Women In Trucking Rewards Prime Driver With Volvo Truck
Tiffany Hanna was awarded a 2014 Volvo VNL670 for her essay on the importance of bringing women into the trucking industry. Photo: Jim Park
">A winning essay put Tiffany Hanna behind the wheel of her new Volvo truck thanks to Women in Trucking and Arrow Truck Sales.
Tiffany Hanna, a professional truck driver and trainer at Prime, Inc. is now an owner-operator thanks to the Women in Trucking Association (WIT) and Arrow Truck Sales. Hanna was selected from a pool of applicants who submitted an essay on the importance of attracting more women into the trucking industry.
Hanna has been an advocate for female drivers at Prime, Inc. and serves on the Prime Driver Advisory Board. She is also active with the Highway Diamonds celebration hosted by Prime, Inc. annually to honor their female drivers. Hanna is a U.S. Navy Veteran, the mother of 5 children and a three-time cancer survivor. She has 17 years driving experience during her military carrier, and six years as a commercial driver.
In her winning essay, Hanna wrote, “Women need to know they can be successful in trucking and can do the job just as well if not better than a man.”
She credits her mother, who has been driving trucks for 30 years, with kindling her interest in a driving career. This win will open the door to a new phase in her career, switching from company driver to owner-operator, but she doesn't expect anything to really change.
“I'm going to keep training and trying to get more women interested in trucking, and to show them that with a little hard work this is what you can accomplish," Hanna said. "[This truck] is definitely a blessing.”
WIT President/CEO, Ellen Voie, announced the winner on March 24, 2018 during the 9th annual “Salute to Women Behind the Wheel,” at the Mid-America ...Read the rest of this story
