Sluggers. Tom Armstrong

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Join Green Fleet

magazine in

acknowl-edging the inaugural

group of 40 Sustainability

All-Stars for all they do

to help green fleets and

sustain the environment.

T

he first-ever Sustainability

All-Star award recipients will be

recognized Oct. 4 at the Green Fleet

Conference in Texas.

Green Fleet

mag-azine staff reviewed nominees

submit-ted online based on professional

lon-gevity, accomplishments (significant

sustainability achievements),

innova-tion (innovative ways individuals have

contributed to reducing emissions and

fuel consumption), and overall

indus-try involvement.

Altogether, these fleet professionals

have reduced greeenhouse gas

emis-sions, created green fleet and

sustain-ability policies, and have dedicated

their time and energy to ensuring the

path to sustainability is clear.

The following are the 40

individu-als, including commercial and public

sector fleet managers as well as

ven-dors/suppliers recognized for their

outstanding achievements in green

fleet sustainability in 2011.

For additional information on each

All-Star, visit

www.greenfleetmaga-zine.com/magazine/.

Sluggers

By Lauren Fletcher

✪ _{richard battersby} ✪ Director, FLeet ServiceS UniverSity oF caLiFornia, _DaviS ■ Involved in design/construction

of nu-merous alt-fuel/EV

charging stations.

■

More than 15 years in alt-fuel _vehicles.

■_{Partnered in $11.5M}

clean air project funding. Fleet Stats: 953 units, 45% green ✪ _{tom armstrong}✪ Director oF FLeet thySSenKrUpp eLevator ■ Goal to reduce fuel consumption 20%

through 2015.

■ Utilizing propane autogas as AFVs. ■ Created “5 Cs of Analyzing AFVs.”

Fleet Stats:_{3,100 units, 20% green}

✪ _{donna bibbo, caFm}_✪ manager, FLeet & traveL

novo norDiSK, inc. ■ Downsized to 4-cyl. engines and

in-cluded hybrid and diesel options.

■ Decreased average CO_{2 emissions by}

7.8% since 2007.

■ Increased fuel mileage by 8.4%.

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✪_{ed bobit} ✪ chairman BoBit BUSineSS meDia ■ Operates bobit business

Media under a “green company _policy.”

■ launched

Green Fleetmagazine and e-mail newsletter

, the Green Fleet Conference, Environmental

leader-ship awards, and Sustainability _All-Star awards.

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✪douglas bond✪

tranSportation ServiceS mgr. aLameDa coUnty, caLiF.

■ Purchasing all-electric

and hybrid ve-hicles and utilizing b-20 for diesel units.

■ Using recycled oil, antifreeze, and

transmission fluid.

■ Project manager for grant partnership.

Fleet Stats: 1,043 units, 34% green

✪ mike britt✪ Director, maint. & engineering

UpS

■ Manges U.S. & international fleet

sus-tainability.

■led efforts in alt-fuel projects &

tech-nology, including CnG, lnG, propane, electric, hydrogen fuel cell, etc.

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✪_{gerry calk} ✪ FLeet oFFicer city oF aUStin, _texaS ■ _{nationally recognized}

for implemen -tation and use of alt-fuels

and manage-ment of sustainable

fleets.

■ More than 45 years

fleet experience_.

■ Experience

in fuel systems management.

Fleet Stats:

5,402 units, 60% green

✪_{Wendy daFoe} ✪ cLean citieS Sr. project

LeaDer nationaL renew_{aBLe energy}

LaB. ■ Managed U.S. DOE

Alternative Fuels and Advanced

Vehicles Data Center _for past 15 years.

■ Helps fleets reduce

petroleum con-sumption through _{tools on websites}

and technical assistance

project, as well as connections

to local and federal _funding.

✪_{bruce chesson}✪ aLternative FUeL program mgr.

naSa KenneDy Space center ■ Efforts displaced millions of gallons of

petroleum use.

■ Initiated numerous programs and

out-reach, coordinated ArrA, obtaining 39 EVs and 24 AFVs.

Fleet Stats: _{1,500+ units, 75% green}

✪deb Frodl✪ ge gLoBaL ev LeaDer & chieF

Strategy oFFicer ge capitaL FLeet ServiceS ■ Spent past six years focusing on fleet

sustainability products and services.

■ Pioneer in sustainable fleet

transpor-tation, driving adoption of EVs across industry.

■ leading GE’s EV Experience Tour. ✪larry campbell, cpFp

✪

FLeet management Director city oF Ft. wayne, in

■ Has 31 years experience

in fleet.

■ First in state to initiate idle-reduction

program with diesel engines.

■ “Green City” initiative reduced

emis-sions by 30% in city equipment. Fleet Stats: 1,857 units, 59% green

✪andy douglas✪

nat’L SaLeS mgr., SpeciaLty mar KetS Kenworth trUcK company

■ led Kenworth’s “Green Initiatives”

for past five years, covering markets for diesel-electric hybrid and natural gas trucks.

