the information and knowledge they have gained to ensure that they are up to date with industry business practices, pending legislation affecting our business and gain- ing insight on how to operate a profitable company.” Family owned Palletized Trucking is a
multi-service company founded in 1969. It now handles domestic, export and import cargoes and provides service to the 48 con- tiguous states and points in Canada. “I honestly believe that ELC has
allowed me to take my career to the next level,” King said. “As a third generation business owner, it has helped me focus more on the high level view of what needs to be done to ensure the legacy of our fami- ly owned company continues.” Yost said ELC membership, by help-
ing her be a better leader, also helps W.M. Dewey. “The value is immeasurable,” she said.
“We are up to date on new legislation, have the opportunity to network with our com- petitors and friends and are offered many educational sessions throughout the year. ELC grooms the next generation to stand up for trucking and what’s right.” Describing itself as “Texas’ oldest oil-
field trucking company,” W.M. Dewey & Son began as a mule team contractor in the Sour Lake area in 1895. A long-time mem- ber of TXTA, the company is respected for its longevity, and Yost said it is only natural it should be a part of the association, and that employees should be part of the associ- ation’s leadership. In fact, as in W.M. Dewey’s case, lead-
ership appears to run in the family. She grew up in Crosby, east of Houston and her grandfather, Todd McDowell, purchased the Dewey family interests in the 1950s. Yost has worked in trucking pretty
much all of her professional life. Yost’s uncle, Bob McDowell was instrumental in both Yost and her cousin Austin McDowell, becoming members of the ELC. “I was nominated by my uncle to be
on the ELC,” Yost said. “We are a family owned and operated company. Uncle Bob has been a very active member of TXTA and encourages the next generation to step up. My cousin Austin, our salesman, is also an ELC member.”
NINE TXTA MEMBERS, THREE TEXANS
INDUCTED INTO ATA’S 2015 LEAD CLASS American Trucking Associations named its second class to the LEAD ATA
industry leadership program during the annual ATAManagement Conference & Exhibition. Nine of the 13 inductees are employed by TXTA member companies; three are based in Texas. The program will provide exclusive educational opportunities designed to
highlight how the regulatory and legislative process affects the trucking industry and the important role ATA plays in shaping both, as well as demonstrating the many tools available to industry executives through ATA. The TXTA inductees are:
Scott Beaves FedEx Ground
Lisa Black FedEx Corp.
Nataly Byrce Preferred Materials Inc.
George Fetsko FedEx Ground Jaime Maus
Werner Enterprises Inc. As project manager at W.M. Dewey &
Son, Yost is involved with any and all con- struction; roadwork at pipe yards; electri- cal, computer and phone issues; truck maintenance meetings and issues with PeopleNet, the on-board recorder system. She has also done payroll work and minor accounting. “Any project coming in hits my desk,”
she said. With all those responsibilities to jug-
gle, Yost is happy for the opportunity to learn and enhance her leadership and man- agement skills through the ELC. “It opens up doors I wasn’t even aware
of,” she said. “I have access to a plethora of knowledge; any questions I have can be answered from experience or by going through it together. ELC rounds up the next generation and exposes us to this wide avenue of information.” Like Yost, King sees the ELC experi-
ence as a chance to improve while working a challenging job and she also has trucking in her family blood. Her grandparents, who she visited in
Houston while growing up in her native Kansas, bought a trucking company in 1969 and later founded Palletized in the 1970s. After working a number of jobs and
getting her BS in accounting from the University of Kansas, and attending the international business school CIMBA in Italy, she took a job as an entry level invoice clerk at Palletized. King, who describes company presi-
dent and uncle Mike King as a valuable mentor, worked her way around the office to improve her knowledge, and has recently been promoted to chief financial officer. She is responsible for company finance and accounting, human resources and informa- tion technology. While her experience certainly quali-
fies her to be treasurer of the ELC, King said the experience will no doubt make her a better CFO. “I get to work with other similarly sit-
uated business owners in my industry,” she said. “While working with these very suc- cessful business people I’ve learned all sorts of things about how other companies run their business. This insight has led to many valuable internal changes at my company — everything from operations to HR.” Woods was a self-described 23-year-
old “punk kid” with no trucking experi- ence when Refrigerated Transport plucked him fresh out of UT-Arlington 11 years Continues
Winter 2015 45 Travis Russo
U.S. AutoLogistics LLC - Houston Trevor Spring
Energy Dispatch LLC James Winton
Trimac Transportation Inc. - Houston Brandon Woods
Refrigerated Transport Inc. - Fort Worth
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