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
Chairman & CEO of Maverick USA
Co-Founder and President of The Trucking Alliance
January 2026
“The Trucking Alliance is an invitation-only coalition of 10 freight transportation companies that employ more than 103,000 professional employees. Our companies collectively operate 72,000 trucks and 348,000 trailers and shipping containers—serving our respective customers in a supply chain network that touches virtually every household in America.
These companies earned their outstanding reputations by investing sufficient capital, hard work, professionalism, and complying with hundreds of federal public safety regulations. Their executives understand that owning a trucking company is a privilege, not an entitlement. Yet, today’s regulatory environment allows anyone with a computer to easily open a trucking company, but without the necessary capital, sufficient insurance, proper driver training, business knowledge, or standards to operate their trucks safely.
This lack of government oversight has resulted in too many tragic and unnecessary large truck accidents. In 2026, the Trucking Alliance is advancing a new agenda of needed safety reforms. If adopted, they can further protect our drivers and the general public. One immediate concern is that 90% of all U.S. trucking companies do not have a federal safety rating. Their trucks are 9 times more likely to be in a crash than trucks with a safety rating. This is unacceptable, and we must fix it.
We also believe in the power of technology—but applied correctly. For example, billions of dollars are being spent to develop fully automated, driverless semi-trucks. A better approach is to integrate these autonomous technologies into manned trucks—leveraging this automation to assist drivers, not replace them.
I encourage you to read the other needed reforms detailed on this website. If we commit to adopting these changes, we can save thousands of lives every year. It’s time to raise the bar on all trucking companies.”
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
Directors
David Daniels
President
May Trucking Company
Salem, Oregon
Nick Hobbs
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
J.B. Hunt Transport
Lowell, Arkansas
Mike Ludwick
President/CEO
Bison Transport
Manitoba, Canada
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
Carrier Advisory Board
The Carrier Advisory Board serves as an informational resource to the Alliance Board of Directors – studying proposed rules and legislation and recommending policy.
Greer Woodruff – Chairman of the Carrier Advisory Board
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
Josh Hankins
Senior Vice President – Driver Safety & Security
J.B. Hunt Transport
Lowell, Arkansas
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
Andrea Sequin
Vice President – Safety
Schneider National
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Christopher J. Simons
Vice President & General Counsel
May Trucking Company
Salem, Oregon
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/Fleetworthy
Edmonton Alberta, Canada
Joanna Buttler
GM Product Strategy & Marketing
Daimler Truck North America
Portland, Oregon
Mark Brockinton
CEO of Transportation and Logistics Team
Aon Risk Solutions
Little Rock, Arkansas
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
Jack Kennedy
President/CEO
Platform Science
San Diego, CA
Jake Montero
General Manager
Peterbilt
Denton, Texas
Andy Nickerson
Director of Business Development
Netradyne
San Diego, California
John Rich
Chief Technology Officer
PACCAR Inc.
Bellevue, Washington
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
Jim Walenczak
General Manager
Kenworth
Kirkland, Washington
Erin Walker
Vice President, Enterprise
Lytx
Austin, Texas
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 Digital
Newton, Massachusetts
Industry Relations
Sam Gill
The Gill Group
Alexandria, Virginia