NAPT Foundation - Committed to School Bus Transportation Safety

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At the helm of the NAPT Foundation are a number of experts who, combined, offer well over 100 years of experience in the pupil transportation field. These industry-recognized leaders have helped to advance safety issues on the state and national level for many years, and are committed to raising pupil transportation safety standards.

	Don M. Carnahan Renton, Washington As director of market development for Laidlaw Education Services, Don has nearly 40 years' experience in transportation. He served as a teacher and administrator in Renton School District, and spent 22 years in the Department of Education in the State of Washington. Don was president of the National Association for Pupil Transportation, the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation, the Washington Traffic Safety Education Association, served on the Board of Directors of the American Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association and the Pupil Transportation Safety Institute.
	Thomas R. Cellitti Elmhurst, Illinois As the vice president of International Bus and Truck Corporation, Tom is the general manager of one of the nation's largest school bus manufacturer. Having been with International since 1975, he has been a driving force in the production of "green diesel technology," delivering environmentally-friendly school bus engines six years ahead of a national proposal. Tom is a board member of the Pupil Transportation Safety Institute, the National Association of Pupil Transportation and the American Transportation Corporation.
	Ed Donn Calhoun, Georgia With nearly 40 years experience in the education field, Ed served as the director of transportation for districts in Maryland and Georgia. He has been elected president of the National Association of Pupil Transportation twice in his career, and has also been president of the Georgia and Maryland State organizations. A consultant on pupil transportation issues to school board associations, Ed was inducted into the NAPT Hall of Fame in 2001.
	Robert Pape Long Island, New York With over 25 years experience in the industry, Robert is the past president of the National Association for Pupil Transportation. Working for the past 19 years as director of transportation for the Lawrence Public Schools, he has also served as a board member of the New York State Association for Pupil Transportation as well as first president of the Pupil Transportation Safety Institute. He has served as a delegate on the National School Bus Standards Conference in 1985, 1990, 1995 and 2000, and is consulted regularly on pupil transportation safety issues across the United States.
	Carroll Pitts Marietta, Georgia As the executive director of transportation for the Cobb County School District, Carroll supervises one of the largest school transportation operations in the state. He is a past president of the Georgia and South Carolina Associations for Pupil Transportation, past President and Board member for the National Association for Pupil Transportation. Additionally, he chairs the Georgia State Patrol Educational Training Committee and the School Bus Chassis Writing Committee for the National Conference on School Transportation.

Each year, approximately 440,000 school buses travel over 4.3 billion miles, serving over 24 million school-aged children. With over 10 billion student trips per year, school buses are recognized as the safest mode of transportation in the world.