The NAFA Fleet Management Association announced the full class of 2012-2013 Certified Automotive Fleet Manager (CAFM) and Certified Automotive Fleet Specialist (CAFS) graduates at the NAFA Institute & Expo. Of the 36 total CAFM graduates, 22 work for public-sector fleets. NAFA had announced early graduates (those who had obtained CAFM certification during the first half of the year) in February.

Government Fleet congratulates the public-sector fleet professionals who obtained CAFM and CAFS designation. Below are CAFM graduates, with new graduates listed in bold below.

• Nancy Bean, CAFM, fleet manager, City of Redmond, Wash.

• Jesse Beeks, CAFM, fleet operations supervisor, City of Fayetteville, Ark.

• Cheri Carter, CAFM, fleet analyst, City of Abilene, Texas

• Gregory Dimesa, CAFM,  director, City of New York Police Department
  

• Jerry Drake, CAFM, equipment maintenance superintendent, City of Tucson, Ariz.

• Rick Haggard, CAFM, fleet project manager, Seattle City Light, Wash.

• Nina Hoffert, CAFM, fleet manager, City of Lakewood, Colo.

• Gary Lowe, CAFM, fleet administrator, City of Tucson, Ariz.

• Joseph Luxem, CAFM, automotive maintenance crew chief, City of Seattle

• Merle McCullough, CAFM, fleet manager, Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kan.

• Richard Panneton, CAFM, national manager, Land Fleet, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ottawa, Ontario

• James Perkins, CAFM, superintendent, Fleet Services, Metro Vancouver, British Columbia

• Daniel Reichel, CAFM, fleet manager, State of Washington Department of Natural Resources

• Kevin Schlangen, CAFM, fleet manager, Dakota County, Minn.

• Donald Scruggs, CAFM, fleet maintenance officer, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Md.

• Sydney Sexton, CAFM, assistant director, Fleet Services, Harris County, Texas

• Scott Simonton, CAFM, fleet services manager, City of Wilsonville, Ore.

• Tamzen Smith, CAFM, fleet superintendent, City of Tucson, Ariz.

• Richard Sweepe, CAFM, equipment managemetn superintendent, City of Goodyear, Ariz.

• Jack Tolmich, CAFM, fleet operations administrator, Denver Water Dept., Colo.

• Michael Webster, CAFM, manager of fleet services, Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, Ill.

• Amanda Wilson, CAFM, fleet manager, Indiana University

The public-sector CAFS graduates are:

• Kevin Austin, CAFS, fleet manager, City of Portland, Maine

• Daniel Bent, CAFS, AS II, State of Delaware Office of Fleet Management

• Francois Brosseau, CAFS, senior program analyst, Government of Canada Parks

• Dale Collins, CAFS, fleet services supervisor, Fairfax Water, Va.

• Donald Gabel, CAFS, field supervisor, Lake Havasu City Vehicle Maintenance, Ariz.

• Brock Hollingsworth, CAFS, mechanic supervisor, Arapahoe County, Colo.

• Milena Laban, CAFS, strategic coordinator, City of Edmonton, Alberta

• Cyril  Leon, CAFS, fleet equipment specialist, City of Tucson, Ariz.

• Mario Menendez, CAFS, fleet maintenance supervisor, County of Collier Fleet Management, Fla.

• Timothy Sanderson, CAFS, director of transportation services, City of Brandon, Manitoba

• Gaye Shockley, CAFS, fleet supervisor, City of Lake Jackson, Texas

• Mark Stephens, CAFS, garage manager, Snohomish County Public Utility District #1, Wash.

• John  Tennant, CAFS, fleet maintenance superintendent, City of Tucson, Ariz.

• Henry Verner, CAFS, manager of fleet & materials, City of Brandon, Manitoba

• Christina Wear, CAFS, fleet management specialist, Snohomish County Public Utility District #1, Wash.

• Russell White, CAFS, equipment analyst, Palm Beach County Fleet Management, Fla.