Instructors

Alan Granger

Alan Granger

As a high school teacher, I enjoyed teaching and being a Driver Education Instructor during the summer allowed me to continue to work with students in a different environment than the classroom. I still do teach Driver Education part time after school at both Pittsford Sutherland and Webster Thomas High Schools. I became a certified Driver Education Instructor in 1999 and began teaching at Sodus HS during the summer. I was the initial Driving Instructor hired by the Canandaigua Driving School when it was started. In my spare time enjoy playing golf and working on various home projects.

Fred Mcbride

Fred Mcbride

Prior to trucking I was a paramedic for 30 years. After driving for another trucking company I joined Leonard’s Express in 2018.

In 2020 I joined Canandaigua Driving School as a Driving Instructor. I appreciate the chance to transfer some of my knowledge and training to tomorrow’s CDL drivers.

Bill Hess

Bill Hess

My wife and I love to travel. On September 11, 2001 we watched the attack on TV and decided we wanted to do something different. We were both working in factories at the time. I had dreamed of driving a truck since I was little on road trips with my family. When our youngest daughter graduated high school, we enrolled in the truck driving school of one of the larger carriers. We team drove all over the country once we graduated. I enjoy sharing my knowledge so I decided to become a trainer. I trained for that company as I grew and leased my own truck on with them. After my lease was up I went on to a couple smaller companies, with every stop I trained new drivers until I bought another truck and leased it on with Landstar. I did well enough to by another truck and become a small fleet owner, another dream of mine. Finding good drivers became so difficult that I closed my company and went to work for Leonards Express as a driver and a trainer. Now I’ve moved back thru the educational chain and teach people how to be good drivers. I get great satisfaction watching people learn new skills, and truck driving can be a life changing experience.