Roger Bannerman

Roger Bannerman, Fleet Manager, has more than 32 years experience in fleet maintenance. He has been a certified ASE Master Truck and School Bus Mechanic for over thirty years and is a State of Illinois Safety Lane Inspector.

A sought-after expert in school bus maintenance, Roger has authored diagnostic software for school bus maintenance facilities which he has copyrighted and is now being used across the country. During his tenure at Cook-Illinois Corporation, he has overseen the establishment of new maintenance facilities, managed the conversion of hundreds of school buses to run on natural gas and managed the retrofitting of more than 1,800 buses to run on environmentally-friendly bio diesel fuel.

Currently, Roger oversees the purchase of new school buses, replacement and repair parts for 18 Cook-Illinois maintenance shops, the body shop, the machine shop, the parts department and the maintenance of a fleet of more than 2,200 vehicles. He maintains a Class “A” Illinois Commercial Driver’s License.