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New NAPT board members elected

Don Carnahan of Zonar Systems is president-elect and Barry Sudduth of Stafford County Public Schools in Virginia is elected Region 2 director. Ken Mulder of Special School District of St. Louis County in Missouri is elected Region 4 director and Dave McDonald of Rosco Vision Systems is affiliate member director. Also during the Summit, winners were chosen for the NAPT poster contest.

November 3, 2011
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ALBANY, N.Y. — During the NAPT Summit in Cincinnati last week, association members elected new officials to serve on the NAPT board of directors.

Don Carnahan, vice president of business development at Zonar Systems, is president-elect.

Barry Sudduth, transportation supervisor at Stafford County Public Schools in Fredericksburg, Va., was elected Region 2 director and Ken Mulder, director of transportation at Special School District of St. Louis County in Town & Country, Mo., was elected Region 4 director.

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Dave McDonald, director of business development and technical sales at Rosco Vision Systems, was chosen as affiliate member director.

Moreover, Linda Bluth's two-year term as president of the association came to an end in Cincinnati; industry consultant Alexandra Robinson stepped into the role.

This entry from Samantha Bussell of Lafayette, Tenn., was the overall winner of NAPT’s 2011 National School Bus Safety Week Poster Contest. Photo by Jaime Gallego

Also during the summit, winners were chosen for the 2011 National School Bus Safety Week Poster Contest. The theme was "I See the Driver — The Driver Sees Me!"

The winners are:

Division I

1st Place — Odette Padron, High Point, N.C.

2nd Place — Josie McCall, Lafayette, Tenn.

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3rd Place — Jennifer Russell, Port Orange, Fla.

Division II

1st Place and Overall Winner — Samantha Bussell, Lafayette, Tenn.

2nd Place — Jennifer Sieredzki, Clayton, N.C.

3rd Place — Louisa Nikolova, Coon Rapids, Minn.

Division III

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1st Place — Kelly Guo, Kapolei, Hawaii

2nd Place — Elina Gouw, Portland, Ore.

3rd Place — Victoria Tu, Northbrook, Ill.

Division IV

1st Place — Patricia Kontomichalos, West Hempstead, N.Y.

2nd Place — Ricardo Aguilar, Oakland Park, Fla.

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3rd Place — James Hundl, Dickinson, Texas

Computer Assisted Drawing Division

1st Place — Marley Robb, Baker City, Ore.

2nd Place — Myles Williams, Colorado Springs, Colo.

3rd Place — Micah Weis, Mullens, W.Va.

International

1st Place — Hinane Murata, Japan

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This year’s poster contest theme will become the theme of next year’s national School Bus Safety Week.

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