PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE


Nebraska Trucking Executive Committee


Greetings Members and Friends of the Trucking Industry!


As always, it has been a busy couple of months since the last edition. The volunteer committees and staff continue to plan and execute an almost constant schedule of meetings, activities and training sessions that help us further the Asso- ciation’s mission of Advocacy, Information and Services. With the current schedule of events we are seeing record levels of participation and attendance. It’s gratifying to see that our members are taking advantage of the things these meetings provide in the way of networking and learning, which also helps us build on our goals of providing Citizenship, Safety and Services.


One of the things that I hear from the many successful companies in our mem-


berships is that they get a value out of their dues dollars by sending their employees to our activities, encouraging them to read our publications and developing their leadership skills by serving on the variety of boards, committees and activities. They believe that their investment in our industry trade association isn’t a cost, but a great way to create savings through our lobbying and education efforts. They agree that they will only get the value out of their dues dollars in proportion to what they put into it.


It is with this in mind that I invite all of our member companies to take advan- tage of the benefits we offer. Stay engaged in the Association by reading the com- munications that we send out, send your employees to an education/networking program (if we aren’t covering something your segment of the industry is interested in, call me) and do everything you can to engage in the future as much as all of us do in the daily performance of our operations. Forward thinking and change doesn’t just happen. It takes a vision and action to put things into motion. Being “stuck” and inactive just makes things worse. Thinking in the past on what use to work in any activity has proven to be ineffec- tive. Your Association has some great partnerships, tools and people that can create positive change in a principled and professional way. Our lines of communication in and out are working. We’re here, use us. Until next issue, be safe and engaged in whatever you do.


Larry Johnson President


Nebraska Trucking Association ljohnson@nebtrucking.com


CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD BOB WINTER Distribution Inc.


CHAIR-ELECT MARY DAVIE Flatbed Express


VICE-CHAIR SCOTT ROMANS Romans Motor Freight


TREASURER


CRYSTAL ANDERSON Pitney Bowes Presort


SECRETARY BRENT FALGIONE Greater Omaha Express LLC


AT-LARGE DIRECTOR TIM ASCHOFF


Crete Carrier Corporation


AT-LARGE DIRECTOR TIM MCCORMICK


Fremont Contract Carriers, Inc.


STATE VICE PRESIDENT TO ATA DANNY TOMPKINS


Nebraska Transport Company


ALTERNATIVE STATE VICE PRESIDENT TO ATA ERICH HELGE


Seward Motor Freight


PAST CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD BOB CLARK Chief Carriers


BOARD OF DIRECTORS


Don Adams Dean Aden Steve Aherns George Akerson Crystal Anderson Tim Aschoff Blaine Batten Dennis Bauder David Billings Joanie M. Bogers Kurt Brown Butch Brown Bob Clark


Tom Coffey Mary Davie Eldon Dokter


Dwight Dunsworth Dave Erlandson Brent Falgione Ross Faubel Corby Flagle Hugh Fugleberg Michael Galvin Norman Geiken Rick Gomel


Tom Hastings Mark Hauptman Erich Helge Mike Herre Albert Hill


Duane Hobscheidt Phillip Holliday Dan Hurt Don Kaiser Larry Kersten Jerry Kilthau


4 Nebraska Trucker - Issue 1, 2017 Chris Klotz


Tom Koenigs Jean Kurtenbach Heidi Loop Mike Maloley


Terry McMullen Ron Mencl


Lloyd Mettenbrink Trey Mytty Ron Nolte Scott Olson


Tonn Ostergard Dave Parker Jack Peetz Dean Petersen Dick Pierson Tom Pirnie Gene Quandt Dick Reiser Greg Reitmeier Norm Riffel Scott Romans Ronald Romans John Sahling Roger Schmidt Russell Stough Danny Tompkins Nick Vuko Dave Walde Curt Werner Clarence Werner Jerry Wessel Bob Winter Brian Wood Rallen R. Zeitner


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