Committed to Going the Extra Mile
Beacon Mobility is a growing family of companies committed to serving the diverse needs of our customers. Experienced, compassionate, and inspired, we take pride in our ability to create customized, mobility-based solutions that empower people to get where they need to go.
Our Purpose
MOBILITY WITHOUT LIMITS: Transporting people to live, learn, and achieve
Our Core Values
Core Values do more than define who we are right now; our Core Values act as a beacon to guide us toward who we want to become. Our Beacon Values are simple yet meaningful, reflecting the importance we put on taking care of people: our Beacon team, our passengers, our customers, and our communities.
Leadership
Judith Crawford
Courtenay Casaccio
David A. Duke
Kevin Kilner
Westley Richters
Cor Van Dyk
Judith Crawford
Judith joined Beacon Mobility as the CEO in 2021. Formerly, Judith was the Chief Executive Officer of National Express Transit Corporation (a division of National Express LLC), where she was responsible for all transit operations in the United States and Canada, as well as the continued growth of the division through organic wins and acquisitions. At National Express Transit, Judith built and drove the vision of a customer-centric program that used the most innovative technologies to provide superior safety protocols, an exemplary customer experience, and exceptional operational performance.
Prior to National Express Transit, Judith served as Chief Financial Officer for National Express LLC, overseeing the financial direction of both the established student transportation business and the newly created transit operation. Before beginning her career with National Express, Judith worked as a chartered accountant for KPMG in the United Kingdom.
When not working, Judith enjoys outdoor activities including hiking and biking, and will sign up for any sporting challenge if it comes with a t-shirt.
Favorite Leadership Quote:
“Only surround yourself with people who will lift you higher.”
- Oprah Winfrey
Courtenay Casaccio
Before joining us at Beacon Mobility, Courtenay led the People Experience function for Midtown Athletic Clubs, where she was instrumental in fast-tracking a Workday implementation as a new Human Capital Management system across the company.
Prior to Midtown, Courtenay spent almost 20 years at Stericycle, a global compliance company operating in over 20 countries with over 20,000 employees. During her tenure at Stericycle she was actively involved in over 90 acquisitions. She also held many top leadership positions including the SVP HR, SVP Country Manager Canada, Corporate VP of IT, and VP of Inside Sales. As SVP HR she was also responsible for the global culture and employee engagement strategy.
Courtenay has a strong background in both IT and HR and focuses on driving business results, but she always has a strong people lens to ensure a results-driven and fun environment.
Outside of work, Courtenay loves traveling, spending time with her family, watching her kids' sporting events, and spoiling their new Golden Doodle puppy, Violet.
Favorite leadership quote:
“The responsibility of leadership is not to come up with all the ideas. The responsibility of leadership is to create an environment in which great ideas can thrive.”
– Simon Sinek
David A. Duke
David brings more than 30 years' experience in passenger transportation, having held various leadership positions with national companies that included financial, operations, and business development. Most recently, he served as CEO (and in an advisory role as CEO Emeritus) of National Express.
In his downtime, David likes to be outdoors hiking and cycling.
Favorite Leadership Quote:
“First know yourself.”
-adapted from Sun Tzu
Kevin Kilner
Before joining Beacon, Kevin served as the Vice President of Safety at National Express North America, where he was responsible for the performance of the safety program at all transit and school bus operations in the United States. At National Express, Kevin drove significant improvements by leveraging innovative “on-vehicle” technologies with comprehensive data-management processes, positioning operations to deliver an excellent customer experience.
Prior to the Vice President of Safety role, Kevin served as Vice President of Safety for National Express Transit, Area Director of Safety for the East Coast of National Express School Bus, and location manager of school bus and transit operations for National Express and regional transportation companies from Charleston, SC to Buffalo, NY where he began his career as a driver in the paratransit market.
In his free time, Kevin is a self-proclaimed recovering musician who also enjoys time with his wife, children, and grandchildren…. and squeezing in the occasional motorcycle ride.
Favorite leadership quote:
“Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.”
- John F. Kennedy
Westley Richters
After almost two decades in the transportation and logistics industry, Wes joined Beacon Mobility in 2019 as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Beacon, Wes was divisional COO at National Express with responsibility for the eastern United States operations, and later a start-up division that served charter schools nationwide. Wes began his career at Hertz, working his way up from a management trainee role to Vice President of Zone Operations, providing leadership to more than 1,000 employees in multiple locations across the southeast.
Wes enjoys collaborating with others across the organization to provide the best service to the people that Beacon transports. When away from work, Wes enjoys time with family and friends and being focused on health and fitness. He and his wife enjoy their fur family and love to travel to new places near and far.
