The Trucker Newspaper - October 15, 2018

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PLOVER, Wis. — Women In Trucking Association
(WIT) and Freightliner Trucks have
named three finalists for the 2018 Influential
Woman in Trucking award.
This is the eighth year for the award, which
was developed in 2010 to honor female leaders
and to attract and advance women within the
trucking industry.
The award highlights the achievements
of female role models and trailblazers in the
trucking industry.
The nominees for the award included women
from all over the industry in various roles.
The finalists are:
• Angela Eliacostas, founder and CEO of
AGT Global Logistics of Glen Ellyn, Illinois
• Nozuko Mayeza, managing director of
Tulsawiz Logistics of Johannesburg, South Africa
• Brooke Willey, vice president of human
resources for CRST International of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa
Eliacostas has more than 30 years of experience
in transportation, working her way from
the ground up. Following generations of relatives
with expertise in the transportation industry,
she started her own career by learning the
processes at trucking companies for running
third-party logistics. Eliacostas is an industry
leader in expediting shipments and serves as
a liaison between carriers and companies. She
has built a reputation in the energy and power
logistics space. She has been recognized for
making AGT Global Logistics one of the top
50 women-owned businesses in Illinois and top
1,000 woman-owned businesses in the United
States.
Mayeza is a passionate truck business owner
who hails from South Africa. Through her
passion, she has managed to make inroads into
a male-dominated sector for over seven years.
She is a finalist for Women in Africa awards
2018 and the chairperson of the Black Business
Council subcommittee on commercial and
public transport. Nozuko is a mentor to females
in trucking both in South Africa and Ghana.
Willey is vice president of human resources
for CRST International, a $1.7 billion
transportation company composed of seven
operating companies with 9,500-plus employees
and driving partners/owner-operators. Her
passion is building strong leaders and leadership
teams and she has been publicly recognized
for those efforts. Under her leadership
development efforts, in 2016 CRST was
named a “Top-10 Best Private Company for
Leaders” by Chief Executive magazine. In
2017, CRST was named a “Workforce Leader
in Training” by the Corridor Business Journal
and Kirkwood Community College. Willey
is also actively involved with nonprofit organizations
in her community, most recently as
a board member for United Way and Young
Parents Network.
“With the outstanding nominations submitted,
it was extremely difficult for the judges
to narrow it down to the finalists,” said Ellen
Voie, president and CEO of WIT.
The judges for the 2018 award are Voie;
Dave Nemo, talk show host, Sirius XM Radio;
and Daphne Jefferson, principal and executive
coach, Jefferson Consulting Group, who was
the 2017 Influential Woman in Trucking award
recipient.
All three finalists have been asked to participate
on a panel at the WIT Accelerate! Conference
& Expo to be held in Dallas November
12-14. The winner will be announced at the
general session panel discussion, “Hard-Won
Lessons from Trailblazing Women” on Tuesday,
November 13. The panel will be facilitated
by Joann Lublin, news editor of The Wall Street
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