For smaller organizations, it may make sense to have only one person working on the green fleet effort.  For most organizations, however, a team of people will likely be needed.  Having a team can help distribute the work required in the effort and provide a good sounding board for potential ideas and solutions to problems that will inevitably arise.  Relying on a team can also help ensure that the work does not get unduly delayed by changes in one person’s workload.  If you do have a team working on the effort, ensure that one person is ultimately in charge and has decision-making power over the effort.  Decisions will have to be made throughout the process, and a team may not always agree on the best course of action.  If a decision-maker is identified beforehand, you will know how to proceed if you encounter one of these situations.

Team members should be taken from a variety of places.  Obviously, people with fleet experience should be involved.  You could also involve environmental staff if your organization has such people.  Other possibilities include budget/finance staff, department heads and policy staff.

It may also make sense to change the people working on this effort as you move through the process.  For example, it may make sense to have a certain group of environmental, fleet and policy staff decide on the goals for your effort; but it may then make sense to involve fleet staff and department heads when it comes time to develop implementation plans for the goals.  For now, identify who will work on the initial aspects of greening your fleet as described in the following sections.