Favorite leadership quote:
“Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.”
- John C. Maxwell
Cor Van Dyk
With 20+ years of financial leadership experience, Cor joined Beacon Mobility in 2019. Cor has a track record of partnering directly with operational leadership to deliver improved financial performance and enhanced operating productivity by focusing on sound commercial principles, efficient and accurate reporting, and clear communication.
Prior to joining Beacon, Cor began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers. He later joined CEVA Logistics and held several financial leadership roles with increasing responsibilities. Cor brings an extensive array of skills in both business leadership and finance.
While Cor is originally Canadian, he has lived in the US for 19 years and recently became a US citizen. Cor lived in Florida and Texas prior to moving to Massachusetts and is a loyal Houston Astros fan.
Favorite leadership quote:
“The point of financial leadership is to change the numbers, not simply report them."
- Rubin McDougal
Courtenay Casaccio
Lacetti Fields
Alice Marks
Stacie Richter
Edith Yambo
Brian Znamirowski
Courtenay Casaccio
Before joining us at Beacon Mobility, Courtenay led the People Experience function for Midtown Athletic Clubs, where she was instrumental in fast-tracking a Workday implementation as a new Human Capital Management system across the company.
Prior to Midtown, Courtenay spent almost 20 years at Stericycle, a global compliance company operating in over 20 countries with over 20,000 employees. During her tenure at Stericycle she was actively involved in over 90 acquisitions. She also held many top leadership positions including the SVP HR, SVP Country Manager Canada, Corporate VP of IT, and VP of Inside Sales. As SVP HR she was also responsible for the global culture and employee engagement strategy.
Courtenay has a strong background in both IT and HR and focuses on driving business results, but she always has a strong people lens to ensure a results-driven and fun environment.
Outside of work, Courtenay loves traveling, spending time with her family, watching her kids' sporting events, and spoiling their new Golden Doodle puppy, Violet.
Favorite leadership quote:
“The responsibility of leadership is not to come up with all the ideas. The responsibility of leadership is to create an environment in which great ideas can thrive.”
– Simon Sinek
Lacetti Fields
Lacetti joined Beacon Mobility as Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Social Governance in 2022. Before joining Beacon, Lacetti was the HR Director at SCR Medical Transportation where she oversaw all talent, recruiting and compliance programs. She brings over 20 years of experience in HR, talent management, diversity and inclusion practices, workplace engagement and compensation programs and has held various HR leadership roles within the professional services and financial services industry.
Defined by her passion for fostering inclusion, Lacetti is deeply committed to employee engagement and works in lockstep with leadership to empower employees and help them achieve their goals. ‘‘Work is Love Made Visible’’ is one of Lacetti's favorite quotes from Khalil Gibran, as it is a philosophy by which she lives and works. Lacetti feels lucky to do the work that she loves and cares deeply about, putting people first and believes that everyone has something to contribute and that all employees deserve to have their voices heard. Whether she is helping people embrace their full identities so they show up as their authentic selves, creating thriving workplaces or being a coach that helps someone advance in their career, her mantra is that if you connect to something greater than the task at hand and are passionate about people, we all can make an impact in the lives of everyone around us.
Lacetti is a working mom that enjoys cheering on both her sons at their many activities and works hard to keep up with their active schedules. A few of her other favorite things include front porches, floral design and sunny 70-degree days.
Favorite Leadership Quote:
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Alice Marks
Alice joined Beacon Mobility as the Director of Communications in October of 2020. Throughout her career she has held positions in business management and marketing, but helping people communicate by bringing clarity and relatability through empathetic messaging is her true passion.
Alice has built marketing and communications programs for a variety of clients, both external and internal. She was the founder and owner of a baby products company where she created and grew her own proprietary juvenile gear brands, while also building and implementing marketing plans for other domestic and international clients. In addition to communications and marketing, Alice is also actively involved in change management initiatives, focusing on bridging the gap between data-driven metrics and messaging for demographic relatability.
In her free time, Alice likes to spend as much time as possible outdoors and enjoys hiking, cycling, camping, traveling, and spending time with her three kids.
Favorite leadership quote:
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
-Maya Angelou
Stacie Richter
Fostering a welcoming, family-oriented work environment and tackling each day with a positive attitude is what led Stacie to join the Beacon Mobility Senior Leadership Team in 2022 as VP of People and Culture. She brings passion, a deep care for people and an ambitious desire to make Beacon the very best place to call home.
Before building her career around company culture and all things people, Stacie and her husband Mike were proud owners of Transit Team, Inc., where they grew the company into the largest paratransit transportation provider in Minnesota, while maintaining a family feel where their employees and passengers were at the heart of every decision they made. Stacie never imagined finding a partner like Beacon Mobility that cares as much about their people as she and Mike did. Beacon’s core values and a desire to do things differently is what made this partnership such a special one.
