ATA Names 15 Member Class for LEAD Program

3 Oct by Vitaliy Dadalyan

ATA Names 15 Member Class for LEAD Program

Las Vegas — American Trucking Associations named its fourth class to the LEAD ATA industry leadership program and also announced the graduation of its third class during the ATA Management Conference & Exhibition.

“When we first came up with the idea for LEAD ATA, we were hoping to bring in some of the best and brightest in trucking and provide them with the tools to direct our industry and ATA into the future,” said Kevin Burch, incoming ATA chairman and president of Jet Express, Dayton, Ohio. “So far, the graduates of this program have exceeded our expectations, and we are looking forward to what this new group of leaders can do.”

The program provides exclusive education opportunities to up-and-coming trucking industry professionals highlighting how the regulatory and legislative process affects the trucking industry and the role ATA plays in influencing those processes. LEAD also makes participants aware of tools available to industry executives through the ATA. The program is sponsored by PeopleNet.

“Leadership is very difficult to come by, but even more challenging to maintain and pass down from generation to generation,” said Mark Kessler, PeopleNet general manager. “Witnessing the thought leadership that the past graduating classes are doing by engaging in committees and taking on our industry’s toughest challenges, makes us even more proud of the legacy that LEAD ATA will leave behind.”

The 2016 LEAD ATA Class includes:

Aaron Brown, NFI IndustriesWesley Davis, Big M Transportation Inc.Jeffrey First, FedEx FreightNelson Gonzalez, California Multimodal LLCJonathan Gravell, Pressure Systems InternationalTodd Hahn, Brown Integrated Logistics Inc.Daniel Horvath, TransForce Inc.; Jason Hunter, UPSColton Lawrence, Equinox Business Solutions LLCJohn Michell, Daseke Inc.Jake Rinehart, Celadon Group Inc.Andrew Schilling, Fraley and Schilling Inc.Andrew Walker, TransLandCollins White, Alabama Motor Express Inc.James Daniel Wright, Wright Transportation Inc.

2015 LEAD ATA Graduates:

Elise Chianelli, PeopleNetJJ Clemmons, Summerford Truck Line Inc.Jordan Culver, Q CarriersJonathan Doss, Celadon …Read the rest of this story

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