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Hare’s earliest exposure to truck- in a part-time status because I was still going to know everything about it. You
ing was through family ties – a relative going to school full time.” have to get respect from everyone you
owned an agricultural products com- Iseler, who is now fleet safety man- work with.”
pany that had its own trucks. But it was ager for Walmart Transportation, says Iseler and Hare keep in touch and
a pair of college internships within the she tasked Hare with looking up the get together once in a while, but true to
industry that really convinced Hare this answers because it’s one of the ways the roots of their friendship, their con-
was the right field for her – particularly her own mentor, Don Holman of Tyson versations inevitably tend to drift back
the second, at Cobb-Vantress (a Tyson Foods, taught her about safety. towards regulations, said Iseler – who,
Foods subsidiary). “She was very attentive, very eager like her protégé, keeps a regulation book
“I was introduced to full FMCSA to learn. She rapidly assimilated infor- on her nightstand.
compliance,” Hare said. “Safety is where mation,” said Iseler. “She really grew “I hated to see her go, I absolutely
I stuck. I love the regulated aspect of over time to have a genuine concern for did,” Iseler said. “I knew anywhere she
safety.” safety, the drivers and the public. She’s went she’d be successful.”
She worked under transportation very smart.” Hare said she applied at a lot of
safety manager Megan Iseler, whom The fact Hare came in knowing vir- places during her senior year at the
she considers one of her mentors in the tually nothing about safety didn’t mat- University of Arkansas and “CalArk just
industry and who didn’t hand her any ter much, because she was open-minded seemed right for me. It’s been a family-
easy answers. and asked relevant questions. And ask- owned business for a long time. I just
“What she did was set a regulation ing questions – seeking answers rather liked the environment when I came to
book on my desk and tell me to explain than arguing with someone, said Iseler visit.”
to her what goes into a DQ file,” said – was one of the keys to Hare making They clearly liked her, too, since
Hare. “She wanted me to go through herself a place in an industry that’s long she was offered a job in October 2008,
the research phase and reference the been primarily a man’s world. two months before she graduated with
regulation. When she started gaining “You have to earn respect,” said degrees in transportation logistics
confidence in my abilities, she added on Iseler. “You need to ask a lot of ques- and marketing. She started the fol-
a lot of roles. I was doing a full-time job tions. Not driving a truck, you’re not lowing January and, after a few weeks

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