In her former life, Stacie worked in TV news as a news anchor in Washington State, covering local and state news, as well as having the privilege of making storytelling a career. While it was a childhood dream to have a seat on an anchor desk, Stacie had no idea that the universe would serendipitously lead her to her life’s true passion. After losing her job during the Great Recession in 2008, she moved back home to Minneapolis and soon found herself working alongside Mike at Transit Team. She quickly realized that her ability to make an impact at Transit Team far outweighed anything she would do in TV news. Mike and Stacie bought Transit Team three years later, and the rest is history!
When she’s not working, you can find Stacie on her yoga mat or in the kitchen where her world revolves around all things food. Her fall revolves around college football and cheering on Ohio State, a true love that she grew up with from her Buckeye parents. Her best days are spent with Mike and their boxer Mali cruising around Lake Minnetonka, on the Emerald Coast on the Florida panhandle or in her happy place in the mountains of Montana. She is also the president of the Indiana University Alumni Association of the Twin Cities and is incredibly proud to be a Hoosier for life!
Favorite Leadership Quote:
“People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.”
- Simon Sinek
Edith Yambo
Edith joined Beacon Mobility as the Vice President of Talent Management in July 2021. Throughout her 15+ HR career, she has held several leadership positions for companies like Bloomberg, Pitney Bowes, and Stericycle. Before joining Beacon, she was the Global Director of Talent Management, Culture, and DEI for Stericycle.
Edith has developed and implemented various projects and programs, including talent management plans, performance management systems, training, and development, onboarding, recruiting, diversity, inclusion, and culture transformation. As a woman and Latina, her role in talent management is especially close to her passion for creating a work culture that embraces diversity, inclusion, and provides opportunities for all employees to reach their full potential. Edith is devoted to employee development and firmly believes that leadership is a journey and not a destination and that journey should consist of constant learning.
Edith enjoys time with family traveling, outdoor activities, and downtime reading a good book when not working.
Favorite leadership quote:
“The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world.”
– Inspired by Plato
Brian Znamirowski
Brian joined Beacon Mobility in November 2021 as the Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to Beacon, Brian had spent most of his career in the transportation industry focused on Human Resources leadership and Safety initiatives. He has worked in both private sector, for-profit transportation organizations, as well as with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation focused on infrastructure management and incident management. His various HR leadership roles, combined with his educational foundation and continuing education and professional development are helping lead the Human Resources function forward in new and exciting ways at Beacon. Brian received his master’s degree from Villanova University and attended the Pennsylvania State University as an undergraduate. While not at work, Brian enjoys spending time with his family, playing golf with his wife and friends, and working out to stay fit.
Favorite leadership quote:
“The task of the leader is to get people from where they are to where they have not been.”
- Henry Kissinger
David A. Duke
Cara Duke
Mike Hinckley
Kim Koven
Justin Grygiel
Kim Presutti
Justin Rakestraw
David A. Duke
David brings more than 30 years' experience in passenger transportation, having held various leadership positions with national companies that included financial, operations, and business development. Most recently, he served as CEO (and in an advisory role as CEO Emeritus) of National Express.
In his downtime, David likes to be outdoors hiking and cycling, spending time at home with his wife Maryanne, his youngest daughter, Kendall, and their dog, Casey.
Favorite Leadership Quote:
“First know yourself.”
-adapted from Sun Tzu
Cara Duke
Cara joined Beacon Mobility in February 2023, to work with the Commercial team to support the Beacon growth strategy.
Before joining Beacon Mobility, Cara built her career as a mergers and acquisitions (M&A) consultant focusing on risk and insurance. Most recently, Cara led the M&A Insurance Diligence function at Alliant Insurance Services, where she developed best practices, created measurable deliverable standards, and established processes for the growing team.
Prior to Alliant, Cara spent ten years as a buy-side consultant to Private Equity deal teams.
When she isn’t working, Cara is usually outside. She is often travelling – either to Colorado (visiting family and the Rocky Mountains) or to Northern Ireland (visiting her husband’s family and the beautiful Irish Sea). When Cara is at home in New York City, Saturday mornings are dedicated to volunteering at Pegasus Therapeutic Riding, a facility that provides the experience and benefits of horse-riding to people with cognitive and physical disabilities as well as to members of the military veteran community.
Favorite Leadership Quote:
“Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right!”
