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Letter from the PRESIDENT


TENNESSEE TRUCKING ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE


CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD JOHN ROSS


Milan Supply Chain Solutions Tennessee Trucking Association


PRESIDENT & CEO DAVE HUNERYAGER


IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN JOE HERMAN


Danny Herman Trucking, Inc. CHAIRMAN ELECT


WAYLAND THOMPSON FirstFleet, Inc.


SECRETARY JIM MOSBY FirstBank


TREASURER


SCOTT SCHUMPERT Carr, Riggs & Ingram CPAs


ATA VICE PRESIDENT SCOTT GEORGE TCW, Inc.


TRUCKPAC CO-CHAIRMAN DAVE MANNING TCW, Inc.


Cumberland International Trucks, Inc.


TRUCKPAC CO-CHAIRMAN TERRY MINOR


TTF PRESIDENT


TOMMY HODGES Titan Transfer, Inc.


ALLIED VICE CHAIRMAN TROY DICKENS


Rush Truck Center, Nashville BOARD OF DIRECTORS


DIRECTORS AT LARGE BRAD ALLEN


Venture Express, Inc. MIKE ELMORE


Multi-Task Solutions, LLC STEVE FRANKLIN


Cummins Crosspoint BETH FRANKLIN


Multi-Task Solutions, LLC


JERRY HAMPTON Pinnacle Bank


STEVE JONES Ike Transportation


LARRY LEFKOVITZ McLeod Software


ROB RHEA FedEx Freight


Peterbilt Motors Company JOE SHARP


JOE SCATTERGOOD


Rapid Ways Truck Leasing BOB WEST


Shoun Trucking Company WAYNEWEAVER


Western Express, Inc. SHIELA SHOUN


Clarke Power Services, Inc.


R.E. West, Inc. BILLYWHITE


EAST TENNESSEE JEFF REED


Skyline Transportation


BRUCE CAMPBELL Forward Air Corp. BILL REED, III


Great West Casualty Company CRAIG KENDALL


Skyline Logistics, Inc. JEFF ALLEN


The Peterbilt Store-Knoxville MIDDLE TENNESSEE


WAYLAND THOMPSON FirstFleet, Inc.


WILLIAM KEITH FirstExpress, Inc.


Portland Express, Inc.


Big G Express, Inc. BRAD RAHRER


PAT MARSH


ALLIE SHARP SCHWALB Sharp Transport, Inc.


JOHNWALTON Averitt Express, Inc.


BILL BOB WEST R.E. West, Inc.


SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE


McKee Foods Transportation, LLC MAX FULLER


CONNIE VAUGHAN


Kenco Transportation Services LISA PATE


U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc. JOE SMITH


U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc.


TOMMY THAXTON Best One Tire & Service


NATHANIEL GOGGANS Justitia Law Firm PLLC


WEST TENNESSEE


JASON HIGGINBOTHAM Ozark Motor Lines, Inc.


Intermodal Cartage Co., Inc. TOMMY ROSS


MARK GEORGE Empire Express, Inc.


Milan Express, Inc. TIM GATLIN


CATHY PHILLIPS COATS H.B. Phillips, Inc.


Reeves Brothers Trucking, Inc. JEFF EARLE


JEFF REEVES


Thompson Power Corp. TOMMY EARL


Summit Truck Group, Memphis


TAG Truck Center DICK SWEEBE


NON-DOMICILED REGIONAL


NICK D’ANDREA UPS


PrePass – A Service of HELP, Inc. GREG SHIPMAN


YRC Worldwide, Inc. HAL DOWLAND


Ryder System Inc. MIKE KELLEY


JAMES BARR Vertical Alliance Group


On behalf of our Director of Safety Edmond Sorrell, our Administration Coordinator Carol Foster, our Membership Coordinator Catherine Stuart, and me, thank you for all that you do in support of our Annual Convention and the Tennessee Trucking Association through- out the year, we appreciate each one of you!


Dave Huneryager President & CEO


Tennessee Trucking Association dhuneryager@tntrucking.org


Thank you to Mark Lazarus from MDL Remarketing for heading our Convention Committee and to all the members of his committee for putting together a class event.


Thanks to David Parker for his passionate keynote address that kicked of a terrific conven- tion. To members of both our industry panels; Road Team Captains Dave Magee from Fe- dEx Freight, Mike Brewer from Old Dominion Freight Line, Brad Coffey from TCW, Inc. and Gary Helms of Covenant Transport. To our company leader’s panel representatives; Connie Vaughan of McKee Foods, Randy Vernon of Big G Express, Jason Higginbotham of Ozark Motor Lines and Bob Pemberton of Pemberton Truck Lines. Your insight into the issues of the day were very well received! Finally to Rebecca Brewster for her insights into the trends that drive our industry today.


Nacarato Volvo Trucks, Inc.


Advanced Ergonomics, Inc. JOE NACARATO


JIM BRIGGS


EDDIEWAYLAND King & Ballow


BILL TIRRILL Fleetco, Inc.


Thank You


As another terrific Tennessee Trucking Association Annual Convention concluded in Sep- tember our appreciation would not be complete without several thank yous! Thank you to all those companies who provided different levels of sponsorship and for your continued support of the Association’s work towards improving our industry.


Thank you to all the record number of member attendees and their families; it would not have been the success it appeared to be without you. Thank you to all our new member at- tendees, and first time attendees, we hope you learned some things and enjoyed the event enough to come back next year.


Thank you to our Road Team Captains; Mark Brennecke of Averitt Express, Mike Brewer of Old Dominion Fright Line, Steve Caudle of TCW, Inc., Brad Coffey of TCW, Inc., Greg Farris of Titan Transfer, Darrell Hall of TCW, Inc., Gary Helms of Covenant Transport, Mike Henley of Walmart Transportation, Dave Magee of FedEx Freight, Bob McDonald of Danny Herman Trucking, Jimmy Murray of Old Dominion Freight Line, Charles Starks of TCW, Inc., and Mike White of Venture Express. Thank you for the example you set and the confirmation of why we are so proud of the work you do.


Thank you to all of the Tennessee Trucking Foundation Auction donors and to all of you who so generously bid on those items. Your support of our effort to educate motorists young and old about how to safely share the road with commercial vehicles is very much appreciated.


Q3 2015


TENNESSEE TRUCKING NEWS


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