ABA Elects New Members To Board Of Directors

February 20, 2008

For Immediate Release
Contact: Eron Shosteck
Phone: 202-218-7220

The American Bus Association elected more than a dozen new members to its Board of Directors [1] during the organization's annual meeting in conjunction with its 2008 Marketplace event held earlier this month in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

They are Darren Berg, CEO of MTR Western in Seattle; Bill Bergstrom, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Coach America in Dallas; Dane Cornell, President & CEO of ABC Companies in Winter Garden, Florida; Dave Leach, President & CEO of Greyhound Lines in Dallas; Rick Manna, Sales Manager of ZF Industries in Vernon Hills, Illinois; John Meier, General Manager & CEO of Badger Coaches in Madison, Wisconsin; Dale Moser, CEO of Coach USA in Paramus, New Jersey; C.W. Newman, Vice President of Express Transportation in Orlando; Arthur Keith, Senior Vice President & General Manager of Gaylord Opryland in Nashville; Ross Summers, President & CEO of the Branson Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce & CVB; Greg Shipley, CEO of Academic Travel Services in Hendersonville, North Carolina; and Sara Hamlin, Vice President of Tourism for the Greater Birmingham CVB and 2009 Marketplace Chair for the event scheduled to take place January 7-12 in Charlotte.

"We warmly welcome the new members of our Board of Directors for the commitment of their time and energy to an ambitious program we're already making more robust on behalf of every ABA member," ABA President & CEO Peter Pantuso said.

"ABA is truly a diverse organization in every sense of the word, and I'm proud our new Board members embody that spirit," said ABA Chairman Doug Anderson. "The new members mirror the breadth of our membership, including bus operators, tour operators, suppliers, hoteliers, and travel and tourism destinations. From Seattle to Florida, our new Directors also personify our coast-to-coast focus."

The new Board members were elected unanimously by a voice vote of ABA's members.

The American Bus Association is the trade organization of the intercity bus industry with more than 1000 motorcoach owner and tour company members in the United States and Canada. Its members operate charter, tour, regular route, airport express, special operations and contract services. Another 2,600 members are travel and tourism organizations and suppliers of bus products and services who work in partnership with the North American motorcoach industry.