According to TLPA, Trujillo, who drives for Golden Chariot Specialty Transport Service of Vancouver, was recognized due to his focus on customer service and care coupled with his willingness to go above and beyond expectations.
“Ron is one of those individuals who truly loves what he does,” said Alfred LaGasse, TLPA CEO. “The level of care and passion he provides to each and every passenger on a daily basis is truly something to emulate.”
After spending most of his career driving a forklift in the tile and stone industry, Trujillo switched gears in 2010 and started working as a driver for Golden Chariot Specialty Transport. Outside of his work as a paratransit driver, he enjoys fishing and spending time with his family and pets. He and his wife of 38 years, who was his high school sweetheart, have one son.
Trujillo will accept the award on October 29 at the TLPA’s annual convention, held this year at the Sheraton Boston/ John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center in Boston, MA.
SHARON PESUT & MITCH BOWER
Leadership Clark County (LCC) has named Sharon Pesut as its 2013 Outstanding Alumnus and Mitch Bower as the recipient of its Lifetime Achievement Award.
Each year, LCC selects one graduate from its nearly 600 alumni to recognize for outstanding volunteer service and leadership to the community. Pesut is the executive director for Partners in Careers (PIC), a Vancouver-based nonprofit that works with families with children facing multiple challenges to employment.
A 2004 LCC graduate, Pesut served on the LCC Board of Directors from 2004 through May 2013 and co-chaired the curriculum committee for many of those years. She is an active member of the Vancouver Public Schools Management Task Force and the Marshall Youth Award Selection Committee.
Bower, a longtime business consultant, has been active in the local community for more than 40 years and was one of the early founders of Leadership Clark County. He has served on a variety of boards including: Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce, SW Washington Hospital, State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, United Way of the Columbia-Willamette, Clark County Social Services Administration Board, Leadership Clark County and the Oregon Symphony. He is a founding member of the Friends of the Columbia Gorge and was a Clark College Trustee and Clark County’s First Citizen in 1971.
The awards were presented to Pesut and Bower at LCC’s 20th Anniversary event earlier this month.
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