should be, and we’re already feeling the effects of it.” Early in her new position, Newton
sat down with the board, Cushman related, and outlined her vision of what role it should play. “It was an all-day agenda, and at
first I thought, ‘what could we talk about all day?’ But it was a great exer- cise because it made us think of what role we play with the membership. As a director, I’m here to help serve the other members. What I’ve never had a chance to sit down and discuss with other directors is, what do other members want? We sit down and talk about a lot of initiatives as a board and address those, such as: Do we do a good enough job of communicating with our mem- bership? “That’s one thing I think Shannon
will focus on. Her communications skills are excellent. She’s coming into the job and constantly working to improve things. Her job isn’t to main- tain the status quo. I really believe we
“IT WAS GOOD EXPERIENCE, BUT DIFFERENT FROM ACTUALLY BEING THE BOSS. IN SPORTS
TERMINOLOGY, I WASN’T THE PLAY CALLER, BUT I WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE DISCUSSION POINTS AND
REPORT BACK. BUT IN THE END, IT WASN’T MY CALL. …NOW IT IS.”
—SHANNON NEWTON, PRESIDENT OF THE ARKANSAS TRUCKING ASSOCIATION
are THE elite state trucking association, and her goal is to make us better and serve our membership better.”
BEING THE PLAY CALLER As vice president, Newton began
experiencing a taste of working with the state legislature. “In that role, I kind of became
Lane’s shadow,” Newton said. “From 2008 to 2014 I was attending all the meetings, the task force meetings, any-
thing we were doing over [at the state Capitol]. I was participating, but not leading. I was the clipboard holder and able to provide advice. In the meetings my responsibility was to absorb what was going on. “It was a good experience, but dif-
ferent from actually being the boss. In sports terminology: I wasn’t the play caller. I was able to provide discussion points and report back. But in the end,
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