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PRESIDENT’S PURVIEW
Amplifying the Voice of Truckload
At our recent TCA Officers’ meeting, held in beautiful Monterey,
California, we had a productive session discussing a wide range of
topics that are crucial to our association’s mission and the betterment
of our industry.
Our discussions focused on the key areas that TCA members and
leadership hold at the core of all our programming and decisionmaking.
These include improving the driver job, enhancing roadway
safety, increasing carrier financial sustainability, being good stewards
of the environment, and promoting a positive image of the industry. At
the end of our meeting, we were thrilled with the insights and ideas
that emerged, and we left energized and hopeful about the future of
trucking and TCA’s role in that future.
I hope that you too can be energized. I encourage you to attend
TCA’s upcoming Fall Business Meetings and Call on Washington
and have your voice heard. As a community working together to
Jim Ward
President
Truckload Carriers Association
jward@truckload.org
thrive and improve the future of trucking, these events on September 25-26 allow us to be involved
in policy discussions and influence regulatory frameworks that promote TCA membership’s values
and progress the initiatives of our truckload community. This is an amazing time and opportunity for
trucking professionals to have their voices engaged in key decision-making and to remind our nation’s
lawmakers of the people and voices directly impacted by their policies.
As always, thank you for your unwavering support. We look forward to collaborating with you
for the betterment of our industry.
Warm regards,
Jim Ward
PRESIDENT’S PICKS
Those Who Deliver
Sharp Transportation’s driver retention efforts
have resulted in a turnover rate of only 25%.
Page 28
Strategic Planning
Bison’s Garth Pitzel shares how the carrier
cultivates a culture of safety.
Page 34
Breaking Barriers
Meet Emily Plummer of Prime Inc., one of
TCA’s five Drivers of the Year for 2022-23.
Page 40
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