-Henry Ford
Mike Hinckley
Mike joined Beacon Mobility in April 2020 as Vice President of Finance, and recently became VP of Strategy. He spent the first part of his career in various finance roles at Big Y Foods, Inc. and most recently was director of corporate financial planning and analysis at Bob’s Discount Furniture.
When he’s not crunching numbers, Mike plays guitar, reads, and likes to travel and hike with his wife and best friend, Kristen.
Favorite leadership quote:
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
– Will Rogers
Kim Koven
Kim joined Beacon Mobility in 2021 as the Director of Commercial Support. She assists with all functions of the commercial team, including proposals, tradeshows, and marketing materials to promote our Beacon family of brands. Kim comes to Beacon with nearly 25 years of experience in marketing and proposal management. She has held progressive roles in these functions including leading the proposal process for consulting firms, highly technical companies designing locomotives and industrial conveyer systems, and two other school bus companies.
Kim graduated with her A.S. in Accounting from Danville Area Community College, B.S. in Marketing from Illinois State University, and MBA in Management/Finance from North Central College.
Outside of work, Kim is heavily involved in her boys’ busy baseball and school lives. She and her family are avid Chicago Cubs fans, and their second home is on the ballfields. Kim enjoys traveling, interior decorating, gardening and is always looking for that perfect shot with her camera!
Favorite Leadership Quote:
“Never allow the circumstances of your life to become an excuse. People will allow you to do it. But I believe we have a personal obligation to make the most of the abilities we have.”
-Jim Abbott
Justin Grygiel
Justin joined Beacon Mobility as a Vice President of Commercial Development in February 2021. Justin comes to Beacon with over 20 years of progressive experience in transportation, and has held roles in operations leadership, customer service, and sales with other transportation companies including Laidlaw, First Student, and Durham School Services.
Justin has experience overseeing, developing leadership teams, and nurturing relationships with complex special education transportation customers and cooperatives that translates well with the growth initiatives at Beacon. He has spent a considerable amount of time planning the setup of locations to be outfitted to deliver high levels of customer satisfaction. Justin’s experience in business development includes fostering new partnerships with school districts, collaborating to establish win-win contracts, transitioning school systems from self-operated to contracted transportation services, and opening new locations for new customers. Justin enjoys helping people and is dedicated to finding ways to add value to our partnerships with customers.
Favorite Leadership Quote:
“To handle yourself, use your head; To handle others, use your heart.”
-Eleanor Roosevelt
Kim Presutti
Kim joined NRT Bus in 2000 as a consultant supporting the charter program during the early days of the business. Less than a year later, she became a full-time employee, joining NRT when it had about 100 vehicles and three locations. Kim ran the charter department and took on various management responsibilities as the company grew to 10 locations and more than 1,700 vehicles. In 2012, Kim was promoted to Vice President and expanded her responsibilities to manage the bid process and support the CEO’s growth plan. Upon the NRT merger with Van Pool, Kim took on expanded commercial responsibilities for Beacon Mobility.
Kim enjoys the team atmosphere at work and considers many of her colleagues to be family. Kim also enjoys time with her husband on their boat in Boston Harbor and cruising around the cape.
Favorite leadership quote:
“The most remarkable thing in life is that we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.”
-Charles R. Swindoll
Justin Rakestraw
Justin Rakestraw serves as Vice President of Business Development, Transit for Beacon Mobility. He has more than 15 years of experience in the field of paratransit. He has worked at SCR Medical Transportation in various positions with his parents, Stanley and Pamela Rakestraw, the company's founders. Justin's most recent position at SCR was Vice President of Operations, where he contributed to expanding the customer base and developing operating procedures.
Justin earned his Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was a student-athlete for the Butler football team, where he played quarterback, and he continues to be a passionate follower of the sport. The most important thing about him is that he is the father of three lovely daughters and has been married to his wife, Angela, for ten years.
Favorite Leadership Quote:
“You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.”
-Steve Jobs
Cor Van Dyk
Candy Bush
Brandon Ebeling
Dave Stephens
Cor Van Dyk
With 20+ years of financial leadership experience, Cor joined Beacon Mobility in 2019. Cor has a track record of partnering directly with operational leadership to deliver improved financial performance and enhanced operating productivity by focusing on sound commercial principles, efficient and accurate reporting, and clear communication.
Prior to joining Beacon, Cor began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers. He later joined CEVA Logistics and held several financial leadership roles with increasing responsibilities. Cor brings an extensive array of skills in both business leadership and finance.
While Cor is originally Canadian, he has lived in the US for 19 years and recently became a US citizen. Cor lived in Florida and Texas prior to moving to Massachusetts and is a loyal Houston Astros fan.
Favorite leadership quote:
“The point of financial leadership is to change the numbers, not simply report them."
