ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Today,
American Trucking Associations named its fifth class to the LEAD
ATA industry leadership program, as well as announced the
graduation of the fourth class during the annual ATA Management
Conference & Exhibition.
"From class to class, we are able to find young men and women
who are determined to do more than just enhance their professional
profiles. These individuals truly want to gain a deeper
understanding of how trucking can impact communities and how they
can help position trucking as a safety-first industry with a strong
public image," said ATA President and CEO Chris Spear.
Sponsored by PeopleNet, the program provides LEAD ATA
participants the many tools available to industry executives
through ATA. Each LEAD ATA class has exclusive education
opportunities available to a select group of up-and-coming trucking
industry professionals. ATA provides the class information about
how the regulatory and legislative process affects the trucking
industry and the important role ATA plays in influencing those
processes.
"With our fifth class of the LEAD ATA program, as with our
previous classes, we set out to attract the best and brightest in
trucking and provide them with the tools to direct our industry and
ATA into the future," said ATA Chairman Kevin Burch, president of Jet Express
Inc. "The previous classes have been a tremendous success
and I am excited to see the benefits that both the program and ATA
will receive in the coming year."
"PeopleNet is honored to have the opportunity to participate in
a hands-on capacity in the distinguished LEAD ATA program for half
a decade now," said Bryan Coyne,
PeopleNet senior vice president and general manager, truck
group. "The opportunity to meet and work with these aspiring
young executives is exciting and we are ready to interact with the
2018 LEAD ATA class members."
2018 LEAD ATA Class: Arnold
Heath, ABF Freight Inc.; Ben
Banks, TCW Inc.; Joey Crum,
Northern Industrial Training LLC; Michael
Drapeau, FedEx Freight; William
Hathaway, Noregon Systems Inc.; Garrett Knollman, Transmark; Joey Mills, UPS Freight; Donald Slager, Slager Trucking Company;
Joseph Sponseller, Dean Foods
Company; Patrick Usher, Usher
Transport Inc.; Gabrielle Wadhams,
Wadhams Enterprises Inc.; Dan Kling,
Reddaway.
2017 LEAD ATA Graduates:
Aaron Brown, NFI Industries;
Daniel Horvath, TransForce Inc.;
Wesley Davis, Big M Transportation
Inc.; Jason Hunter, UPS;
Jeffrey First, FedEx Freight;
Colton Lawrence, Equinox Business
Solutions LLC; Nelson Gonzalez,
California Multimodal LLC; John
Michell, Daseke Inc.; Johnathan
Gravell, Pressure Systems International; Jake Rinehart, Celadon Group Inc.; Todd Hahn, Brown Integrated Logistics Inc.;
Andrew Schilling, Fraley and
Schilling Inc.; Andrew Walker,
TransLand; Collins White, Alabama Motor Express Inc.; James Wright, Wright Transportation Inc.
Additional information on LEAD ATA can be found on the official
LEAD ATA website.
American Trucking Associations is the largest
national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a
federation of 50 affiliated state trucking associations and
industry-related conferences and councils, ATA is the voice of the
industry America depends on most to move our nation's freight.
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