The Executive Team

Gary Bauer

Founder and CEO

Having started as a way to have fun with his friends at college, Gary bought his first limousine back in the late 80's. Twenty years later, with over 200 vehicles, Bauer's has grown to be one of the largest Eco-Friendly fleets in the United States.

Gary continues to provide leadership in the industry by holding the 2nd Vice President position with the National Limousine Association (NLA) as well as memberships with The Greater California Livery Association (GCLA), NACE, MPI, ISES and YEO/YPO, and a member of the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau. His commitment to the community and the environment is a trademark of the Bauer's corporate culture. Gary has also worked with local and national government agencies to identify solutions to current transportation congestion issue furthering the green environment commitment. Through his efforts, Gary has made the transportation industry a solution to the environment problem-not the problem.

Gary's philosophy is to build lasting relationships with clients, vendors, and team members. He is dedicated to outstanding customer service and a worry-free, safe experience; effortless transportation that exceeds expectations and creates lasting memories. This is the foundation that has built Bauer's Transportation and made the company what it is today.

Gary Schwartz

Chief Financial Officer

Gary Schwartz has more than 20 years of diversified financial and management experience including, raising capital, orchestrating mergers and acquisitions and structuring and negotiating deals in both public and private corporations. During his career, Schwartz played a key role in managing a diversified consumer cyclical and real estate conglomerate. He developed financial infrastructure and management systems supporting the growth of the company from $40 million in revenues and 150 employees to over $250 million and 1,500, respectively. In addition, as the Chief Investment Officer for the founding family with approximately $1 billion in diversified assets, Gary established, developed and directed investment, taxation and philanthropic policies for the family and various entities.

Further, Gary served as Chief Financial Officer, Director and Secretary for a retail company where he managed and executed the Company's Initial Public Offering listing on the NASDAQ National Market. In addition to his financial and directorship duties, Schwartz was responsible for establishing and maintaining contact with Wall St., investor relations and leading and conducting quarterly analysts' conference calls.

More recently, Gary has served as the Chief Financial Officer for several Internet-based e-commerce start-ups focusing on private finance in both domestic and international markets. He successfully negotiated and led the sale of one those companies to an international, publicly held competitor. Lastly, he served as a financial advisor for Citigroup in the financial services industry.

Gary received his BS degree from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Real Estate Broker and licensed in the securities industry. In addition, Gary has served as an officer and member of the Board of Trustees for various philanthropic, non-profit and industrial organizations.

Steve Fallon

Executive Vice President

It is in the role of Executive Vice President that Steve Fallon brings his operational and leadership skills that have developed as a senior manager for the past twenty years. Prior to his association with Bauer's, he was a Vice President for Durham School Services. At Durham . He oversaw ten locations in the Pacific Northwest consisting of over one thousand employees, with a fleet of 1,200 buses and a profit and loss responsibility for over 90 million dollars. He also served as President for CSTA (California Student Transportation Association), which represented every major carrier in the state.

Prior to moving to California in 2000, some of his other senior manager positions included the Building Maintenance field, where he negotiated and administered multi million dollar contracts with the MTA to service Penn Station, and with the National Parks Service to service the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island as well as an Assistant Building Manager at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Mark Jarrell

Director of Sales and Marketing

Mark Jarrell leads Bauer's nationwide sales and marketing efforts of transportation management services to corporate meeting planners, travel agents and managers plus other industry related partners.

Mark joined our team in 2006 and brings 25+ years of experience from the corporate events and hospitality arena. A veteran sales management professional, Mark began his career planning group travel programs at Maritz in St. Louis, Missouri. Following eight years of leading multi-million dollar account teams, he joined their sales West Coast sales team in San Francisco.

In 1993, Mark joined Rosenbluth International as the Executive Director of their Meetings & Incentive Division and successfully ran two sales and operations offices on both coasts. When the company was sold at the beginning of the dot-com days, Mark's clients urged him to start his own adventure - which he did. The Meeting Architects - a high-end event marketing firm, which ran for eight years under his creative leadership and direction.

Mark is a graduate of the University of Denver with a degree in Journalism and has held several Board of Director positions in the San Francisco business community. He considers work an adventure and sets high standards for himself and his team by continually surrounding himself with happy, peppy, perky people poised for great accomplishments.