Prevost Car has announced the appointment of Clay Flynt as vice president of parts and service, making him Prevosts top service and parts executive. The appointment is effective May 16.

Flynt joins Prevost from Volvo Truck, where he headed the support functions for the parts sales and marketing units of Mack and Volvo trucks.

He succeeds Gilles Dion who has been both the president and CEO of Nova Bus and the top parts and service executive at Prevost Car. Dion, who has been with Prevost for 32 years, is devoting all of his time to his Nova Bus position.

Prevost and Nova Bus are subsidiaries of Volvo Bus Corporation, the worlds second-largest motorcoach and transit bus manufacturer. Volvo Bus is part of the Volvo Group, the worlds largest manufacturer of heavy-duty diesel engines.

In his new job, Flynt will be responsible for both the operation and development of the Prevost parts and service units. Prevost Parts also is the official distributor of Nova Bus parts and components.

Flynt has spent 23 years in the truck industry and holds a bachelors degree in business administration. He will be based in Greensboro, N.C., and can be e-mailed at clay.flynt@volvo.com.

"The addition of Clay - a motivated and extremely capable individual - is a definite plus as we continue to build on our success," said Prevost President and CEO Gaetan Bolduc.

Mark Gedris has joined the United Motorcoach Association as membership and marketing director. Gedris comes to UMA with more than nine years of association management experience, specializing in marketing communications, as well as member services and development. Previously, he was director of membership for the Retail Bakers of America, a national association of small- and medium-size business owners. At UMA, Gedris will be responsible for the associations marketing, public relations and membership strategies, as well as member benefits and services.

UMA also announced that Amy Stalknect has been promoted to meetings and operations director. Stalknect has been a UMA employee for four years, most recently serving as marketing & Website development manager. In her new role, she assumes responsibility for Motorcoach Expo and UMAs other meetings and seminars.

Kathy Eubanks of Kathy Eubanks and Associations of Cumming, Ga., has been named chairwoman of the 2008 Ontario Motor Coach Association Conference and Marketplace. Next years conference will be Oct. 18-22 in a suburb of Toronto. The 07 Conference and Marketplace will be Nov. 11-15 in Ottawa, Ont.