Speakers and Presenters
Tom Mazza started a 10-car limousine service with his brother Mark in the Philadelphia area for almost seven years. While working as an operator, Mazza saw a large void for education and training within the limousine industry. Tom Mazza has filled that void since 1996 with a dizzying array of successful ventures including:
- Self-published "The Complete Guide to Operating a Successful Limousine Service, part 1 and 2 and sold over 1100 copies via direct mail.
- Became Senior Editor of Limousine and Chauffeured Transportation Magazine from 1997-2002.
- Became the most popular seminar presenter at nine LCT national shows.
- Established "Tom Mazza Consulting" in 2003 with a "Who's Who" of industry players as clients.
- Wrote, authored, and starred in the industry's top chauffeur training program "The Ultimate Chauffeur Training Program"
- 2003: Became educational coordinator of The Limousine Digest Show and which instantly became the premiere educational program in the industry.

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Gary Arndt
A Limousine Gary Arndt is the owner of A Limousine, a family-operated company based in Pittsburgh, Pa. During his 25-year career in the industry, Arndt’s company survived numerous financial crises, including Black Monday in 1987, the dot-com crash, and 9/11, which is helping him weather the current economic situation. Arndt is a hands-on operator, fully involved in the day to day operations of his company. |
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Pat Charla
LEAP Pat Charla is a recognized business strategist, master marketer, consultant and coach. With a broad and accomplished background as a business owner and corporate executive, Charla brings a great deal of experience, both professionally and personally, to her consulting practice. Pinnacle Business Development is a management consulting firm that specializes in strategic business planning and new business development. Over the last five years as President of Pinnacle Business Development, LLC, Charla has helped ground transportation businesses increase their sales and revenues, while also achieving positive and lasting changes in sustainable operations and behavior. |
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Bernard D'Avella, Jr.
Prudent Publishing Company Bernard J. D’Avella, Jr. is President and Chief Operating Officer of Prudent Publishing Company, one of the largest national producers of personalized greeting cards in the country employing upwards of 300 people. He is responsible for significant expansion of the enterprise, including the development of a management team and internet sales capacity. D’Avella spent 25 years with Hannoch Weisman, a Professional Corporation, Counselors at Law. His legal practice included specialties in the areas of counseling, creditors' rights, bankruptcy, business acquisitions and dispositions, family business counseling, estate and trust administration, estate planning, and alternate dispute resolution. |
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Jeffrey Fox
Fox & Company For over 20 years, Jeffrey Fox has been helping clients build lasting value through innovative marketing thinking and analysis. Jeffrey is founder of a management consulting firm that focuses on marketing strategy and execution. His customized programs include marketing strategy, innovation enhancement, selling skills training, branding, and various applications of a proprietary methodology called “dollarization.” Fox is a best-selling business book author who will show you the rules for getting and keeping customers and clients.
Jeff is the author of How to Become CEO, which was on the NY Times, Business Week, Wall Street Journal, Knight-Ridder, Amazon.com, and German best seller lists. The book is published in twenty-five languages and in all the major countries of Western Europe, Asia, and South America. |
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Ron Fuller
Lancer Insurance Ronald J. Fuller is Regional Safety Manager for Lancer Insurance Company, providing driver training, regulatory compliance and post-accident assistance to all Lancer policyholders in Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia and New Jersey. Prior to joining the nation’s leading passenger transportation specialty insurer in 1988, Fuller was a conference coordinator and fleet training specialist for Penn State University in University Park, PA where he developed, organized and conducted driving training courses for school districts, private contractors and local government agencies. A graduate of Lock Haven University, Fuller holds a Masters degree in Safety from Central Missouri State University, and has written extensively on transportation safety issues for a number of commercial transportation trade magazines. |
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Will Gregory
Will Gregory, principal
and owner of Will Gregory Public Relations
(WGPR) has more than 20 years of outstanding,
on-the-job industry experience. Prior
to creating WGPR, Will served in the
following positions: Manager of Events
and Marketing, Downtown St. Louis Partnership;
Community Relations Manager, Kansas City
Public Library System; Public Affairs
Manager and Senior Writer, The Federal
Reserve Bank of Kansas City; Director
of Public Relations, The Fairmont Hotel
on The Country Club Plaza. |
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David Hartson
LV Transportation Academy David Hartson
entered into the Limousine industry
1988 when he opened his limousine company,
Park Avenue Limousine in Pleasanton,
California. Hartson has contributed
to the Limousine Industry over the years
with innovative projects like Chauffeur
Training Videos and his active role
as the President of the California Limousine
Association 1995 and 1996. As a speaker
at the Limousine Digest Show and the
Limousine Chauffeur Convention, Hartson
has helped other limousine operators
in educating them with operations, new
marketing ideas and understanding State
and Federal rules in regards to the limousine industry.
