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executive editor
SHANNON NEWTON
managing editor
BETHANY MAY
contributing writers MEETING OF THE MINDS
STEVE BRAWNER ANGELA THOMAS
brawnersteve@mac.com angelaejthomas@yahoo.com
JENNIFER BARNETT REED TODD TRAUB Before Edison commercialized the light bulb, illumination has been a metaphor
jbreed13@gmail.com toddtraub@centurytel.net
JIM HARRIS DEANA NALL for how innovation lights up the dark. Scans of our brain show neurons literally
jimharris@arktimes.com deananall@gmail.com
LACEY THACKER “lighting up” the screen when we think and consider ideas.
lacey@laceythacker.com
art director We have this image of an isolated genius, hunched over his desk, where a glowing
JON D. KENNEDY
The Freelance Co. LLC, freelanceco@comcast.net bulb flickers above his head in a dim, empty room as he composes, paints, or
production editors
th
SARAH SHEETS, KATIE THOMASON, DAVID O’NEAL invents some masterpiece. Even Pablo Picasso, one of the greatest artists of the 20
illustrator
BRENT BENNETT century said, “Without great solitude, no serious work is possible.”
brentdraw@att.net
photographers
JON D. KENNEDY, JOHN DAVID PITTMAN But science suggests that no serious work would be possible without socializing
either, that our brains are made for relationships and innovation is just a
by-product of what we really use our minds for—community.
Brain size generally increases with body size in the animal kingdom. Big species
www.arkansastrucking.com
president like elephants have big brains, small ones like mice have small brains, but that
SHANNON SAMPLES NEWTON
shannonnewton@arkansastrucking.com ratio doesn’t hold for some species like humans. British anthropologist and
vice president, safety programs and industry engagement psychologist Robert Dunbar proposed social brain theory to explain why the larger
DAVID O’NEAL, CDS
davidoneal@arkansastrucking.com the social group, the bigger the brain in a species.
director of operations
SARAH NEWMAN SHEETS
sarahsheets@arkansastrucking.com It’s a more complicated task to make friends, enemies and coalitions. Learning to
communications director
BETHANY MAY live together, work alongside, break bread, tell stories is where our ideas are tested,
bethanymay@arkansastrucking.com
business development coordinator allowed to mature into concepts, plans and strategies. Building relationships is a
AMANDA LAMB
amandalamb@arkansastrucking.com survival tool older than fire or electricity and certainly solar-powered panels.
corporate services coordinator
KATIE THOMASON
katiethomason@arkansastrucking.com When mapping out the Arkansas Trucking Association’s Annual Business
executive assistant
CAITLIN WALRAVEN Conference, we think about the pressing regulatory issues facing the industry,
caitlinwalraven@arkansastrucking.com
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD the role of technology in improving safety and efficiencies, and the economic
AL HERINGER IV
Star Transportation, LLC climate under which all of these topics are being navigated. We want to shine
Vice President
BOARD OF DIRECTORS our light on the brightest ideas in trucking, but the magic we really try to
ROCHELLE BARTHOLOMEW MIKE MCNUTT
CalArk International, Inc. Distribution Solutions, Inc. capture isn’t ideas. Those will change, fall out of fashion, and old problems will
President CEO, Owner
MARR LYNN BEARDEN MARK MORRIS be replaced by new ones.
Marrlin Transit, Inc. Morris Transportation Services, LLC
President President
CARL BOJA JAMES REED
TravelCenters of America USA Truck This event is as much about the community of trucking as it is about the latest
Vice President Fleet Sales CEO
GREG CARMAN G.E. “BUTCH” RICE III transportation research. The act of shaking hands, clinking glasses, scooting down
Carman, Inc. Stallion Transportation Group
President President & CEO a couple of chairs to make room for a colleague and sharing the same space is
JOHN CULP ALAN RIELS
Maverick USA Dedicated Logistics, LLC important.
President President & CEO
DAN CUSHMAN TRACY ROSSER
PAM Transport, Inc. Walmart Transportation
President & CEO Senior Vice President Creativity and problem-solving may look like it happens in the quiet and solitude
CRAIG HARPER JOHN SMITH
J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. FedEx Freight of an office, but the capacity to harness that creativity is multiplied as a result of
Executive Vice President & COO SVP Operations
KORY LARSON VICKI JONES STEPHENS networking. And ATA is invested in building this network of bright minds and
The Larson Group C.C. Jones, Inc.
COO President invites you to be a part of it.

JEFF LOGGINS TIM THORNE
Loggins Logistics, Inc. ABF Freight
President & CEO President & CEO When you are back at your desk facing a problem, the switch that triggers your
ROB LYALL DOUG VOSS
Tyson Foods, Inc. University of Central Arkansas
Vice President - Transportation Associate Professor of Logistics own light bulb moment may be a contact you make, a conversation you have, a
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Associations We talk a lot about the Power of Association. We are stronger, louder, smarter
Arkansas Trucking Association (ATA) is an Arkansas corporation of trucking
companies, private carrier fleets and businesses which serve or supply the together, and that isn’t just a neat phrase for a motivational poster. It’s science.
trucking industry. ATA serves these companies as a governmental affairs
representative before legislative, regulatory and executive branches of
government on issues that affect the trucking industry. The organization also
provides public relations services, workers’ compensation insurance, operational
services and serves as a forum for industry meetings and membership relations.
For information, contact ATA at:
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