- Rubin McDougal
Candy Bush
Candy joined Beacon Mobility as the Corporate Controller in March 2020. Since then, Candy has been involved in the redesign and reorganization of the Finance department, developed month end closing processes, and helped lead integration on newly acquired companies. Having a strong, extensive knowledge of accounting and tax matters, Candy assists the financial team with all matters throughout the Company.
Candy graduated from Bentley University with a Bachelor of Science in Corporate Finance and Accounting and a Master of Science in Accountancy. She obtained her licensure in Massachusetts as a Certified Public Accountant.
Prior to joining Beacon Mobility, Candy served as a Senior Accountant in a public accounting firm providing audit, tax and consulting services to privately owned businesses. Outside of work, Candy is a food connoisseur who enjoys finding different cuisines to explore. Candy also enjoys traveling to a vast array of places, exploring distinct cultures throughout the world.
Favorite Leadership Quote:
“Leadership is not about titles, positions, or work hours. It’s about relationships.”
- Jim Kouzes
Brandon Ebeling
Brandon joined Beacon Mobility as the VP of Finance in October 2022. Previous to Beacon, Brandon worked in PriceWaterhouseCooper’s Audit Practice division for three years before moving to its Deals Practice division, which specializes in due diligence and accounting advisory for capital market transactions.
After two years in the Deals group, Brandon joined QualTek Wireless, a telecom construction company, as VP of Finance, helping to grow the company and take it public through in February 2022.
Outside of work, Brandon likes to travel, spending time enjoying the outdoors, particularly when visiting Philadelphia and attending Penn State sporting events with his wife, Elsie and son, Theo.
Favorite Leadership Quote:
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.”
- John Quincy Adams
Dave Stephens
Dave joined Beacon Mobility in July 2022, having accrued over a decade of transportation experience in all parts of the business (recruiting, maintenance, operations, etc.).
Prior to joining Beacon, Dave spent the past 11 years as the Start-Up Program Manager for National Express. Previous to that role, Dave spent his career in the oil and gas industry, managing pipeline infrastructure projects in Canada and the U.S.
When he's not working, Dave enjoys being outside, grilling and smoking, hiking in the mountains, relaxing on a beach, or working on projects in their backyard.
Favorite leadership quote:
“You never get a second chance to make a good first impression."
- Will Rogers
Westley Richters
Gaurav Sharda
Andy Shooman
Bill Griffiths
Margret Davis
Sam Hayes
David Morosky
Albert Culler
Mike Richter
Emran Saidan
Mathy Sales
Joe Scott
Tim Sheehan
John Sullivan
Westley Richters
After almost two decades in the transportation and logistics industry, Wes joined Beacon Mobility in 2019 as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Beacon, Wes was divisional COO at National Express with responsibility for the eastern United States operations, and later a start-up division that served charter schools nationwide. Wes began his career at Hertz, working his way up from a management trainee role to Vice President of Zone Operations, providing leadership to more than 1,000 employees in multiple locations across the southeast.
Wes enjoys collaborating with others across the organization to provide the best service to the people that Beacon transports. When away from work, Wes enjoys time with family and friends and being focused on health and fitness. He and his wife enjoy their fur family and love to travel to new places near and far.
Favorite leadership quote:
“Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.”
- John C. Maxwell
Gaurav Sharda
Gaurav joined Beacon Mobility as the Vice President of HR Technology in Oct 2021. Gaurav is a passionate and optimistic technology and people leader who strives to create a positive impact on the society and the businesses using technology. Formerly, Gaurav was the Sr. Director of Technology at Life Time Inc., where he led digital transformation across HR, Finance, Sales and Marketing functions to accelerate growth of Life Time and provide best employee and customer experiences. At Life Time, Gaurav built high performing teams and grew leaders who continued to provide best employee and customer experiences through the people-first mindset.
Prior to Life Time, Gaurav served as Sr. Consultant at General Mills leading HR Process & Technology Transformation for 30+ countries in an effort to provide excellent employee experiences and operational efficiencies. Prior to General Mills, he served as a Consultant for companies such as Microsoft, Comcast, St. Jude Medical providing technical and functional expertise in HR technology. Before beginning his work career with Consulting in the US, Gaurav did his Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communications Engineering in India and Master of Science in Computer Engineering at University of Iowa.
When not working, Gaurav enjoys traveling with his wife, playing, and watching cricket, spending time with family and friends and watching thriller shows on Netflix or other streaming platforms.