Hartson was
awarded runner-up “Operator
of the Year” by the National Limousine
Association in 1997 for his involvement
in the industry and accomplishments
with his limousine service
of 21 vehicles. He is the
VIP Transportation Consultant and coordinator
for the Oakland Raiders and has been
for the last 14 years.
Since 1990 Hartson has provided
informative articles for limousine magazines
in our industry. He has
been on the Advisory Board for Limo Digest
Magazine for several years and in 2005,
Limo Digest Magazine announced that David
Hartson had been awarded the position
as the West Coast Editor. Currently,
Hartson's company, Las Vegas Transportation
Academy, produces customized visual training
programs for transportation companies
across the country. The Academy has a
history of successfully training limousine
personnel from the chauffeurs to office
staff.
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Jeffrey Hitt
TOC Chauffeured Transportation Jeff Hitt is currently President and General Manager of TOC Chauffeured Transportation in Trenton, New Jersey. TOC currently has offices and garages in Trenton and Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Hitt joined TOC in January of 2007. His expertise lies in transportation, primarily in turnarounds and new business start-up. During his 38 years in transportation he has held senior management positions in both domestic and international transportation and logistics companies. Hitt has extensive experience in operations, sales and marketing (including new product development and introduction), labor relations, and risk management. Among his accomplishments, he managed and directed a turnaround for a 4,000 employee, $350 million transportation corporation. |
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Kevin Hoque
RideCentric Kevin Hoque is the President/CEO for RideCentric (formerly ALT Worldwide Chauffeured Services). He spent the last 11 years of his career building successful relationships in the luxury ground transportation industry. Hoque’s experience includes large volume sales, contract negotiations and acquisition. Under his leadership, annual revenue has continually exceeded that of previous years. He currently serves on the board of DFW Limousine Association as an Advisor. His leadership and expertise in the hospitality industry is made evident by his presence at Four Seasons Hotel’s Social Events, Food & Beverage Committee. |
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Michael Lindsey
Lindsey Limousine Michael Lindsey is the President and CEO of Lindsey Limousine, Inc. located in Hartford, Connecticut. He founded the company in 1989, and it has grown to be the most prestigious and trusted Chauffeured Ground Transportation Company in the area. The company has enjoyed a steady growth over the years and includes a diverse fleet ranging from Executive Sedans to Luxury Mini-Coaches. His company has received numerous accolades and awards over the years for their strong customer service, unique marketing efforts, and general operational policies and procedures. Over the past 20 years Lindsey has delivered many educational seminars at International Industry Trade Shows, and is very active within the Limousine Industry. |
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Alex Mayer
AAA Worldwide Transportation Alex J. Mayer is a partner and the general manager of AAA Worldwide Transportation in Clinton, N.J., which he joined in 2000. He has held various positions in the industry, including as a chauffeur, reservationist, and director of sales. He was instrumental in ensuring the financial health of the company after 9/11, which severely impacted the industry in his area. Prior to joining AAA, he was an executive for one of the largest manufacturers of cigars, General Cigar Company. Mayer is the fifth generation in his family to work in the cigar tobacco industry, where he learned the trade from the ground up. |
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Jeffrey Pagano
Crowell & Moring Jeffrey Pagano is a partner and Co-Chair of the Labor & Employment Group at the firm of Crowell and Moring in Manhattan. He focuses upon all forms of litigation and negotiation, primarily in the area of labor and employment law as well as the numerous state statutory schemes affecting the workplace. Additionally, he continues to litigate significant complex commercial matters arising out of the purchase and sale of business organizations and contractual disputes.
Pagano is Contributing Editor of the "Developing Labor Law," and a Lecturer for the American Management Association and the Institute for Applied Management and Law, Inc. He served as Counsel to General Counsel, National Labor Relations Board, Region 9, Cincinnati, Ohio. Pagano has participated in various speaking forums, including the National Policy Conference sponsored by the National Mediation Board concerning the globalization of collective bargaining under the Railway Labor Act in the airline industry. |
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Susan Reilly Salgado
Hospitality Quotient Dr. Susan Salgado is the Managing Director of Hospitality Quotient (HQ), a learning business from Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG), which she launched in 2009. HQ offers highly interactive classes and training programs to enable organizations to achieve “favorite-in-category” status by applying the transformational power of hospitality in their businesses. In addition to leading the business, Susan is HQ’s thought-leader and serves as the company’s lead program facilitator. |
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Brett Tyson
Harrison Global Brett Tyson is currently the Director of Organizational Development at four companies including Harrison Global, a luxury ground transportation company. He has been at the forefront of managing the development of organizational infrastructure for numerous companies over the last decade. Tyson is a dynamic executive, highly skilled in assessing the needs of organizations, employees, and managers, and guiding them towards productive development. He has extensive experience in managing operations as well as developing the support infrastructures to enable operations to maximize their effectiveness. |

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