Patrick Vaughan

Patrick Vaughan, Chief Executive Officer of Student Transportation of America, has over 40 years of experience in the transportation industry with the most recent 28 years devoted to student transportation and passenger safety. In 1977, Mr. Vaughan began his career in transportation & logistics with St. Johnsbury Trucking Company, a less-than-truckload carrier owned by Sun Oil Corporation. In 1988, Mr. Vaughan joined the Connecticut based retail firm of Ames Department Stores where he was Vice President of Transportation & Logistics. In 1991, Mr. Vaughan joined Laidlaw Transit Inc. as Director of Operations and was promoted in 1996 to the position of Senior Vice President. Upon the acquisition of Laidlaw Transit Inc., by First Group in 2007, Mr. Vaughan was appointed to the role of Chief Operating Officer and charged with the effective integration of the two largest student transportation providers in the industry. In 2017, he was named the President of STA's newly formed School Transportation Group. Mr. Vaughan has been awarded the National School Transportation Association’s Golden Merit Award for his dedication and commitment to the school bus industry, and is a graduate of Suffolk University, with a B.S. in Business Administration. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of National School Transportation Association.