The National Private Truck Council (NPTC) presented its F.L.E.E.T. Leadership Awards April 25, 2005, at the NPTC 2005 Annual Education Management Conference and Exhibition
held in Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Private Fleet Executive of the Year, NPTC's highest individual award, went to Tom Stedman, director of corporate transportation for Walgreens in
Illinois. Stedman joined Walgreens in 1958 as a store clerk in a Chicago store. He left the company in 1959 but returned in 1974 as manager of private carrier operations in corporate transportation. He has a degree in business administration and general science from Northwestern University.
Stedman is a past president and chairman of the National Private Carrier
Council and the Chain Store Traffic League. He has also served on the
board of the Illinois Trucking Assn. and is an instructor at Oakton Community College.
The Fleet Safety Professional of the Year went to Charlie Rottmund, manager of
global transport operations for BOC Process Gas Solutions in Butler, Pa. Rottmund has been involved in the safety and fleet operations in the bulk transport industry for 35 years. His current responsibilities include the safety, transport and maintenance for six continents on which BOC operates. He is also the leader of new integrated management systems and standards for BOC worldwide. Rottmund was an active member of the NPTC board of directors from 1987 through 2004, and was recently board chairman.
The Fleet Member of the Year Award this year honored Bruce Perkins, CTP, director of logistics and branch operations for Yorktowne Inc. in Red Lion, Pa.
Perkins has been with Yorktowne Cabinets for 17 years. He transitioned from an over-the-road regional private fleet to one that included a mixed private fleet for local delivery. Perkins has been in the private fleet, transportation, distribution and logistics field for more than 30 years. He earned his CTP designation in 1996. Since then, he's been a member of the NPTC Safety Committee, which he currently chairs. He has also been a member of the Legislative and Regulatory Advisory Committee and the National Advisory Board since their inceptions. Perkins has presented workshops at previous NPTC Annual Conferences and represented NPTC at several Idealease Seminars.
This year's winner of the Allied Member of the Year was Dave Ellis, director of business development for J.J. Keller and Associates in Neenah, Wisc. Ellis has spent the past 28 years at J.J. Keller assessing, evaluating and implementing a variety of business ventures to extend Keller's reach into new markets. As director of business development, Ellis has directed and overseen the development of contracts involving regulatory compliance assurance programs. He has also developed and implemented marketing plans for the company's Custom Solutions Department. Ellis has his bachelor's degree in education from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. He's also completed marketing and executive management training at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Business Institute.
The Membership Development Award went to Tony Jolly, CTP operations manager - dedicated fleets/Nistevo for General Mills in Minneapolis, Minn. Jolly began his career in transportation 28 years ago, working with both private and dedicated fleets. He received his CTP certification with the first graduating class in 1993 and has attended every NPTC Annual Education Management Conference since. Jolly has helped shape the direction of NPTC by serving on the NPTC board of directors since 1992. He previously served on the Safety Committee from 1991 to 1999.
Fleet Graphics Awards
Also announced during this ceremony were the Commercial Vehicle Graphics Awards. This year's award winners were:
Day Category
First Place: Sargento Foods, Inc., Plymouth, Wisc.
Second Place: Oberweis Dairy, North Aurora, Ill.
Third Place: Mayfield Dairy Farms Inc., Athens, Tenn.
Honorable Mention: PureFact, St. Joseph, Mo.
Night Category
First Place: Cooper Tire Company, Findlay, Ohio
Second Place: Sunoco Inc., Wyomissing, Pa.
Third Place: The Schwan Food Company, Marshall, Minn.