Truckload Authority - August/September 2018

The Independent Contractor Division Annual Meeting is tailored to members
who operate equipment leased to owner-operators.
Registration is open for the concurrent meetings to be held September 6 at the
Renaissance O’Hare Suites Hotel in Chicago.
TCA Chairman Dan Doran will open the meeting with welcoming remarks.
A panel discussion on “Managing Open Deck Capacity with Higher Customer
Demands” will feature Brian Brown, sales manager, Prime Inc.; Kenneth Moore,
operations analyst, Maverick USA; and Kevin Nixon, president, flatbed and specialized,
Roehl Transport. The session will be moderated by Jack Porter, representing
the TCA Profitability Program.
Other morning sessions include “Today’s Independent Contractor — Trigger
Points to Happiness” by Todd Amen, president and CEO, ATBS, Inc., and “Nine Traits
of High Performing Companies … and Their Leaders,” by Chris Henry.
The afternoon session begins with a panel discussion titled, “Working with
Your Independent Contractors for Success,” led by Chris Henry and featuring Shelly
Seaton, vice president, loss prevention, Landstar, Inc., and Jim Wilkins, director,
flatbed operations, Prime, Inc.
The afternoon continues with “Independent Contractor Status — State of
the Union” by Greg Feary, managing partner of Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson
& Feary, and concludes with a program on “The Driver Retention Dilemma and
Company Culture,” by Dan Baker, trucking’s senior statesman.
To register, go to truckload.org/events.
Scholarship Winners
The Truckload Carriers Association’s Scholarship Fund will be providing financial
assistance to 53 undergraduate college students for the 2018-19 academic
year.
Each student will receive a scholarship ranging from $2,725 to $6,250 from a
total pool of approximately $153,000.
The seven largest scholarships are named after dedicated members, affiliates,
and past TCA chairmen.
The largest scholarship — named after the National Association of Independent
Truckers (NAIT) in the amount of $6,250 — was awarded to Blake Quinn of
Springfield, Missouri. A junior at the University of Arkansas studying Supply Chain
Management, Quinn has earned one of the top TCA Scholarships for the second
year in a row, having received the Kai Norris Scholarship last year. However, this
will be his first time receiving the NAIT Scholarship. Quinn’s father works for Prime
Inc.
TCA’s Scholarship Fund has been providing assistance to students associated
with the truckload industry since 1973.
Each of the winners must be a student in good standing who will be attending
a four-year college or university and must be associated with a TCA member company
as an employee, independent contractor, or the child, grandchild, or spouse
of an employee or independent contractor of a TCA member company. The fund
awards its scholarships without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, religion,
age, equal pay, disability, or genetic information.
Here is a complete list of scholarship awardees for the 2018-2019 academic
year:
National Association of Independent Truckers Scholarship Winner ($6,250):
Blake Quinn, Prime Inc., Springfield, Missouri.
John Kaburick Past Chairmen’s Fund Scholarship ($4,500): Hannah Linville,
Wabash National Corp., Lafayette, Indiana.
Robert Low Past Chairmen’s Fund Scholarship ($3,250): Andrea Vidaurre, WEX
EFS, Nashville, Tennessee.
Kai Norris Past Chairmen’s Fund Scholarship ($3,250): Blake Woods, Wilson
CAMERON DOBER
BAILEY SNOW
Logistics, Springfield, Missouri.
Stoney Reese Stubbs Scholarship ($3,250): Derek Linville, Wabash National
Corp., Indianapolis.
Darrell Clark Wilson III Scholarship ($3,250): Cameron Dober, Great Dane Trailers,
Savannah, Georgia.
Thomas Welby Scholarship ($3,250): Bailey Snow, Crete Carrier Corp., Lincoln,
Nebraska.
TCA Scholarship Winners ($2,725): Kolton McDaniel, Raven Transport,
Jacksonville, Florida; Heather Corbin, Celadon Trucking, Indianapolis; Emma
Thomerson, Best Cartage, Kernersville, North Carolina; Katelynn Hayzlett, Big G
Express, Shelbyville, Tennessee; Rachael Beck, Maverick Transportation, North
Little Rock, Arkansas; Caleb Gomez, John Christner Trucking, LLC, Sapulpa,
Oklahoma; Emily Gomez, John Christner Trucking, LLC, Sapulpa, Oklahoma;
Cameron Deiderich, Hogan Transport, St. Louis; David Turner, Evans Delivery
Co., Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania; Austin Kohls, McLeod Software Corp.,
Birmingham, Alabama; Elizabeth Cox, Best Cartage, Inc., Kernersville, North
Carolina; Jacob Smith, Maverick Transportation, North Little Rock, Arkansas;
Simone Scally, Metropolitan Trucking, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania; Ann Nagle,
Bay & Bay Transportation, Egan, Minnesota; Hunter Hodges, Hodges Trucking
Co., Columbus, Georgia; Taylor Smith, Gypsum Express, Georgetown, South
Carolina; Sydney Garrett, NFI Industries, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; Alexander
Comerford, AIM NationaLease, Girard, Ohio; Torrianna Harris, U.S. Xpress, Chattanooga,
Tennessee; Brittany Quinn, Prime Inc., Springfield, Missouri; Megan
Baumhover, Freymiller, Inc., Bella Vista, Arkansas; Thomas Goble, Central Marketing
Transport, Edinburgh, Indiana; and Annabelle Cain, Paschall Truck Lines,
Murray, Kentucky.
Also, Mikala Perino, V & S Midwest Carriers, Kaukauna, Wisconsin; Mitchell
Miller, Load One, LLC, Taylor, Michigan; Kolby Cole, CalArk, Little Rock, Arkansas;
Jacob Deere, Knight-Swift Transportation, Phoenix; Tori Zaborowski, Load
One, LLC, Taylor, Michigan; Emily Smith, Art Pape Transfer, Dubuque, Iowa; Austin
Owens, McLeod Software Corp., Birmingham, Alabama; Emily Hansen, Prime,
Inc., Springfield, Missouri; Kevin Schneier, Tri National, Inc., Earth City, Missouri;
Chase Beals, UPS Freight, Lawrenceville, Georgia; Katherine McDaniel, Raven
Transport, Jacksonville, Florida; Lauren Townley, CRST Malone, Inc., Trussville,
Alabama; Brooklyn Keys, Maverick Transportation, North Little Rock, Arkansas;
Jacob Mitchell, Paschall Truck Lines, Murray, Kentucky; Harper Auman, Prime
Inc., Springfield, Missouri; Katelyn Brady, Regency Transportation, Inc., Franklin,
Massachusetts; Alexis Homsted, Pottle’s Transportation, LLC, Hermon, Maine;
Paige Pacheco, Regency Transportation, Franklin, Massachusetts; Danielle
Swearengin, Wilson Logistics, Springfield, Missouri; Claire Andry, Fremont Contract
Carriers, Fremont, Nebraska; Casey Russell, JLE Industries, Dunbar, Pennsylvania;
Austin Wagner, McLeod Software Corp., Birmingham, Alabama; and
Autumn Littlebrant, Paschall Truck Lines, Murray, Kentucky.
BLAKE QUINN HANNAH LINVILLE ANDREA VIDAURRE BLAKE WOODS DEREK LINVILLE
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