A seasoned and motivated leader , Gladys Gillis has built a multi-million dollar passenger transportation enterprise , The Starline Collection , across Washington State . The Starline Collection started in 1998 with the creation of Starline Transportation . That little start up had 3 wheelchair equipped minibuses and a motorcoach , a fleet that has grown to over 100 vehicles in 22 years . In 2013 Starline purchased Wheatland Express which is 5 hours east of its Seattle location in Pullman and Spokane , Washington . To fill in the middle of the State , Starline purchased A & A Motorcoach in 2016 giving them locations in Yakima , Tri-Cities and Wenatchee . Gladys was engaged in expanding the Starline Collection even further when Covid stopped the industry in its tracks in March 2020 .
Gladys was recognized by the Puget Sound Business Journal as a ‘ Women of Influence ’ in 2016 . Her civic involvement includes being on the Central Washington University Board of Regents , a Board member of the Greater Seattle Business Association and the first female Chairman of the United Motorcoach Association in Washington , D . C . Gladys was honored to be selected by the U . S . Secretary of Transportation in 2016 to represent the motorcoach industry on the National Advisory Council on Tourism and Transportation Infrastructure in Washington , D . C . She has been a frequent speaker at various conferences and industry forums . She has been recognized as setting the standard in running a
green company sensitive to the environment with highly trained professional drivers . She enjoys helping business owners take control of their financials to grow their businesses . When not engaged in business activities she can be found boating in the San Juan Islands or playing golf in the sunshine .
Starline 2019 by the numbers :
• Gross Revenue = $ 15M
• Payroll = $ 3.6M
• Fuel = $ 1.2M
• Payroll Tax = $ 434,000
• 401K & Health Insurance & L & I = $ 239,000
• Excise Tax = $ 140,000
• Fuel Tax = $ 62,000
• Vehicle Licensing & Prorate = $ 103,000
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