Blue Bird Appoints Julie Fream to Board of Directors
23 Octobre 2023 - 9:21PM
Business Wire
Experienced automotive executive brings decades
of strategy, sales, and business development experience to the Blue
Bird Board
Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD), the leader in electric and
low-emission school buses, today announced that Julie A. Fream has
joined the company’s Board of Directors. Fream succeeds Adam Gray,
managing partner of Coliseum Capital Management LLC, who has
decided to step down from the Board following Coliseum’s sale of
its Blue Bird holdings through a secondary offering.
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Blue Bird Corporation appointed Julie A.
Fream, a veteran automotive executive, to its Board of Directors.
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Fream is a business strategy and implementation expert with 40
years of automotive industry and board experience. Since 2013, she
has been the president and CEO of MEMA Original Equipment
Suppliers, a 500+ company-member trade association that advocates
and advances vehicle suppliers’ business needs in North America.
Fream continues to steer the organization as the vehicle industry
undergoes a major transformation to clean-powertrain
technologies.
Fream is the founding chair of the Board of Directors for
Corewell Health, a $14 billion healthcare system formed in 2022.
From 2011 to 2018, she served an eight-year term as a
governor-appointed trustee for Michigan Technological University, a
research university focused primarily on engineering and related
fields. From 2014 to 2016, Fream served as chair of the Michigan
Tech Board of Trustees.
“We are delighted to have Julie join our Board at this
unprecedented time in Blue Bird’s evolution, as we build on our
leadership in zero- and low-emission student transportation and
look forward to continued profitable growth,” said Phil Horlock,
CEO of Blue Bird Corporation. “Julie’s strategic and business
development expertise, broad industry experience and extensive
knowledge of the automotive-supply base adds to our Board’s
capabilities. We look to our Board members to actively engage in
the strategic direction and oversight of our Company, and with
Julie’s automotive experience and accomplishments, I know she will
be a great addition.”
Added Horlock: “On behalf of the Board, I would also like to
extend our deepest gratitude to Adam Gray for his strategic
guidance and unwavering commitment to Blue Bird since rejoining the
Board in 2021.”
Fream has received many honors during her distinguished career,
including being recognized among the “Top 100 Influential Women in
Michigan” by Crain’s Detroit Business in 2016 and 2021. In
addition, she was named one of the “Top 100 Leading Women in the
North American Automotive Industry” by Automotive News in 2015 and
2020.
Fream holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in
Chemical Engineering from Michigan Technological University.
About Blue Bird Corporation
Blue Bird (NASDAQ: BLBD) is recognized as a technology leader
and innovator of school buses since its founding in 1927. Our
dedicated team members design, engineer and manufacture school
buses with a singular focus on safety, reliability, and durability.
Blue Bird buses carry the most precious cargo in the world – the
majority of 25 million children twice a day – making us the most
trusted brand in the industry. The company is the proven leader in
low- and zero-emission school buses with more than 20,000 propane,
natural gas, and electric powered buses in operation today. Blue
Bird is transforming the student transportation industry through
cleaner energy solutions. For more information on Blue Bird's
complete product and service portfolio, visit
www.blue-bird.com.
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