NAPT COLLABORATIVE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- National Transportation Safety Board
Job Titles:
- Operations Coordinator
- President of the Center for Effective School Operations
Lance Libengood has worked with more than 60 districts to safely route their students, communicate with parents, and navigate boundary changes with school boards. For nine years, he served in school transportation leadership before devoting his time and energy to helping solve the logistical challenges he faced every day on the district side.
Lance is president of The Center for Effective School Operations [CESO] - a Minneapolis-based school district operations and logistics firm - and has over 15 years of experience serving students and families.
Luke Frederick has worked with over 300 organizations to align their brand, services and products. He specializes in helping districts and schools connect to their communities through omni-channel marketing solutions.
As the Vice President of Business Development at the Center for Effective School Operations [CESO] - a Minneapolis-based school district operations and logistics firm - Luke helps leverage national reach and political gravitas with next-level logistics and operations expertise to bring solutions to life.
Mike Martin has been Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer for the National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) since 1995.
Over the course of a professional career that has spanned 5 decades, Mike has been responsible for all aspects of management and operations including strategic planning; legal, political and public affairs; staff development; budgeting, finance and asset management; facilities management; federal and private sector grants management; contract negotiation and management; new product development; and, most importantly, member service.
He has extensive experience working with individuals and organizations in both the public and private sectors and takes special pride in his ability to communicate effectively with a variety of people and audiences. He is well-known for consistently initiating efforts to unite people and organizations and relishes opportunities to forge partnerships focused on a common goal or interest.