Commissioner Craig Lentzsch
Intercity Passenger Transportation

Craig R. Lentzsch is the Vice Chairman of the American Bus Association and a director of Coach America Holdings, Inc. where he recently retired as president and chief executive officer. Coach America is the premier provider of ground transportation and travel services in 30 markets in the major cities in the southern and western half of the United States. He participated in the creation of Coach America with private equity partners in 2003.

Mr. Lentzsch led Greyhound Lines, Inc. from November 1994 to June 2003 as its president and chief executive officer. In March 1999, upon the acquisition of Greyhound by Laidlaw, Inc., he assumed responsibility for Greyhound Canada and Laidlaw Public Transit as well. Combined revenues reached $1.2 billion with 16,000 employees.

Mr. Lentzsch is a 29-year veteran of the bus transportation industry. He previously served as vice chairman and executive vice president of Greyhound from 1987 to 1989, and he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Phoenix-based Motor Coach Industries International, Inc., the largest manufacturer of intercity coaches and transit buses in North America, from 1992 to 1994. From 1980 to 1989 he led BusLease, Inc. which he co-founded and built into the largest intercity bus leasing company in the U.S.

Lentzsch is a graduate of Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. He was appointed to the National Commission on Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing by the Honorable Charles Rangel and he serves on the boards of directors of the American Bus Association, the Intermodal Transportation Institute, and the Winston School.