Favorite Leadership Quote:
“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
-Maya Angelou
Andy Shooman
Andy joined Beacon Mobility in 2019, providing leadership to all information technology efforts. Andy has more than 30 years of information technology and business management experience, including his role as Chief Operating Officer at Cybersheath International, LLC. Andy focuses on assisting the business team with transformation, strategy, and cost savings efforts across IT platforms and security. In addition, Andy leverages his knowledge and experience, combined with his strong negotiation skills, to assist with enterprise-wide procurement and sourcing strategies.
Previously in his career, Andy held various IT leadership positions in BAE Systems and American International Group. He also has extensive experience in commercial and federal IT outsourcing, and has worked in Europe, the United States, and Australia throughout his career.
Andy has a multi-national family – he is British, his wife is French, and their children are American. Andy enjoys time with his family and travel adventures.
Favorite leadership quote:
“Success does not consist of never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.”
- George Bernard Shaw
Bill Griffiths
Bill joined the Beacon Mobily team as VP of Fleet and Facilities Management in 2020. He brings over 28 years of experience leading teams in the Federal, State, and local governments, as well as the private sector.
Prior to joining Beacon, Bill held executive fleet roles at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), Smithsonian Institution, Montgomery County, MD, the US Forest Service, and he is also a Veteran of the U.S. Air Force. Bill has been nationally recognized for his work in strategic planning, performance analysis, and maintenance operations, and in 2015 he was selected as National Public Fleet Manager of the Year.
In his free time, Bill loves working in his garage rebuilding classic trucks. He also loves being outdoors and hiking with his chocolate lab Daisy!
Favorite leadership quote:
“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.”
– Henry Ford
Margret Davis
Margret joined Beacon Mobility as the VP Fleet Management in April 2022. She brings over 23 years of fleet management, leadership, and operational experience spanning across diverse industries including distribution, communications, and utility.
Prior to joining Beacon, Margret was the Director of Fleet and Compliance at Centuri Group, Inc. where she was responsible for DOT/FMCSA compliance for multiple businesses throughout the enterprise, management of all national fleet programs, key stakeholder in various acquisitions, diligence and integrations, and most recently completed the implementation and roll out of a new telematics platform to ~10,000 assets across the US in ~6 months. Margret also led the inaugural DEI employee resource group, WELD (Women Engaged in Leadership Development), where she was able to create a community for employees (male and females) to discuss challenges of a diverse workforce in the construction industry, share ideas and feedback, engage with others throughout the enterprise, and offer professional and personal development.
In her free time, Margret enjoys traveling, hiking, golf, craft beer, live music, and spending time with her 4 kids and 2 grandsons.
Favorite Leadership Quote:
“Leadership is not a rank or a position, it is a choice – a choice to look after the person to the left of us and the person to the right of us.”
- Simon Sinek
Sam Hayes
Sam joined Beacon Mobility in 2020 as the VP of Strategy & Project Management and has since moved into the Chief of Staff role. He oversees Beacon’s strategy development process, integration efforts, and strategic initiatives. Sam is passionate about Beacon’s mission of providing mobility solutions, particularly to children with special needs.
Prior to joining Beacon, Sam was a consultant at Bain & Co. and served as an Intelligence Officer in the United States Navy.
Outside of work, you can find Sam enjoying the outdoors with his wife, Leslie, and their daughter, Riley.
Favorite leadership quote:
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
– John Quincy Adams
David Morosky
David Morosky joined the Beacon Mobility team as our Senior Vice President of Operations for the New York region in December 2021.
Prior to assuming this role, David served as the Territory Vice President for Schindler Elevator Corporation. There he led all Business Operations and Financial Management for the business sectors of Service, Maintenance & Repair, New Construction, and Modernization of vertical transportation assets within the company’s Mid-Atlantic region (Washington D.C., Baltimore, and Richmond, VA). David led similar business lines in the Long Island / NYC Outer-borough markets for Schindler Elevator, tripling the growth of the business’ operating revenues and EBITDA performance during his tenure.
Early in his career, he previously served as the primary liaison between Schindler Elevator and Tishman Speyer for the service management of vertical transportation in Rockefeller Center and its Observation Deck, The Hearst Building and The Chrysler Building, to name a few.
David will work closely with our Chief Operating Officer, Wesley Richters, and the entire Beacon Mobility Operations team to bring alignment with our company’s values, implement technological advancements and encourage operational efficiencies across our legacy businesses without sacrificing best practices in safety.
David is a proud parent and lacrosse coach of three (3) young boys; serves as a volunteer on the Sts. Philip & James School Board, as well as Director for the Smithtown Youth Lacrosse program; loves the NY Islanders with his boys; enjoys cooking on weekends; and relaxing date nights with his wife of 16 years.
