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Award-Winning Magazine of the Arkansas Trucking Association
Arkansas Trucking Report is owned by the Arkansas trucking Association,
Inc. and is published bimonthly by matthews Publishing group. for
additional copies, to order reprints of individual articles or to become a
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publisher
JENNIFER MATThEWS
Matthews Publishing Group
jennifer@matthewspublishing.com mAkIng It count
executive editor
ShANNoN NEWToN
managing editor Progress can be hard to measure. Bringing about change is often a slow process. However, this year
BEThANy MAy
contributing writers has produced several notable pieces of legislation and regulation that have been a long time coming,
STEVE BRAWNER JohN SChULz bringing with them meaningful change for the industry in Arkansas and across the nation.
brawnersteve@mac.com jdschulz50@aol.com
JENNIFER BARNETT REED ToDD TRAUB
jbreed13@gmail.com toddtraub@centurytel.net
JIM hARRIS KELLy CARGILL CRoW As 2015 began our association had a lofty agenda including relationship building, legislation passing
jimharris@arktimes.com kellyccrow@gmail.com and regulation monitoring. Our top legislative priority last January was to pass anti-indemnification
art director
JoN D. KENNEDy legislation. Arkansas was one of very few states that still allowed shippers to force liability onto carriers
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production editors no matter the circumstances. With the help of our members, the bill halting this practice passed
SARAh ShEETS, KATIE ThoMASoN
illustrator through both chambers in March and was signed into law by Governor Asa Hutchinson. A win three
BRENT BENNETT
brentdraw@att.net years in the making.
photographers
JoN D. KENNEDy, BoB oCKEN, JohN DAVID PITTMAN
We doubled down on our mission to promote the industry’s commitment to safety. In July, we secured
funding to hire a director of safety services to teach carriers and motorists alike what safe, regulation-
compliant driving looks like. This fall, we selected an Arkansas Road Team to enhance the image of the
industry and spread our message of safe driving to the public. These programs were merely ideas three
www.arkansastrucking.com years ago.
president
ShANNoN SAMPLES NEWToN
shannonnewton@arkansastrucking.com
director of operations At the federal level, finally, we passed a long-term highway bill. For the first time in over a decade, we
SARAh NEWMAN ShEETS
sarahsheets@arkansastrucking.com have fully funded legislation that includes critical highway safety policies and dedicated funding for
director of safety services freight specific corridors.
DAVID o’NEAL
davidoneal@arkansastrucking.com
communications coordinator
BEThANy MAy The most recent, most anticipated, and arguably the most impactful change to our industry since
bethanymay@arkansastrucking.com
corporate services coordinator deregulation is the newly published Final Rule on Electronic Logging Devices. Our association has
KATIE ThoMASoN
katiethomason@arkansastrucking.com supported adoption of this technology since 1999. Ten years later, we began lobbying for federal
executive assistant
CARA SPEEGLE legislation mandating its use. We were successful doing so in 2010 and five years later, the 2-year
caraspeegle@arkansastrucking.com
ChAIRMAN oF ThE BoARD countdown to compliance has finally begun.
G.E. “BUTCh” RICE III
Stallion Transportation Group
President & CEo The past year has been packed with visits, meetings and projects. The overarching goal of connecting
BoARD oF DIRECToRS
MARR LyNN BEARDEN MARK MoRRIS with the membership, increased engagement, visibility to the members, legislators, other elected officials
Marrlin Transit, Inc. Morris Transportation, Inc.
President President and the general public was sought in every opportunity.
ALLEN BERRy PAT REED
Central States Manufacturing, Inc. FedEx Freight
Transportation Director Executive Vice President & Coo
GREG CARMAN TRACy RoSSER As we look to 2016, there’s no time for resting on our laurels. There are initiatives still in progress.
Carman, Inc. Walmart Transportation
President Senior Vice President Hours-of-service, driver health and wellness, the driver shortage and a fragile economy are well-known,
DAN CUShMAN GARy SALISBURy
P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. FTL Custom Commodities
President & CEo President & CEo recurring foes of our industry. We will continue to strive to make it easier for our members to do
CRAIG hARPER WAyNE SMITh
J.B. hunt Transport, Inc. Wayne Smith Trucking, Inc. business in Arkansas. Improving government services like IRP registration, commercial truck licensing
Executive Vice President & Coo President
AL hERINGER IV VICKI JoNES STEPhENS and registration and CDL testing are some of the projects on our plate. Such things take time.
Star Transportation, Inc. C.C. Jones, Inc.
Vice President President

ToM GLASER TIM ThoRNE
USA Truck ABF Freight The need to increase transportation funding at the state level will predictably grab headlines in 2016.
President & CEo President & CEo
PhILIP MAhoNEy ToDD VENABLE With a current shortfall and additional money needed in order to match new federal dollars, sticking
Great West Casualty Co. MhC Kenworth of Little Rock
Executive Vice President Branch Manager our head in the sand is no longer an option. It is likely we’ll see a special session on highway funding
BRyAN MCDUFFIE DoUG VoSS
Tyson Foods, Inc. University of Central Arkansas next year.
Vice President Transportation Associate Professor of Logistics
Distribution STEVE WILLIAMS
MIKE MCNUTT Maverick USA
Distribution Solutions, Inc. Chairman & CEo Unlike personal resolutions to hit the gym and quit all our bad habits, we didn’t temper expectations or
CEo, owner
abandon trucking’s goals by mid-February. In 12 months, we’ve made real strides to leave this industry
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Associations better than we found it and improve the safety of our highways for our drivers and fellow citizens. We
Arkansas Trucking Association (ATA) is an Arkansas corporation of trucking made 2015 count.
companies, private carrier fleets and businesses which serve or supply the
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 When the clock strikes twelve, we’ll celebrate the
provides public relations services, workers’ compensation insurance, operational
services and serves as a forum for industry meetings and membership relations. opportunity to do it all again. Bring on 2016!
For information, contact ATA at:
1401 West Capitol, Suite 185
Post office Box 3476 (72203)
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Shannon Newton
Phone 501.372.3462 Fax 501.376.1810 Drivers Legal Plan
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