
Adams 12 Five Star Schools, and Consultant, Education Compliance Group, Inc.

Charlie Hood
School Transportation Director
Florida Dept. of Education

and President, Natl. Assn. of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services (NASDPTS)

Charley Kennington

Director, Transportation Solutions

Region 4 ESC, Houston

National School Transportation Assn., represented by John Benish, Chief Coperating Officer, Cook-Illinois Corporation

NATIONAL SPECIAL NEEDS TEAM SAFETY ROADEO COORDINATOR

Cheryl Wolf

Special Needs Transportation Specialist

Local Host/Coordinator: Orange County School District, Vicki Creech, Training Representative

SUPPLIER TRAINING FACILITATORS

The following individuals participate in training sessions sponsored by their companies during the conference.
Steve Barker and Craig Gerold, Sure-Lok
Aaron Harris, BESI, Inc.
Craig Leonard, Thomas Bus


2012 PRESENTERS (Cont'd)

Charlene Majors, Training Specialist & Consultations

Kathy Mewborn, Safety and Driver Training, Rockdale County Schools

Pete Meslin, Transportation Director, Newport Mesa USD, Costa Mesa CA

Sharon Pierluissi, Regional Manager, Cook-Illinois Corporation

Launi Schmutz, Transportation Administrator, Washington County School District

Larry Schneider, PhD., Research Professor, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)

Jamie S. Warrington, Transportation Specialist, ESE & Operations
School Transportation Management Section, Florida Dept of Education