Robert (Bob) D. Beach
President

Bob has been in the bus transportation business since 1951. He joined his father at Beach Transportation in 1956, after serving in the US Air Force. He graduated from the University of Montana in 1954 with a BA in Secondary Education. As president, he functions as general manager with overall responsibilities for the well-being of the company. Bob also drives many of the charter coach trips personally.

Greg D. Beach
Chief Executive Officer

Greg began working for our firm in 1979, after graduating from the University of Montana in Business Finance. In 1984, he received a Masters in Business Administration from UNLV and subsequently returned to work in the family business. Greg's areas of responsibility with the company include financial planning, budgeting, accounting, and marketing.

Greg has been involved with several community organizations, including the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary and Ducks Unlimited. He also served as president of the Montana School Transportation Association. His duties as association president included reviewing safety standards for school buses and working with the Montana Office of Public Instruction and the legislature on various matters related to school bus transportation.

Scott R. Beach
Chief Operational Officer

Scott also joined our firm in 1979. As vice president in charge of operations, he is responsible for the maintenance of our bus fleet. He directly oversees the shop foreman, the shop personnel, the drivers and aides. Scott's other responsibilities include school bus routing, keeping track of the numerous state permits required for intrastate travel and facilities maintenance. Scott has served as secretary/treasurer and board member of the Montana Transportation Association.

Robert Mitchell
General Manager and Dispatcher

Bob began working at Beach Transportation in 1985 as a bus driver. Before becoming the General Manager and Dispatcher, Bob was the company Safety Director; before that, he traveled the country behind the wheel of a "Beachliner."

Bob attended the University of Montana from 1982 until his employment with Beach Transportation. As Safety Director, Bob's duties included driver and passenger safety, driver training, driver evaluation, drug and alcohol testing, overseeing the ongoing training program, and all safety related matters at Beach Transportation

Cindy Marcum
Special Needs Coordinator

Cindy has been with Beach Transportation since 1976. In 1998, she became the Special Needs Coordinator. The duties of this position include designing and implementing the routes and coordinating special needs drivers and attendants. She also helps train drivers and attendants and does driver evaluations.

Tracie Stahl
Safety Director/Driver Trainer

As the Safety Director, Tracie’s responsibilities include supervising driver and passenger safety, managing driver evaluation, administering Beach Transportation's drug and alcohol testing program and training drivers and other personnel. She also maintains employee records and driver logbooks. Starting as an attendant in 1996, Tracie soon became a school bus and motor coach driver.

Tracie volunteers with the Boy Scouts and loves spending time in the outdoors. She also enjoys spending time with her daughter and three sons.

Jo DeMers
Secretary

Jo DeMers has been with Beach Transportation since 1974. She began as special needs driver and went on to coordinate bus routes for all the special needs students as the program grew. Her duties now consist of handling accounts receivable, checking in drivers and managing driver travel expenses. Jo also takes field trip orders and does quotes, in addition to assisting other administrative personnel.

Carlin Cavill
Director of Maintenance

Carlin began working at Beach Transportation in 1990 as a mechanic after completing four years in the Coast Guard as a machinist. In 1992, he was promoted to foreman of the maintenance shop and remained in that position until 1997 when he left to pursue other interests.

In 1999, he returned to Beach Transportation in the capacity of Director of Maintenance. He coordinates the work of and oversees the maintenance foreman, cleaning personnel, buildings and grounds personnel. Carlin has extensive mechanical knowledge in many areas.

Josh Spaid
Assistant Dispatcher

Josh is a third generation Missoulian and a 1999 graduate of Loyola Sacred Heart High School. He came to work for Beach Transportation as a school bus driver in 2000 while attending the University of Montana College of Technology. He graduated in 2001 with a degree in Microcomputing Technology. While working with the company Josh met and later became engaged to Katie Yonce, who at the time was also driving for the company.

Tom Anderson
Administrative Assistant

Tom joined Beach Transportation as a school bus driver and assistant in 1997 after teaching in Kalispell and Missoula. He became the Administrative Assistant in 2002. He manages the company's computers, network and phone system, pays its vendors, maintains its website, creates the company newsletter and marketing materials and enters maintenance data for the company's school bus and motorcoach fleets. He received a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism from the University of Montana in 1977.