Letters of Endorsement

Letter of endorsement from Major General Lance A. Okamura; Deputy Commanding General for the U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC); Homeland Affairs, located at Fort Shafter, Hawaii.[1] Approximately 107,000 Soldiers and contracted civilians report to General Okamura.

Letter of Endorsement from John W. Millar, Attorney at Law on behalf of the Kennedy & Souza, APC law firm. Kennedy & Souza, APC is a San Diego–based civil-litigation and counseling firm (7964 Arjons Dr., Ste I; 858-267-4127) led by co-founding partners Kevin P. Kennedy and James P. Souza. Over a century of combined trial experience, and represents corporate, municipal, and insurer clients including AIG, BASF, Generali, and the City of San Diego.[2]

Letter of endorsement from the Idaho Association of Pupil Transportation. The Idaho Association of Pupil Transportation (IAPT) is a professional organization that serves as a resource for student transportation staff, including drivers and school/school district administrators, in Idaho.[3] Students represented by IAPT (Idaho riders) are roughly 90,000-109,000 K-12 students. Stakeholder institutions include 112 school districts, 23 charter schools, and 3 in-lieu schools statewide (plus private contractors and vendors that serve them).

Letter of endorsement from Teri Woods, regional safety manager for Student Transportation of America.[4] Teri and her counterparts at STA are responsible for the safe transportation of 1.25 million students, their parents, their school administrators, and more than 20,000 drivers.

Letter of endorsement from Lt. Colonel Jerry Melchisedeck, Sr., retired Pentagon official and former 10-state region Director of Admissions for the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.[5] As a USAFA Regional Director, Lt. Col. Melchisedeck oversaw multiple Liaison Officer Directors “LODs” and, through them, several dozen Reserve Citizen Airmen figure “ALOs” (typically ~50–80 in a region), representing direct line-of-sight responsibility for over 1,600-2,300 students each year.

Letter of endorsement from Dr. Lee Ofner (U.S. Navy, Ret.).[6] Dr. Lee Ofner is the National Director at Jazz Imaging, leading the deployment of AI-enabled dental imaging that analyzes intraoral photos to support clinical decision-making and workflow efficiency across 500+ dental offices nationwide.

Letter of endorsement from Marshall Crenshaw, Micron Construction Site[7] Manager (Transportation). Mr. Crenshaw operates over 15 motorcoach 55-passenger buses at the Micron construction site, transporting workers from a common parking lot to 12 worksite locations. He is directly responsible for approaching 6,000 workers moving on and off site 24/7.

Letter of endorsement from Florie Dempsey, regional logistics manager for Uhaul (NYSE-UHAL).[8] She is responsible for approximately 300 staff, 2800 vehicles and/or trailers, and approximately 30,000 annual customers.

FOOTNOTES

[1] General Lance A. Okamura: https://www.usarpac.army.mil/Our-Team/Our-Leaders/Biography-Display/Article/3220971/maj-gen-lance-a-okamura/; https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Iq1aKHebMmwCErmbLtBjax_S8CEIVEk2/view?usp=drive_link

[2] John Millar, Attorney at Law. https://kennedysouza.com  

[3] Idaho Association of Pupil Transportation: https://iaptidaho.com/; https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bCiTat5qusqtHtC-WnPKoDqz2_GckzqP/view?usp=drive_link

[4] Teri Woods, safety manager for Student Transportation of America; a company with over 20,000 employees. Former safety manager for Cascade Student Transportation, the transportation contractor to West Ada School District. https://www.linkedin.com/company/student-transportation-sta/ & https://www.linkedin.com/in/teri-woods-88984b5b/; https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zawusRsnvBcts7vZrgE2T2eK8IYi9ywC/view?usp=drive_link

[5] Lt. Colonel Jerry Melchisedeck (USAF, Ret.), retired Pentagon official: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerry-melchisedeck-sr-3b759339/; https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W4Cdaus1Vo43yGNirVaenSFYzHD0F3up/view?usp=drive_link

[6] Dr. Lee Ofner, AI dental technologist: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lofner/; https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bUYhBx09u4q1Ua3M4SI6kOQjyiTXVHzl/view?usp=drive_link

[7] Marshall Crenshaw Micron construction site lead for transportation: https://boisedev.com/news/2024/06/17/micron-boise-construction/; https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QIgfE1VXWb15zoVSKvvsOphMIf9vjlZq/view?usp=drive_link

[8] Florie Dempsey regional logistics manager for Uhaul: https://www.amerco.com/reports.aspx; https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I0sVA1SB97wf5dPcQfrBUHYyOxpM3eXW/view?usp=drive_link