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Daecher Consulting to assist UMA with regulatory, safety, security issues

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The United Motorcoach Association has announced that the well-known Daecher Consulting Group will provide the association with expert regulatory, safety and security consulting services while it searches for a new director of government and industry relations.

The Daecher Consulting Group of Camp Hill, PA, is headed by Carmen W. Daecher, the motorcoach industry’s best-known safety and security consultant with more than 30 years experience in the transportation field.

"With Carmen’s assistance, UMA members who need timely and critical safety, regulatory, security and operational information will continue to receive the same level of service they have been used to getting," said Parra.

During the past 20 years, Carmen Daecher has assisted scores of motorcoach operators in the interpretation and implementation of federal regulations, development and refinement of loss-prevention programs, and the assessment of risk-management strategies.

He also has developed and provided hands-on and classroom training to motorcoach operators and their staffs, other commercial transportation providers, insurance companies, attorneys, and various other groups in the areas of safety and loss prevention, security, operations, regulations, compliance, accident investigation and empathic communication.

Mr. Daecher holds a Masters of Science degree in transportation engineering from Villanova University, and is the former director of safety services for Progressive Insurance.

Most recently, Mr. Daecher conducted a series of 10 workshops on security and emergency preparedness planning for UMA and the American Bus Association. The workshops, held at locations across the U.S., concluded earlier this month in Tempe, Ariz.

"We are pleased Carmen Daecher will be filling the void left by the departure later this month of Norman Littler," said UMA President & CEO Victor Parra.

Mr. Daecher will assist the association until a successor is found for Littler, who is leaving the association after more than eight years to join the ABA as vice president of regulatory and industry affairs. "Norm has served the association well, and we wish him the best," said UMA Chairman Brian Scott of Escot Bus Lines in Largo, Fla.

UMA has embarked on a nationwide search to find a highly qualified replacement.

"The association is being assisted in its search by long-time transportation industry professionals," said Parra. "We are confident in finding a permanent replacement, one who will carry on the association tradition of providing quality member services."