POSITION:    President & CEO

                        Beck Bus Transportation Corp.

 EXPERIENCE:

• Over 30 years experience with Beck Bus
• Over 30 years experience in the transportation business
• Administrates, executes, directs, and oversees all transportation operations for Beck Bus Transportation Corporation  (Over 20 contracts operating from seven satellite terminals, 300 employees, 250+ school bus units, 13 transit coaches, and 18 charter coaches)
• Advisor and administrator for all business aspects of the company
• Member of National School Transportation Association

  • Serving as President
  • Served on Site-Selection & Energy Committees
  • Served on Association and Industry Development     
  • Committee
  • Presently serving on Board of Directors of Institute for School
  • Bus Safety, Inc.
  • Served as “Director at Large” of N.S.T.A.

• Member of Illinois School Transportation Association

  • Past President – serving all offices on state level
  • Past Chairman of Illinois State School Bus Rodeo

• Served on 1985 Writing Committee for revisions to Federal Minimum Standards for School Bus Operations Manual
• Currently serving Illinois State Chamber of Commerce Board as Past President
• Past Director of Boatmen’s Bank of Mt. Vernon
• Director for U.S. Bank
• Currently serving as Vice Chairman of Operation for the Illinois Development Finance Authority Board
• Chairman of Police and Fire Commission for Mt. Vernon, IL
• Past President of Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce

EDUCATION & ORGANIZATIONS:  Back to top

• Graduate of Mt. Vernon H.S., Mt. Vernon, Illinois
• Graduate of Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
  • (1970 B.A. Degree in Accounting)
• 32^nd Degree Mason & Member of Ainad Shrine Temple
• Lifetime Member of Mt. Vernon Elks, B.P.O.E.
• Member of Missouri Athletic Club, St. Louis, MO
• Mt. Vernon Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and Past President
• Past Member and Board of Director of Green Hill Country Club
• Member and Past-President of Mt. Vernon Crime Stoppers
• Member and Past-President of Mt. Vernon Rotary West
• Member and served on Administrative Board of First United Methodist Church
• Past Member and Past Chairman of Mt. Vernon City Schools Foundation
• Director and Chairman of the Carl Lincoln Schweinfurth Foudnation
• Two Golden Merit Awards from National School Transportation Association
• Two Gold Safety Awards from Lancer Insurance Company
• Five time Paul Harris Award
• 1992 Entrepreneur of the Year by Jefferson County Chamber
• 1996 Small Business of the Year by Jefferson County Chamber
• 1996-97 Internal Affairs  Council of Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Chairman
• 1997 Citizen of the Year Award in Mt. Vernon
• 1997 Parade Marshal for 21^st Annual Sweet Corn & Watermelon Festival
• Small Business Person of the Year for Southern Illinois University
• 1998 Sam Walton Business Leader Award
• 1998 Commissioners Training Institute Module III
• 1998-99 Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Meritorious Award
• Southern Illinois University Business Leader of the Year Award
• Southern Illinois University College of Business and Administration Accounting Advisory Board
• Chairman of the Mt. Vernon Police and Fireman Board
• President of National School Transportation Association