Nominee named for NAPT affiliate member director
Marisa Weisinger, technical specialist for Innovative Transportation Solutions in Houston, is nominated by officials from Q'Straint/Sure-Lok and Hydrotex to run for the position. It will be available this fall at the conclusion of the NAPT Summit when Mike Roscoe of the C.E. White Co. steps down after fulfilling a two-year term.
ALBANY, N.Y. — Marisa Weisinger, technical specialist for Innovative Transportation Solutions in Houston, has been nominated to run for the National Association for Pupil Transportation’s (NAPT) affiliate member director.
The position will be available this fall at the conclusion of the 37th Annual NAPT Conference & Trade Show in Cincinnati when current Affiliate Member Director Mike Roscoe, director of school business products for the C.E. White Co., steps down after fulfilling a two-year term.
Weisinger was nominated by Steve Barker, national OEM account manager for Q'Straint/Sure-Lok, and Dwight Gleaves, vice president of sales for Hydrotex.
Elections for president-elect and director of Region 2 and director of Region 4 also will be held during the conference.
Any person who wishes to be a candidate for NAPT president-elect, regional director or director-at-large must be an active member of the association for at least two years. A candidate for affiliate member director must be a current business partner and must have completed two years as an NAPT member in good standing before he or she can become eligible to run for the board of directors.
Moreover, anyone interested in running for president-elect, regional director or director-at-large must be nominated by a minimum of two active individual members of the association; candidates for regional director must be nominated by individuals from that particular region. Individuals running for affiliate member director must be nominated by at least two current business partner individual members.
The president-elect and at-large directors are selected by vote from all active members. Regional directors are selected by vote of only those active members whose mailing address is within that specific region. The affiliate member director is chosen by NAPT business partner individual members only.
Call (800) 989-NAPT or visit the association’s website for additional information.
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