FAIRFAX, Va. The board of the Trailways Transportation System has elected Tom Bazow, president/CEO of Excursions Trailways of Fort Wayne, Ind., to a midterm replacement position that continues through next year.

A former teacher, Bazow, and partner Pat OBrien, decided to form their own company a decade ago. Both had been driving for the same employer.

Beginning with a single coach, Excursions Trailways has grown to a fleet of 13 coaches and 55 part- and full-time employees and has a second located in Ottawa, Ohio.

Excursions has been a Trailways member since 2005.

PERTH, Scotland -- Stagecoach Group Chief Executive Brian Souter has received a major entrepreneur award in the United Kingdom.

The co-founder of Stagecoach, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, was named "UK Master Entrepreneur of the Year" at an awards ceremony in London.

The award was given by the international accounting firm of Ernst & Young and is based on such factors as innovation, leadership, financial performance and corporate social responsibility

Earlier, Souter was named "Ernst & Young Scotland Overall Entrepreneur of the Year 2010" and he also collected a European award in Paris for a career of service to public transport. (See July 15 Bus & Motorcoach News.)

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Former Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Administrator Annette M. Sandberg is joining the law firm of Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary in a new office it is establishing here.

Sandberg also is a former deputy administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and spent 17 years with the Washington State Patrol, the last 6 as its chief. She joined the FMCSA in 2003 and left March 1, 2006.

At the Scopelitis firm, Sandberg will be a senior attorney representing motor carrier clients on safety and regulatory issues, including CSA 2010 compliance. In addition to her affiliation with the law firm, Sandberg will continue as the CEO of TransSafe Consulting LLC.

The Scopelitis law firm has offices in seven other cities.