Truckload Authority - Fall 2015
We take you inside the twin 33 debate and the CDL scandal that rocked California. Plus, you will meet a true American hero. It's all in this edition
We take you inside the twin 33 debate and the CDL scandal that rocked California. Plus, you will meet a true American hero. It's all in this edition
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<strong>Fall</strong> <strong>2015</strong><br />
555 E. Braddock Road, Alexandria, VA 22314<br />
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www.<strong>Truckload</strong>.org<br />
T h e R o a d m a p<br />
President’s Purview<br />
Moving Forward – Growing Stronger<br />
by Bill Giroux and Debbie Sparks | 3<br />
LegisLative Look-in<br />
Double Vision | 6<br />
Capitol Recap | 12<br />
From Where We Sit | 14<br />
nationaL news maker sponsored by The Trucker news org.<br />
No Higher Calling with Colonel Jack Jacobs | 16<br />
tracking the trends sponsored by skybiTz<br />
Fakerz | 23<br />
<strong>Truckload</strong> Trendlines broughT To you by dAT | 27<br />
Sincerely Held Religion | 28<br />
a chat with the chairman sponsored by McLeod sofTwAre<br />
Positively Positive with Keith Tuttle | 30<br />
member maiLroom<br />
Becoming Involved | 35<br />
taLking tca<br />
Inside Out with Dave Heller | 36<br />
Wreaths Across America: Gala in Review | 40<br />
Small Talk | 42<br />
Mark Your Calendar | 46<br />
REACHING TRUCKING’S<br />
TOP EXECUTIVES<br />
chairman of the board<br />
Keith Tuttle<br />
Founder & President, Motor Carrier Service, LLC.<br />
executive vice President<br />
William (Bill) Giroux<br />
wgiroux@truckload.org<br />
director of education<br />
Ron Goode<br />
rgoode@truckload.org<br />
second vice chair<br />
Daniel Doran<br />
President<br />
Ace Doran Hauling & Rigging<br />
secretary<br />
Aaron Tennant<br />
CEO & President<br />
Tennant Truck Lines, Inc.<br />
vice President – deveLoPment<br />
Debbie Sparks<br />
dsparks@truckload.org<br />
director, safety & PoLicy<br />
Dave Heller<br />
dheller@truckload.org<br />
first vice chair<br />
Russell Stubbs<br />
CEO & President<br />
FFE Holdings Corp.<br />
treasurer<br />
Rob Penner<br />
Executive Vice President & COO<br />
Bison Transport<br />
immediate Past chair<br />
Shepard Dunn<br />
CEO & President, Bestway Express, Inc.<br />
The viewpoints and opinions of those quoted in articles in this<br />
publication are not necessarily those of TCA.<br />
PubLisher + generaL mgr.<br />
Micah Jackson<br />
publisher@thetrucker.com<br />
administrator<br />
Leah M. Birdsong<br />
leahb@thetrucker.com<br />
Production + art director<br />
Rob Nelson<br />
robn@thetrucker.com<br />
Production + art assistant<br />
Zac Counts<br />
zac.counts@targetmediapartners.com<br />
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vice President<br />
Ed Leader<br />
edl@thetrucker.com<br />
editor<br />
Lyndon Finney<br />
editor@thetrucker.com<br />
associate editor<br />
Dorothy Cox<br />
dlcox@thetrucker.com<br />
sPeciaL corresPondent<br />
Cliff Abbott<br />
cliffa@thetrucker.com<br />
AdverTising And MArkeTing depArTMenT<br />
saLes director + creative director<br />
Raelee Toye Jackson<br />
raeleet@thetrucker.com<br />
TRUCKLOAD AUTHORIT Y IS<br />
UNSURPASSED.<br />
-ROBERT LOW, FOUNDER & CEO, PRIME INC.<br />
T R U C K I N G’S<br />
M O S T E N T E R TA I N I N G<br />
E X E C U T I V E P U B L I C AT I O N<br />
nationaL marketing consuLtant<br />
Kurtis Denton<br />
kurtisd@thetrucker.com<br />
nationaL marketing consuLtant<br />
Kelly Brooke Drier<br />
kellydr@thetrucker.com<br />
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Cover Photo courtesy:<br />
Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs<br />
Associated Press: p. 14, 22<br />
Dave Heller: p. 39<br />
Department of Defense: p. 20<br />
Dickinson College: p. 22<br />
FotoSearch: p. 14, 15, 28, 33<br />
Jack Jacobs: p. 20<br />
Love is Greater: p. 31, 32, 34<br />
Additional magazine<br />
photography courtesy of:<br />
NBC News: p. 22<br />
St. Christopher Fund: p. 14<br />
TCA: p. 3, 14, 16, 17, 38, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45<br />
The Penguin Group: p. 22<br />
The Trucker News Org.: p. 6, 7, 15,<br />
23, 33, 43<br />
The White House: p. 18<br />
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