Rebecca P. Cherry, President

Biography

Ms. Rebecca P. Cherry is president of Cherry Consulting of the Carolinas, Inc. a Small Business Enterprise that provides management consulting services to both public- and private-sector transportation providers.

Ms. Cherry has owned the business since 1995, after resigning as the Assistant General Manager for Administration and Safety at Charlotte Transit System in mid-August. She was with the transit system for six years. From 1983 until 1989, she was employed by Houston Metropolitan Transit System of Harris County, Texas in various positions. The departments in which she worked were Internal Audit, Labor Relations, Office of Management and Budget, and Operations. At the time of her resignation, because of her husband's relocation to Charlotte, Ms. Cherry was directly responsible for the Dispatchers at METRO's six operating facilities.

Most of Ms. Cherry's private sector work is in the Southeast, since her Company is contracted by a New York-based insurance company to perform safety audits for trucking companies and passenger carriers located in the Carolinas, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, West Virginia, and Virginia. In the public sector arena, 3C, Inc. often collaborates with other larger consulting companies, performing fieldwork (such as surveying representatives of the agencies), conducting organization and operation analyses, and developing and recommending alternatives/recommendations for enhancing the companies' operations. Other Subcontractors who reside in metro Charlotte assist the Company's employees.

Transit systems independently contract 3C, Inc. to fulfill their 'Employee Training and Development' needs, funded through Rural Operating Assistance Programs. Most of the training is focused on operations safety, defensive driving, and ADA compliance matters, specifically Passenger Assistance and Operators' Sensitivity and Awareness.

In January 2008, Ms. Cherry signed the Company’s largest transportation management contract with the Department of Army. The Company operates daily service for the Warriors In Transition Battalion (WTB) at Fort Bragg (NC) Military Base.

Ms. Cherry obtained her Master's degree in Industrial Management from Georgia Institute of Technology (MSIM - 1980) and a Bachelor's in Education from Tennessee Tech University (BS, EDU - 1976).

Michael P. Everhart

Biography

Mr. Everhart joined Cherry Consulting of the Carolinas, Inc. in January 2008, recruited by the President to supervise the full- and part-time driving force that operates the WTB service. In 2004, Mr. Everhart, a tenured and highly qualified Safety and Personnel Administrator of a Fayetteville-based over-the-road trucking company, was the focal person for a risk management survey/audit that was being conducted by Ms. Cherry. Impressed by the loss control activities and safety programs that were in place at the trucking company, evidencing Mr. Everhart’s administrative and leadership skills, the President knew that he would be the best candidate to lead her company’s Fayetteville operations.

Besides his experience in the transportation industry coupled with complete understanding of Department Of Transportation safety regulations, Mr. Everhart possesses superior leadership qualities. For five years (1997 to 2001), he was employed as an educator with the Cumberland County School System. His job tasks went far beyond the classroom, assisting Administrators in conducting quality service programs to other staff. The Transportation Administrator is a ‘people’ person, and this bodes well in an environment where the passengers are soldiers who have incurred illnesses and injuries to protect and defend our Country.

In the time that Mr. Everhart has overseen the Fayetteville Division of 3C, Inc., both military and civilian personnel have grown to admire and respect him because of his leadership of not only Company employees but WTB Transportation staff, in addition to his dedication to making the service grow to meeting the increasing demands.

Mr. Everhart obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from Pembroke State University in 1984 and has completed some coursework at a Master’s level at Fayetteville State University.