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executive editor
SHANNON NEWTON
managing editor
BETHANY MAY
contributing writers RE-ROUTE TO REMAIN
STEVE BRAWNER ANGELA THOMAS
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DAVID MONTEITH TODD TRAUB Unlike ever before, Americans are universally experiencing a common truth…
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ROBERT O’CONNER JOE QUINN virtually nothing is going according to plan. In February, I sat down with my team
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for our regular editorial meeting to discuss this issue of the magazine. Usually,
art director
JON D. KENNEDY Issue 2 is distributed at our annual conference, held each spring. It is delivered
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production editors to attendees’ hotel rooms and blown up for display in the convention center. We
SARAH SHEETS, KATIE THOMASON,
CAITLIN WALRAVEN, SKYLAR HATFIELD HILL brainstormed and assigned stories we thought readers would find interesting and
illustrator
BRENT BENNETT
brentdraw@att.net insightful, including the story you’ll find on page 21 about a public health crisis
photographers
JON D. KENNEDY, JOHN DAVID PITTMAN in China that had affected the supply chain and had recently appeared in some
patients on the U.S. West Coast.
A few weeks later, there were cases of that new virus, COVID-19, in Arkansas. In
www.arkansastrucking.com less than a fortnight, a protein invisible to the human eye brought everything to a
president screeching halt — except trucks. Those were still moving, and people were noticing
SHANNON SAMPLES NEWTON
shannonnewton@arkansastrucking.com that everything they needed to stay home and healthy was being delivered by men
director of operations
SARAH NEWMAN SHEETS
sarahsheets@arkansastrucking.com and women driving trucks. I called my managing editor and asked her how we
director of corporate services
KATIE THOMASON could retool this issue of the magazine to address this global moment and talk
katiethomason@arkansastrucking.com
communications director about trucking’s role.
BETHANY MAY
bethanymay@arkansastrucking.com
director of loss prevention We scrapped some of the articles, revised others, assigned new stories and gathered
MIKE BRUST
mikebrust@arkansastrucking.com new data for this special edition of the Arkansas Trucking Report. The original story
director of safety services
SKYLAR HATFIELD HILL on page 21 now serves as a primer for the pandemic’s arrival here and what we
skylarhatfield@arkansastrucking.com
executive assistant know about it. We also spoke to our board of director chairman, Dan Cushman
CAITLIN WALRAVEN
caitlinwalraven@arkansastrucking.com for a fireside chat on page 16 about what we can do to stay sane and survive crisis.
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
DAN CUSHMAN
PAM Transport, Inc. Normally in our News-in-Brief pages, we share the regulatory, technology, safety,
President & CEO
BOARD OF DIRECTORS public relations, legal and culture stories that intersect with transportation.
ROCHELLE BARTHOLOMEW MARK MORRIS
CalArk International, Inc. Morris Transportation Services, LLC
President President But, I am fatigued of projections, changing timelines, disappointments, closing
MARR LYNN BEARDEN JAMES REED
Marrlin Transit, Inc. USA Truck businesses, and sickness. I just wanted to save a few pages of this issue for really
President CEO
GREG CARMAN G.E. “BUTCH” RICE III good news. Plenty of individuals and organizations have responded to the needs of
Carman, Inc. Stallion Transportation Group
President President & CEO
JOHN CULP ALAN RIELS their communities with compassion, creativity and quick-thinking. I am uplifted
Maverick USA Dedicated Logistics, LLC
President President & CEO and inspired by these moments of humanity.
JEFF HAMMONDS JEFF SMITH
Walmart Transportation LLC Utility Tri-State, Inc.
Vice President – Logistics President & CEO
CRAIG HARPER JOHN SMITH I hope you find this issue to be informative, balanced, compassionate, uplifting
J.B. Hunt Transport FedEx Freight
Executive Vice President & COO President and forward-thinking because ATA is still committed to our mission of promoting,
AL HERINGER IV VICKI JONES STEPHENS
Star Transportation, LLC C.C. Jones, Inc. protecting and serving the trucking industry. We are out there showing the public
Vice President President

JEFF LOGGINS TIM THORNE
Loggins Logistics, Inc. ABF Freight what you are doing, advocating for ways to help you continue, and answering your
President & CEO President & CEO
ROB LYALL DOUG VOSS calls of service — see page 19 for a couple of ways ATA has responded to requests for
Tyson Foods, Inc. University of Central Arkansas
Vice President – Warehousing Associate Professor of Logistics
hand sanitizers and additional food options for truck drivers on the front lines.
MIKE MCNUTT STEVE WALTON
Distribution Solutions, Inc. Southern Tire Mart
CEO, Owner VP Strategic Accounts
So, this year, Issue 2 is not the conference issue we had planned. We’ve
rescheduled that event for August 17-18 and hope to see you there healthy and
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Associations in good spirits. But changing a date, a table-of-contents, a goal, an expectation
Arkansas Trucking Association (ATA) is an Arkansas corporation of trucking
companies, private carrier fleets and businesses which serve or supply the doesn’t change who we are. As truckers, we know how to re-route.
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:
1401 West Capitol, Suite 185
Post Office Box 3476 (72203)
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Drivers Legal Plan
Phone 501.372.3462 Fax 501.376.1810 Shannon Newton
www.arkansastrucking.com
President, Arkansas Trucking Association
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