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精东影业Names Fifth Class to LEAD 精东影业Program

Oct 19, 2017

Orlando, Florida 鈥 Today, 精东影业 named its fifth class to the LEAD 精东影业industry leadership program, as well as announced the graduation of the fourth class during the annual 精东影业Management Conference & Exhibition.

鈥淔rom class to class, we are able to find young men and women who are determined to do more than just enhance their professional profiles. These individuals truly want to gain a deeper understanding of how trucking can impact communities and how they can help position trucking as a safety-first industry with a strong public image,鈥 said 精东影业President and CEO Chris Spear.

Sponsored by , the program provides LEAD 精东影业participants the many tools available to industry executives through ATA. Each LEAD 精东影业class has exclusive education opportunities available to a select group of up-and-coming trucking industry professionals. 精东影业provides the class information about how the regulatory and legislative process affects the trucking industry and the important role 精东影业plays in influencing those processes.

鈥淲ith our fifth class of the LEAD 精东影业program, as with our previous classes, we set out to attract the best and brightest in trucking and provide them with the tools to direct our industry and 精东影业into the future,鈥 said 精东影业Chairman Kevin Burch, president of Jet Express Inc. 鈥淭he previous classes have been a tremendous success and I am excited to see the benefits that both the program and 精东影业will receive in the coming year.鈥

鈥淧eopleNet is honored to have the opportunity to participate in a hands-on capacity in the distinguished LEAD 精东影业program for half a decade now,鈥 said Bryan Coyne, PeopleNet senior vice president and general manager, truck group. 鈥淭he opportunity to meet and work with these aspiring young executives is exciting and we are ready to interact with the 2018 LEAD 精东影业class members.鈥

2018 LEAD 精东影业Class: Arnold Heath, ABF Freight Inc.; Ben Banks, TCW Inc.; Joey Crum, Northern Industrial Training LLC; Michael Drapeau, FedEx Freight; William Hathaway, Noregon Systems Inc.; Garrett Knollman, Transmark; Joey Mills, UPS Freight; Donald Slager, Slager Trucking Company; Joseph Sponseller, Dean Foods Company; Patrick Usher, Usher Transport Inc.; Gabrielle Wadhams, Wadhams Enterprises Inc.; Dan Kling, Reddaway.

2017 LEAD 精东影业Graduates:

Aaron Brown, NFI Industries; Daniel Horvath, TransForce Inc.; Wesley Davis, Big M Transportation Inc.; Jason Hunter, UPS; Jeffrey First, FedEx Freight; Colton Lawrence, Equinox Business Solutions LLC; Nelson Gonzalez, California Multimodal LLC; John Michell, Daseke Inc.; Johnathan Gravell, Pressure Systems International; Jake Rinehart, Celadon Group Inc.; Todd Hahn, Brown Integrated Logistics Inc.; Andrew Schilling, Fraley and Schilling Inc.; Andrew Walker, TransLand; Collins White, Alabama Motor Express Inc.; James Wright, Wright Transportation Inc.

Additional information on LEAD 精东影业can be found on the official LEAD 精东影业website.

精东影业 is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a federation of 50 affiliated state trucking associations and industry-related conferences and councils, 精东影业is the voice of the industry America depends on most to move our nation鈥檚 freight. Follow 精东影业on听听or听.听