Board Members
Partners
The Trucking Alliance
The Alliance for Driver Safety & Security, also known as the Trucking Alliance, is a nonpartisan coalition of freight, logistics and supporting business partners. The Trucking Alliance vision is to advance safety reforms that can reduce and ultimately achieve zero large truck crash fatalities.
Statement by Steve Williams, Co-Founder and President of The Trucking Alliance; Chairman & CEO of Maverick USA
June 2024
“My exposure to trucking came at a very early age. Both my grandfathers and my dad drove trucks for a living. These men were my heroes and I’ve spent my career attempting to emulate their character and work ethic; to restore the image and prestige of the professional truck driver.
“Our nation’s supply chain cannot function without commercial truck drivers. If the supply chain breaks down, so does our economy and the standard of living we enjoy. In fact, we saw this with the COVID pandemic.
“But millions of truck drivers operate their equipment within a few feet of cars containing our friends and family. For that reason, we have the ethical and moral responsibility to make sure that all commercial truck drivers are well-trained, well-rested, and drug and alcohol-free.
“Operating a motor carrier or tractor-trailer isn’t an entitlement but a privilege. With privileges come responsibilities. For example, how can we deliver many more goods on much more congested highways, without compromising safety? One way, perhaps the only way, is to embrace new safety technologies combined with improved driver training.
“We’re making progress.
- The Trucking Alliance was the leading advocate for requiring electronic logging devices to verify a driver’s on-duty hours: a new technology that replaced the outdated paper logbooks that truck drivers often falsified enabling them to spend too many hours behind the wheel.
- We persuaded Congress to create a drug and alcohol clearinghouse so that employers can know if a driver applicant has previously failed a drug test.
- In 2015, we were successful in getting a hair drug test approved for DOT protocols, in lieu of the less effective urine test.
- And in 2021, we advanced bipartisan legislation that will require automatic emergency braking on all new large trucks.
“These technologies coupled with practical regulatory changes will help truck drivers mitigate and even avoid large truck crashes. There is every reason to believe that the commercial trucking industry can achieve a record of zero fatalities, just as the commercial airline industry is doing.
“Thousands of lives can be saved each year, if we adopt a philosophy to embrace safety reforms that make sense for our country first, our industry second, and our companies third.
“In 2024, the Trucking Alliance will continue its mission, to advance federal policies that create a safer environment for our commercial drivers and the motorists with whom they share the roadways.”
Board of Directors
The Trucking Alliance Board of Directors sets all policy and objectives. Two Alliance Advisory Groups analyze proposed regulations, legislation and policy objectives. The Alliance outsources media relations and advocacy to implement its objectives.
Officers
Steve Williams – President
Chairman and CEO
Maverick USA
Little Rock, Arkansas
Kevin Knight – Vice President
Executive Chairman of Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.
Knight Transportation
Phoenix, Arizona
Reggie Dupré – Secretary/Treasurer
President and CEO
Dupré Logistics, LLC
Lafayette, Louisiana
Directors
David Daniels
President
May Trucking Company
Salem, Oregon
John Pope
Chairman of the Board
Cargo Transporters, Inc.
Claremont, North Carolina
Jim Richards
President and CEO
KLLM Transport Services
Jackson, Mississippi
Mark Rourke
President and CEO
Schneider
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Nick Hobbs
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
J.B. Hunt Transport
Lowell, Arkansas
Rob Penner
President/CEO
Bison Transport
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Carriers Advisory Group
The Carriers Advisory Group serves as an informational resource to the Alliance Board of Directors – studying proposed rules and legislation and recommending policy.
Greer Woodruff – Chairman of the Carriers Advisory Group
Executive Vice President of Safety, Sustainability and Maintenance
J.B. Hunt Transport
Lowell, Arkansas
John Culp
President
Maverick USA
Little Rock, Arkansas
Dennis Dellinger
President
Cargo Transporters, Inc.
Claremont, North Carolina
Tom DiSalvi
Vice President of Safety, Driver Training & Compliance
Schneider
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Thomas Jackson
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Schneider
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Al LaCombe
Vice President of Safety and Risk Management
Dupré Logistics
Lafayette, Louisiana
Dean Newell
Vice President – Driver Safety and Security
Maverick USA
Little Rock, Arkansas
Garth Pitzel
AVP, Safety and Driver Development
Bison Transport
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Wilson Risinger
Vice President of Safety & Training
KLLM Transport Services
Jackson, Mississippi
Brett Sant
Vice President of Safety & Risk Management
Knight Transportation
Phoenix, Arizona
Christopher J. Simons
Vice President & General Counsel
May Trucking Company
Salem, Oregon
Mike Weindel
President
Dupré Logistics
Lafayette, Louisiana
Business Partners Advisory Group
Christopher J. Simons – Chairman of the Partners Advisory Group
Vice President & General Counsel
May Trucking Company
Salem, Oregon
MEMBERS
Rob Abbott
Vice President of Customer Success
DriveWyze
Edmonton Alberta, Canada
Mark Brockinton
CEO of Transportation and Logistics Team
Aon Risk Solutions
Little Rock, Arkansas
Mark Emerson
Strategic Account Manager
Trimble, Inc.
Westminster, Colorado
Brian Heath
President and CEO
DriveWyze
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Ritchie W. Huang
Executive Manager for Safety & Government Affairs
Daimler Truck North America
Washington, D.C.
Brian Hullinger
President and CEO
Psychemedics Corporation
Boston, Massachusetts
Andy Nickerson
Director of Business Development
Netradyne
San Diego, California
David Riordan
Executive Vice President, Strategic Accounts
Lytx
San Diego, California
Robert Thompson
President/CEO
Clinical Reference Laboratory
Lenexa, Kansas
Casey A. Viegelahn
Director of Customer Success
Stoneridge
Novi, Michigan
Erin Walker
Vice President, Enterprise
Lytx
Austin, Texas
Sean Waters
Vice President of Product Compliance and Regulatory Affairs
Daimler Trucks North America
Portland, Oregon
Advocacy and Media Relations
Lane Kidd
The Kidd Group
Washington, D.C.
www.linkedin.com/in/LaneKidd
Legal
Rob Moseley
Marcinak & Moseley, P.A.
Greenville, South Carolina
Research
M. Douglas Voss, Ph.D.
Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Scott E. Bennett
Arkansas Highway Commission Endowed Chair of Motor Carrier Management
College of Business
University of Central Arkansas
Conway, Arkansas
Social Media
Haley Rose & Michael Sallander
CHAMP Internet Solutions
Newton, Massachusetts
Industry Relations
Sam Gill
The Gill Group
Alexandria, Virginia