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Austin, Texas 鈥揟oday, the 精东影业 recognized Nicholas Card, vice president of Combined Transport Inc., Central Point, Oregon, with the 2023 Dameo Award at the Chairman鈥檚 Membership Committee during the 精东影业Management Conference & Exhibition.
鈥淣icholas comes from a great trucking family听and has been a tremendous leader in ATA,鈥 said 精东影业President and CEO Chris Spear. 鈥淲ith his work with 精东影业and the Oregon Trucking Association, he exemplifies what it means to be an active participant in this industry and in our Federation.鈥
Since 2014, the Dameo Award has been awarded to 精东影业state vice presidents who have gone above and beyond in advancing the goals of the trucking industry and ATA. The award is named for Rocque Dameo, longtime New Jersey 精东影业state vice president, who passed away the year the award was created. The award carries with it a $5,000 donation to the winner's state association.
With this recognition, Oregon becomes the first state with two Dameo Award winners. This year鈥檚 donation will be presented to OTA President and CEO Jana Jarvis.
Previous winners of the Dameo Award include:
- 2014 鈥 Kevin Lhotek, president, Reliable Transportation (Illinois) and Mike Wilson, president, Whitewood Transport (Montana)
- 2015 鈥 Clifton Parker, president, P&G Trucking Company (South Carolina)
- 2016 鈥 Greg Brown, president of B.R. Williams Inc. (Alabama)
- 2017 鈥 Andy Owens, president, A&M Transport Inc. (Oregon)
- 2018 鈥 Tom Lee, vice president, Empire Warehouse (Colorado)
- 2019 鈥 Mike Massengill, president, Big M Transportation (Mississippi)
- 2020 - Michael Collins, president, M&D Transportation (Rhode Island)
- 2021 鈥 Ryan Walpole, purchasing director, Walpole Inc. (Florida)
- 2022 鈥 Calvin Ewell, president, H.R. Ewell Inc. (Oregon)