■ Works directly with Ports of los Ange

-les, long beach, Oakland, and Seattle

on clean truck strategies.

✪_{greg glander} ✪ government

SaLeS & aDvanceD technoLogieS vehic_{toyota motor} _{Le manager} SaLeS USa, inc. ■ Part of launch of first-gen

Toyota rAV4EV and first-gen _Prius.

■ Sold 350 first-gen

Prius models to new York City.

■_{responsible for Toyota’}

s Prius plug-in hybrid and rAV4EV _{fleet sales strategy}

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✪_{ernie iVy} ✪ Director,

FLeet management Div. city & coUnty oF Denver ■_{leading charge}

to green Denver’_{s fleet} for 20 years, beginning

with develop-ment of City motor _center.

■ led acquisition of hybrids in 2000 _and guided construction of sustainably _built fleet maintenance facility. Fleet Stats: 2,758 units, 45% green ✪keith leech✪ FLeet manager city oF Sacramento

■ reduced fleet gasoline consump

tion by 7.8% in 2010 vs. industry benchmarks.

■ Sustainable Fleet Program adopted

in 2007.

■ Decreased GHG emissions by 1,717

metric tons.

✪_{gerald koss} ✪ FLeet mKtg. & pro_{DUct Strategy}

mgr. ForD motor co., _naFLro ■ began commitment to sustainability with development of fleet sustainability strategy in 2001. ■

received 2010 AFVI _Industry Excel-lence Award on behalf

of Ford for ad-vancing use of alternative

fuels, vehi-cles, and advanced _{technologies.}

✪george karboWski ✪

Dir., operationS & maintenance FoothiLL tranSit

■ Assisted MTA move to more than

2,300 CnG buses and pioneered syn

-thetic transmission fluids.

■ Has 43 years of heavy-duty

truck and

bus fleet experience.

■ Managed methanol and ethanol fleets.

Fleet Stats: 338 units, 86% green

✪mark leuenberger✪ avp, SUppLy chain SvcS & FLeet mgmt.

cox enterpriSeS

■ leads fleet program in company’s

nation-al sustainability program, Cox Conserves.

■ Company reduced idle time up to 84%

in some markets.

■ Employees with fuel-efficient vehicles

receive premium parking access at HQ.

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✪_{george kilroy}✪ preSiDent & ceo

phh arvaL

■ Introduced first formal environmental

program for fleets, PHH GreenFleet.

■ named “EcoCEO” by baltimore

SmartCEO in 2010.

■ reduced PHH’s carbon footprint with

a goal to reduce company-wide GHG emissions 12% by 2014.

■ PHH obtained GE Energy Star rating. ✪_{robert hoWdyshell}✪ Dir., pUrchaSing & FLeet ServiceS

coUnty oF riverSiDe, caLiF. ■ Fleet has deployed alt-fuel vehicles

including methanol, nEV, CnG, hybrid, diesel-hybrid, and flex fuel.

■ Active in policy decisions such as

25-mpg minimum requirement.

Fleet Stats: _{4,099 units, 33% green}

✪daVe head✪

FLeet manager coUnty oF Sonoma, caLiF.

■ More than 20 years dedicated to fleet

sustainability.

■ Promotes hybrid-electric

vehicles and infrastructure.

■ County recognized as “Most EV ready

Community in bay Area.”

✪_{sherry leWis} ✪ Director UcLa FLeet & tran_Sit ■ Served more than

21 years at UClA, overall sustainable _{transportation}

goals are to reduce energy _consumption

and transition to renewable

power sources.

■ received three SCA

QMD Clean Air awards for innovative _{transportation.}

Fleet Stats:

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✪daVe meisel✪ Dir., tranSp. & aviation ServiceS

paciFic gaS & eLectric (pg&e) ■ Of 35 years in fleet, spent more than 15

years dedicated to alt-fuel technologies.

■ Worked on numerous CnG/lnG and

biodiesel projects as well as emissions reductions calculations.

■ Transportation electrification pioneer.

✪_{todd mouW}✪ vp, SaLeS & marKeting

roUSh cLeantech ■ Key player in development and

mar-keting of propane autogas vehicles since rOUSH CleanTech’s infancy.

■ leads the charge helping Fortune 500

companies reduce carbon footprint.

■ Deployed nearly 1,500 vehicles to

fleets nationwide in past two years.

✪allen mitchell, cpFp ✪

FLeet manager SnohomiSh coUnty, waSh.

■ County began diesel retrofitting with

diesel oxidation catalysts (DOCs) in 2005, completing 134 units by 2009.