Favorite leadership quote:
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
– John Quincy Adams
Albert Culler
Albert Culler came on board to become a member of the Beacon Mobility team as our new Senior Vice President of Operations for New York City in September 2022.
Albert Culler has more than 30 years of experience in transportation organizations.
He is actively involved in the community, having held several leadership posts with the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials NY Chapter, the Black Male Initiative at the State University of New York (SUNY) Empire State College and serves on the Alumni Board and College Council at the school.
Albert reports to Chief Operating Officer Westley Richters and will be overseeing the day-to-day operations for Beacon's New York City-based operations.
He currently resides in the Bronx, New York City, with his wife and is the father of four adult children. He enjoys traveling and golfing and is an avid New York Giants fan.
Favorite leadership quote:
“The test of leadership is, is anything or anyone better because of you?”
– Mark Sanborn
Mike Richter
Mike is the CEO of Transit Team and joined Beacon Mobility as a Senior Vice President of Operations in 2021. Formerly, Mike was the President and CFO of Transit Team, Inc., where he and his wife Stacie, acquired and grew the company into the largest paratransit transportation provider in Minnesota. Transit Team partnered with Beacon Mobility in June of 2021 to help expand into other special needs transportation services. Beacon was the obvious partner due to their exceptional leadership team, strong core values and long-term strategic vision.
Prior to Transit Team, Mike worked as an investment banker for Cherry Tree, a boutique middle-market investment bank in Minnesota. Focusing on M&A, Mike was able to work with numerous lower-middle market businesses to achieve strategic acquisitions or liquidation events. It was at Cherry Tree where Mike was introduced to both paratransit and Transit Team.
Outside of work, Mike enjoys spending time with his wife Stacie, their boxer Mali and engaging in one of his many hobbies, including: golf, skiing, cycling, fly-fishing and any activity that involves spending time on the water.
Favorite Leadership Quote:
“If you want something you've never had, you must be willing to do something you've never done.”
-Thomas Jefferson
Emran Saidan
Emran is the Co-Founder and CEO of Adroit, an innovative student alternative and supplemental transportation company. He joined Beacon Mobility as a Senior Vice President in 2021, to help revolutionize the student transportation industry. Prior to joining Beacon, Emran is originally a serial entrepreneur who’s all about disrupting markets through innovative technologies and products.
Emran comes to Beacon with over seven years of alternative student transportation experience, from companies he founded and companies he previously worked for. He started his career as a small logistics contractor for the U.S. Military in the Middle East, and due to his ambitions, he moved up the ranks to become one of the main contacts for U.S. Military in the Middle East.
His ambitions did not stop there so he immigrated to the U.S. in search of other challenges to solve while pursuing his education. He joined venture with seasoned student transportation veterans to help solve the challenges school districts and families of kids with special needs face every day with a broken transportation system – all by introducing new innovative alternative and supplemental solutions.
Emran built a reputation of being a problem solver, product creator and thinker. He enjoys innovating new solutions to address and revolutionize markets and industries. When not working, he enjoys spending his time with his wife, children, relatives, and friends over feasts.
Favorite leadership quote:
“The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
- Rob Siltanen (Attributed to Steve Jobs)
Mathy Sales
Mathy joined Beacon Mobility as the SVP of Program Management Office Operations in 2021. She brings over thirty years of experience in technology development, large scale deployments and program management from various industries including retail, medical, manufacturing, and transportation. She has worked with organizational leadership teams as a consultant to establish Program Management Offices and set up optimized practices for operational efficiencies. Prior to joining Beacon, she held the VP of Performance Excellence position at National Express where she was instrumental in building and rolling out programs for standardizing Dispatch and Maintenance processes and driving efficiency improvements. Of preeminence to her is building collaborative partnerships to deliver strategic goals.
Away from work, Mathy enjoys spending time with family and friends, participating in a range of fitness and outdoor activities which has increased since her recent move to Florida.
Favorite leadership quote:
“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.”
- Vince Lombardi
Joe Scott
Joe was one of the founding owners and CEO of Easton Coach Company which was established in 2002. Since that time, the business grew from three contracts in two operating locations to over 25 contracts and 18 locations. Joe views the establishment and growth of Easton Coach Co. as his proudest professional accomplishment. Prior to his time at Easton, Joe served in various leadership roles in transportation companies since 1995 with businesses that ranged in size from $250mm to $7b in revenues. Before venturing into the transportation industry, he worked for Ernst & Young in Philadelphia for ten years; his first job after graduating from Villanova.
