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NEXT MEETING: Speakers: Dan Backus, Travel Centers of America - Updates on fuel
markets UPCOMING MEETINGS: Speakers: PREVIOUS MEETING: Wynn Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV 3131 Las Vegas Boulevard South Las Vegas, NV 8910 |
June 2009 Summer Meeting Speakers Bring Legislation & Leadership to Light
 R. Eddie Wayland -
KeynotePartner, King and Ballow General Counsel, TCA R. Eddie Wayland is a partner in the law firm of King & Ballow, where he supervises the firm's Litigation Section. He has argued before the United States Supreme Court, and has litigated hundreds of cases to conclusion before judges, juries, arbitrators and administrative agencies in over 30 states. Eddie has represented companies in the trucking industry for over 27 years. He currently serves as General Counsel for the TCA. He has also been actively involved for years in the Tennessee Trucking Association. He is a frequent speaker on employment and labor law issues and other trucking industry topics. He also provides in-house training in these areas. Eddie concentrates his national practice in the representation of management in all areas of employment law and related litigation. He has been listed in the book The Best Lawyers in America for over 15 years. He has also been listed in every edition of the book Chambers USA America's Leading Business Lawyers. In addition, Mr. Wayland has been recognized as one of the top lawyers in the State of Tennessee by both Business Tennessee magazine and also by SuperLawyers magazine. Mr. Wayland has twice been selected chairman of the Labor and Employment Section of the Tennessee Bar Association. Among his other publications, Eddie is co-author for the text Americans With Disabilities Act Compliance Guidebook, and was a contributing author for the text The Developing Labor Law. Mr. Wayland received his law degree from the University of Tennessee, College of Law, graduating Order of the Coif, with high honors, and served as Articles Editor for the Tennessee Law Review.
President, !mpact Transportation Solutions, Inc. Kelly has worked in the transportation industry for the past 23 years. The positions he has held include Federal Law Enforcement Officer, Professional Driver, Driver Trainer, Driver Recruiter, Safety Supervisor, and Safety Manager over a Recruiting Department for a 1720 truck fleet. Using these experiences Kelly founded Impact in January 1998. Through his real world solution based training Kelly has become one of the transportation industries most sought after speaker/trainers. Kelly founded the Society of Recruiting and Retention
Professionals, Co-Founded the 3 largest Recruiting and Retention Conferences
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March 2009 Annual Meeting Speakers "Light a Fire" Under MHA
He has also served as National Chairman of the Trucking Association Executives Council as well as chairman of the American Trucking Association’s Driver Issues Task Force. He began impacting change at an early age. At 35, he was named the Texas Motor Transportation Associations’ “Trucking Leader of the Year,” and went on to lead that association as its president and chief executive officer for ten years. In that capacity, he served the Texas trucking industry as its chief lobbyist and spokesman. Bill currently serves as an operating partner with Fenway Partners, a New York City-based private equity firm with ownership in a number of portfolio companies in the trucking and logistics, retail, and manufacturing industries. In his position he helps lead the management of the various Fenway properties and their more than 10,000 employees and associates and is involved with acquisition efforts to broaden the Fenway portfolio.
November 2008 The MHA Announces Sammons Trucking as a Member The Machinery Haulers Association announced its newest member, Sammons Trucking, shortly before the new year. Sammons started in 1962 hauling lumber and exempt commodities between the Midwest and the Pacific Northwest. Over the years Sammons added to its commodity and territorial base until the industry was deregulated in the early 1980s. At that time, Sammons became a nation-wide carrier of general commodities specializing in flatbed freight. Historically Sammons had been strictly an Owner Operator company (including small privately owned fleets) but in 1984 started adding a few company trucks to its fleet. Sammons, still basically an Owner Operator Company, supplemented its fleet of top quality Owner Operators with a small fleet of late model, state of the art tractors. Sammons have expanded our trailer capacity to include steps, double drops and RGNs, in addition to our base of flatbeds. In 1976 the company was purchased
from the founder by a small group of individuals, which included the management
team and one of the Owner Operators. In 2005, Sammons Trucking was purchased by
Market Industries of Portland, OR. To further complement Market Industries, UTi
Worldwide of Rancho Dominguez, CA purchased Market Industries in 2006 ensuring
the stability that has been our cornerstone throughout the years. June 2008 The MHA Welcomes Ace Doran Hauling &
Rigging
The Machinery Haulers Association (MHA) is proud to announce Ace Doran as
it's newest member. As always, the MHA is looking to expand membership
and is pleased by the addition of an industry leader like Ace Doran.
March 2008 2008 ANNUAL MEETING SUCCESSFUL The Machinery Haulers Association held its annual meeting on March 10 at the Tropicana Casino and Resort, Las Vegas, NV. Scheduled presenters included Matt Amen and Matt Harris of American Truck Business Services covering medical, dental and vision insurance for owner operators (drivers) and lease purchase programs (trucks). In addition Dan Backus of Travel Centers of America presented the latest updates in fuel markets and alternative fuels. We also enjoyed one of our larger turnouts for recent meetings.
October 2007 The MHA Welcomes Fikes Fikes Truck Line is one of the oldest trucking companies
in Arkansas, founded by the Fikes family in 1941. President Jim Smith purchased
the company in 1981 and began with eleven contractors transporting goods within
the state. February 2007 Added Value Service - THEFT RESPONSE NETWORKThe MHA is a group of specialized commercial motor carriers that form a network consisting of thousands of trucks and pairs of eyes, many of which have been trained in the Highway Watch program. If a member carrier has equipment or cargo stolen, notification will go out to all member carriers via the Equipment/Cargo Quick Response Network.......to those thousands of trained eyes. For more information, click here for a PDF document. |
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