San Diego, California — Today, the Board of Directors of the ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ elected Randy Guillot, president of Triple G Express Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, the federation's 75th chairman.
"It is an honor and a privilege to be elected as chairman of ÐÓ°É´«Ã½," Guillot said. "I look forward to spending the next year speaking up and speaking out on behalf of our industry and our association as we work to advance ÐÓ°É´«Ã½'s agenda on a number of fronts including tort reform, infrastructure, trade and most importantly safety."
Guillot replaces Barry Pottle, CEO of Pottle's Transportation, Bangor, Maine, as chairman.
"Randy has been a tremendous advocate for our industry at the state level and at the national level on a number of issues of vital importance to our industry," said ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ President and CEO Chris Spear. "I congratulate him on this honor, and I'm confident he will continue to be a strong voice on behalf of trucking."
In addition to his work with ÐÓ°É´«Ã½, Guillot is past chairman of the Louisiana Motor Transport Association, chairman of ÐÓ°É´«Ã½'s Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference, as well as treasurer and a board member of the North American Chassis Pool Cooperative.
The Board also elected as Sherri Garner Brumbaugh, president and CEO of Garner Trucking, Findlay, Ohio, ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ first vice chairman; Harold Sumerford Jr., CEO of J&M Tank Lines Inc., Birmingham, Alabama as ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ second vice chairman; as well as Dan Van Alstine, president and COO of Ruan Transportation Management Systems and Andrew Boyle, co-president of Boyle Transportation, Billerica, Massachusetts, as ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ vice chairmen. In addition, the Board re-elected John M. Smith, chairman of Admiralty Holdings Inc., as secretary and John A. Smith, president and CEO of FedEx Freight, as treasurer.
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