Rays the Mark Foundation has opened its nomination process for a 2024 honoree. The foundation was created by Raymond Melleady, executive vice president USSC Group and March Aesch, founder and CEO of Transpro Consulting, to collectively support transit professionals who have worked and improved the industry but are facing challenges of their own.
The foundation has raised more than $150,000 to distribute to its honorees. Past honorees include Sonny Gordon, a former college and professional football player and sales executive at USSC Group, who lost his battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in 2023, and Lauren Cochran Scoville, a transit industry advocate for zero-emission buses, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2022.
“If you know of someone who has truly ‘raised the mark’ of our industry and made your organization and our industry better for it, please submit an application for consideration,” the foundation wrote in an announcement for the 2024 honoree nomination.
Potential honorees can be submitted by visiting raysthemarkfoundation.com and clicking on Suggest An Honoree. Applications will be open until April 1, 2024, with an honoree selected that same month. The foundation will hold its annual fundraising golf outing on Sept. 28 in Anaheim, Calif.
“Thank you for your support of the Rays the Mark Foundation, we welcome your submissions for our Raise the Mark 2024 Honoree and continue to be appreciative of your generous consideration in sponsoring our 2024 event,” the foundation said.
