TMC Award Winners Recognized for Service
The awards were presented during the council’s 2016 annual meeting at the Nashville Music City Center.
The winners included:
• Richard Winters, fleet manager, Verizon Fleet Operations, New Freedom, Pennsylvania, who was honored with the Peggy Fisher Study Group Leadership Award.
• Jason Gagnon, shop manager, Transport America, North Jackson, Ohio, who was honored with the Excellence in Maintenance Award.
• Anita Byrne, national sales manager, Mobile InnerSpace, Wapakoneta, Ohio; Todd Cross, sales manager, Delco Remy, Pendleton, Indiana; and Rob Nissen, national service manager, SAF-Holland USA, Muskegon, Michigan, who were honored as Recognized Associates.
• Alex Knight, market segmentation manager, Class C Solutions Group, Independence, Ohio, who was honored with the Study Group Secretary Award.
“For 60 years, TMC has worked to set and improve the standards for commercial vehicle maintenance and equipment,” said Carl Kirk, ATA vice president of maintenance, information technology and logistics and TMC executive director, “and these individuals exemplify that in their work every day. Congratulations to them and to all our hard-working TMC members who are setting the bar for our industry.”
The Peggy Fisher Study Group Leadership Award, established in 1986 and named after its first recipient, honors excellence in management of TMC study group activity. Candidates must demonstrate distinguished service as a study group chairman for three years, earn the respect of their peers, and demonstrate leadership in the creation of new recommended practices and organizing technical programs. Only 17 individuals have received the honor since its inception.
Winters, a TMC member since 2005, has been active in the S.14 Light- and Medium-Duty Trucks and S.15 Specialty Trucks study groups and Corrosion Control Action Committee for many years, serving as S.14 chairman since 2009. He has overseen the development or update of numerous recommended practices in S.14/S.15 and oversaw the merger of the two study groups. He has chaired or moderated numerous technical sessions and chaired several task forces, including CCAC’s Hydraulic Brake Systems Corrosion Control and S.14 RP Updates. He is a recipient of TMC’s Silver Spark Plug, the council’s highest award.
The Excellence in Maintenance Supervision Award honors a front-line supervisor for excellent performance in maintenance supervision. Continuing a maintenance career that began in the U.S. Marine Corps, Gagnon has held positions from technician to shop manager at Transport America for nearly 15 years.
The Recognized Associates award honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the improvement of equipment, its maintenance and support of TMC activities.
