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NationaLease Honors 2012 Masters Club Award Winners

The organization of full service truck leasing companies honors its top-selling sales representatives each year, including two who have won the award for 10 consecutive years. Russ Edwards of Salem NationaLease wins the top prize among his colleagues.

March 21, 2013, Downers Grove, IL –NationaLease announces the winners of its Masters Club Award competition that recognizes excellence among sales representatives in the organization of full service truck leasing companies.

The coveted award is based on a competitive point system with credits given for each piece of equipment the individual salesperson signs the previous year. The winner for 2012 is Russ Edwards of Salem NationaLease, headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC, who received the top honor for the first time at a gathering of winners at the Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort in Cancun, Mexico. The awards – including the top Gene Scoggins Award – were presented by Dean Vicha, President of NationaLease.

“This group represents the very best NationaLease has to offer. Their extraordinary ability to service their customers and represent our company has allowed them to reach the highest level of recognition we have to offer,” Vicha said.

In addition, Mark Quick and Ray Swesey of Brown NationaLease headquartered in Des Moines, IA, were the first sales representatives to be recognized for winning the Masters Club Award for 10 consecutive years. In appreciation for the accomplishment, Tom Brown, President of Brown NationaLease, Vicha, and Jeff Spence, NationaLease Vice President of National Accounts, presented the men with Rolex watches during the ceremony.

NationaLease Masters Club Award winners at the Platinum Level and their company headquarters:

• Tim Hanley, Aim NationaLease, Girard, OH
• Steve Iskander, Aim NationaLease, Girard, OH
• Ben Shaffer, Aim NationaLease, Girard, OH
• Matt Svancara, Aim NationaLease, Girard, OH
• Joe Telega, Aim NationaLease, Girard, OH
• Joe Moran, Bentley Truck Services, Inc., at NationaLease Member, Logan Township, NJ
• Mark Quick, Brown NationaLease, Des Moines, IA
• Ray Swesey, Brown NationaLease, Des Moines, IA
• Glen Moorehouse, DeCarolis Truck Rental, Inc., a NationaLease Member, Rochester, NY
• Brian Butterfield, Fox & James NationaLease, Latrobe, PA
• Mike Steele, Hogan Truck Leasing, Inc., a NationaLease Member, St. Louis, MO
• Evan Keefer, Kris-Way Truck Leasing, Inc., a NationaLease Member, S. Portland, ME
• Warren Johnson, Lawrence NationaLease, Red Wing, MN
• Tom Roath, Miller NationaLease, Lumberton, NJ
• Gerald Yeomans, NationaLease, Downers Grove, IL
• Jay Hagerty, NationaLease, Downers Grove, IL
• Don Baldacci, Old Dominion NationaLease, Chesterfield, VA
• Andrew Sommer, Public Service Truck Renting, Inc., a NationaLease Member, Long Island City, NY
• Lacy Teague, Salem NationaLease, Winston-Salem, NC
• John Egan, Salem NationaLease, Winston-Salem, NC
• Russ Edwards, Salem NationaLease, Winston-Salem, NC
• Gary Murchison, Salem NationaLease, Winston-Salem, NC
• Ron Widener, Salem NationaLease, Winston-Salem, NC
• Fred Schmidt, Southeastern NationaLease, Charlotte, NC
• Steve Vanden Heuvel, Valley Truck Leasing NationaLease, Appleton, WI
• Bob Norris, Velocity Truck Rental and Leasing, a NationaLease Member, Carson, CA

NationaLease Masters Club Award winners at the Gold Level and their company headquarters:

• Cheri Airoldi-Brittain, Airoldi Brothers NationaLease, Oak Creek, WI
• Marc Schmidt, Conway Beam NationaLease, Rochester, NY
• Scott Townsley, Hogan Truck Leasing, Inc., a NationaLease Member, St. Louis, MO
• John Kalk, McCoy NationaLease, Salem, OR
• Stan Eisenhooth, Stoops NationaLease, Indianapolis, IN

About NationaLease
Founded in 1944, NationaLease is one of the largest full service truck leasing organizations in North America, with over 1200 locations throughout the U.S. and Canada and a combined customer fleet of over 175,000 tractors, trucks, and trailers. The company provides comprehensive fleet management services for private fleets and transportation service providers. More information can be found at nationalease.com.

Media Contact for NationaLease
Rob Tacey
Director, Communications & Public Relations
press@corcentric.com
(302) 897-3094

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Top seller Russ Edwards (left) of Salem NationaLease accepts the Gene Scoggins Award from Jeff Spence, NationaLease Vice President of National Accounts.
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