NPTC Institute Announces 2003 CTP® Graduating Class

NPTC Institute Announces 2003 CTP® Graduating Class

Alexandria, VA – The NPTC Institute, the education and professional certification arm of the National Private Truck Council (NPTC), announces its 2003 CTP Graduating Class. The graduates were honored during a ceremony at the NPTC 14th Annual Education Management Conference, April 27, 2003, in St. Louis, Missouri.

The Certified Transportation Professional designation recognizes and validates a commitment to truck transportation management and represents an extraordinary level of skill, knowledge and experience for those individuals achieving this certification. The CTP program is the private fleet community’s only professionally certified form of recognition in the field of private fleet and transportation management.

The new graduates are:

	TOP GRADUATE: Debra Anne Stone, CTP Corporate Logistics Operations Analyst McKee Foods Corporation
	Thomas Bagwell, CTP Marketing Manager Peterson Power Systems
	Roger W. Baldwin, CTP Dispatch Manager Shaw Industries Group, Inc.
	Roger W. Baldwin, CTP Dispatch Manager Shaw Industries Group, Inc.
	Jim Corbean, Jr., CTP Transportation Manager – Southeast Region Orgill, Inc.
	John R. Defoor, CTP Assistant Terminal Manager Sentinel Transportation, LLC
	Paul Gade, CTP General Transportation Manager Best Buy Co., Inc.
	Louis “Dean” Green, CTP Transportation Manager McKee Foods Corporation
	Bradford J. Hewitt, CTP Regional Sales Vice President First Fleet Corporation
	Lon Huso, CTP Central Dispatch Manager The Schwan Food Company
	Jim Palmer, CTP Director of Transportation Guida’s Milk & Ice Cream
	William J. Saffer, CTP Dispatch Supervisor Dana Global Logistics
	Gary D. Schumann, CTP President Stoughton Trucking, Inc.
	Ronald Thoensen, Jr., CTP Truck Engine Account Manager Peterson Power Systems
	Keith L. Thurgood, CTP Director of Strategic Sourcing Frito-Lay, Inc.
	John H. Waisanen, CTP Safety Director Clifford W. Perham, Inc.
	Henry C. Weber, CTP Regional Leasing Manager Mack Leasing System
	John C. Williams, CTP Fleet Maintenance Superintendent McKee Foods Corporation David A. Zimmerman, CTP Manager Fleet Support Suburban Propane LP