■ began fleet-wide biodiesel use in

2008 and utilized E-10 since 2008, implement

-ing E-85 for 193 flex-fuel vehicles. Fleet Stats: 893 units, 62% green

✪_{thomas miller} ✪ nat’L ev commercia L FLeet SaLeS mgr. mitSUBiShi motor S north america ■_responsible for development of elec-tric vehicle commercial

fleet sales, intro-ducing the i car at more _{than 20 events.}

■ Developed

and designed

processes for new EV commercial

fleet dept., which will be responsible

for 50% of Mitsubishi i sales volume.

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✪joseph mckinney✪

preSiDent oregon roaDS, inc.

■ Co-authored book advocating region

-al solutions to peak oil and greenhouse gas emissions.

■ Advocates for the recycling of rV in

-dustry infrastructure into a local manu -facturing center for EVs.

■ Has 28 years industry

experience. ✪ michael mcgarry✪ FLeet SaLeS mgr., aLternative energy vehicLeS generaL motorS Fco ■ Played role in introduction

of Chevro-let Express and GMC _{Savana CnG vans.}

■ McGarry’s biofuels

team won Chair-man’s Honors Award

in 2008 and is mar-keting 19 flex-fuel vehicles for 2011 model-year. ✪_{dick malcom}✪ FLeet aDminiStrator State Farm mUtUaL aUtomoBiLe

inSUrance co.

■ Acquired first Toyota Prius in 2001,

im-plementing several in fleet in 2004-2005.

■ More than 75% of purchases are

SmartWay certified for past two model-years.

✪rick longobart ✪

FaciLitieS, FLeet & StoreS manager city oF Santa ana, caLiF.

■ 30 years in green fleet management.

■Government Fleet magazine Visionary

leadership award winner.

■ recognized for waste reduction

and achievements from California Gover

-nor’s Office.

✪_{gary rappepor} t ✪ ceo DonLen ■ launched GreenDriver program to im-prove driver productivity_.

■ Collaborated

with EDF to create Fleets for Change_.

■

Partnered with EPA Sm_{artWay and} Sierra Club on program_{s to assist fleets} with vehicle alternatives

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✪_{phil schreiber} ✪ FLeet manager,

north america otiS Service center ■_{Embarked on right-sizing}

mission dur-ing last four years downsizdur-ing

half of ve-hicle replacement _orders.

■ Saved more than 500,000

gallons of fuel in last three years.

Fleet Stats:

3,500 units, 20% green

✪_{matt sandstrom}✪ moBiLity DiviSion manager cLean energy coaLition ■ leads Michigan Green Fleets and

Detroit Area Clean Cities.

■ Working with Michigan fleets to

de-ploy more than 500 cleaner vehicles and build more than 50 alternative-fueling stations to support the vehicles.

✪john thomas✪ ceo & co-FoUnDer

aLte

■ brings 29 years of engineering,

pro-gram, and operations experience from GM, Toyota, Ford, and Tier 1 suppliers.

■ led Tesla Motor’s Michigan Tech

Cen-ter for three years prior to AlTe.

■ AlTe’s powertrain system will be

in-stalled in fleet vehicles in 2012.

✪jim ruby✪

manager, FLeet ServiceS Uc San Diego

■ Under his guidance, UCSD procured

more than 50 hybrid-electric cars and converted 40% of fleet to zero emissions.

■ led diesel fleet conversion to b-20

biodiesel and developed plans for alternative-fuels station.

✪chris tepas✪

chieF marKeting oFFicer emKay FLeet management

■ Spearheaded all internal driven

pro-grams revolving around green

initiatives since 2008.

■ Created goGrEEn program

to support fleets with carbon tracking, certification, and carbon offsetting.

■ SmartWay partner

since 2008.

✪_{jerome Webber} ✪ vp, gLoBaL FLeet opera_tionS

at&t ■ Spearheads commitment

to alternative fuels, diverted more than 4_{,500 tires from} landfills, and launched _{anti-idling initiative}

.

■ Collected more than

355,000 gallons of used oil. Fleet Stats: 71,500+ units, 6% green ✪_{greg zilberFarb} ✪ preSiDent the SaLeS networ_K ■

Consults with PErC to provide sup-port for propane-powered

technology.

■ Designed propane mower

product studies and created and implemented the annual Propane _{Engine Fuel Summit.}

■ Created several PErC webinars. ✪steVe Weir, caFm

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aSSiStant commiSSioner & acting FLeet manger

city oF new yorK

■ Started buying 30% of light-duty

vehi-cles as alt-fuel units in 1991.

■ Uses b-5 and b-20 in diesel

units.

■ Purchased and retrofitted Cn

G and flex-fuel vehicles.

✪_{stephe yborra}✪ Director ngvamerica

■ responsible for market outreach,

includ-ing webinars, trade shows, and articles.

■ Created educational programs,

includ-ing Compellinclud-ing Workshop Series.

■ Works with industry and OEMs to

as-sess market opportunities and challeng-es, helping evaluate strategies to ex-pand nGV market.