City of Arizona Fleet Director Wins Association's Fleet Manager of the Year Award
MESA, AZ - Pete Scarafiotti, fleet director for the City of Mesa, Ariz., was presented with the Fleet Manager of the Year award by the Rocky Mountain Fleet Management Association during their annual national conference on Sept. 28.

MESA, AZ - Pete Scarafiotti, fleet director for the City of Mesa, Ariz., was presented with the Fleet Manager of the Year award by the Rocky Mountain Fleet Management Association during their annual national conference on Sept. 28.
The National Board of Directors of the association made the presentation based upon the City of Mesa having achieved the ASE Blue Seal of Excellence along with a number of other innovations introduced by Pete Scarafiotti to the City of Mesa Fleet Department during the past year.
The Rocky Mountain Fleet Management Association is an incorporated non-profit educational association formed in 1976 to enhance the practice of fleet management for managers and personnel of both private and public sector fleet organizations. The association has chapters in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Nevada and has more than 850 individual members representing fleets from across the United States and Canada.
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