In his free time, Joe spends time with his wife, Mary, to whom he’s been married since 1989, their two kids, Emily and Paul and their Beagle, Hank. As a family, they’ve traveled extensively throughout Europe but are just as happy hanging out at their little place at the Jersey Shore (Phillies’ not Yankees’/Mets’ part). He was born a Villanova basketball fan, plays golf whenever and wherever he can and loves television (always looking for a show if you have a recommendation).
Favorite leadership quote:
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."
- John Wooden
Tim Sheehan
Tim Sheehan is the SVP of Operations for the Northeast for Beacon Mobility. Reporting to COO Westley Richters, Tim oversees the operations for all of our Massachusetts business, working closely with the VPs and Ops Managers in providing our New England customers with the first-rate service they have come to expect.
Before joining Beacon, Tim was the Regional Vice President for the Northeast Healthcare Division at Sodexo, where he was responsible for strategic accounts within the Northeast Region. Tim excels at leading complex technical and operational problem-solving teams and has a proven track record of success as a strategic business partner, change agent, and process improvement leader.
He has led a balanced team approach to managing his portfolio of business, resulting in six years of 100% client retention and significant new growth for the business.
Tim resides in Boston with his wife and two boys. Some fun facts about Tim:
- His family has a place in the mountains where they enjoy rafting on the river and snow machines in the winter.
- They also love to travel and enjoy the islands when they can.
· Tim spent years in the Army and currently coaches his kids sports (baseball, football).
Favorite Leadership Quote:
“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.”
-Benjamin Franklin
John Sullivan
John joined Beacon Mobility as Director of Program Management in 2022. John joins the Beacon team from Royal Caribbean Group where he spent 6 years supporting various parts of the organization, including Royal Caribbean’s Transformation Management Office and Product Development group. John was responsible for program managing strategic organizational initiatives - providing milestone planning and oversight for strategic projects related to Private Destinations, Newbuild, and Fleet Modernization.
Prior to Royal, John worked for Komatsu Mining traveling across the globe as a Process Improvement Engineer, responsible for developing and implementing change management protocols supporting a 5-year enterprise digital transformation, upgrading inventory management systems, warehouses, and logistical infrastructure.
John is also a proud veteran, having served in the US Air Force as a Firefighter.
When not working, John can be found touring various part of the country on his motorcycle, hanging out on a cruise ship, or lounging at the beach.
Favorite leadership quote:
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”
- Helen Adams Keller
Kevin Kilner
Roger Bourassa
Tim Tibbs
Eric White
Kevin Kilner
Before joining Beacon, Kevin served as the Vice President of Safety at National Express North America, where he was responsible for the performance of the safety program at all transit and school bus operations in the United States. At National Express, Kevin drove significant improvements by leveraging innovative “on-vehicle” technologies with comprehensive data-management processes, positioning operations to deliver an excellent customer experience.
Prior to the Vice President of Safety role, Kevin served as Vice President of Safety for National Express Transit, Area Director of Safety for the East Coast of National Express School Bus, and location manager of school bus and transit operations for National Express and regional transportation companies from Charleston, SC to Buffalo, NY where he began his career as a driver in the paratransit market.
In his free time, Kevin is a self-proclaimed recovering musician who also enjoys time with his wife, children, and grandchildren…. and squeezing in the occasional motorcycle ride.
Favorite leadership quote:
“Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.”
- John F. Kennedy
Roger Bourassa
Roger's growth with Beacon Mobility began in 2015 when he joined Van Pool Transportation as a training manager. With over 25 years in progressive education, Roger's methodology for independent, self-directed learning, combined with adult learning principles, is shaping how we train and develop our drivers and others in safety sensitive positions. As VP of Safety, Driver Development, Roger is excited to be part of a values-driven company that puts people first. Roger maintains a Class B CDL with Passenger and School Bus endorsements and can, on occasion, be seen behind the wheel of a 77 pax school bus, transporting students to and from school safely.
Outside of work, Roger enjoys regular workouts and visits to Vermont with his partner to work on a creative endeavor involving landscaping, construction, and a big orange tractor.
Favorite Leadership Quote:
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.”
- Helen Keller
Tim Tibbs
Eric White
Eric joined Beacon Mobility as VP of Safety, Claims & Risk Management in 2022. Prior to joining Beacon Mobility, Eric worked in the Office of General Counsel for one of the largest insurance intermediaries globally, where he managed claims litigation and advised technology and human resources.
Earlier in his legal career, Eric developed skills as a trial lawyer, representing injured persons, individuals charged with crime, property owners having property taken via eminent domain, and commercial entities with business litigation issues.
In his spare time, Eric enjoys spending time outdoors with family and pets – and a smoky BBQ grill always nearby.
Favorite Leadership Quote:
“Leaders who don’t listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say.”
- Andy Stanley