Lance Craig of Craig Transportation Elected As Truckload Carriers Association Chairman for 2004-2005

Kona, HI - Lance Craig, president of Craig Transportation in Perrysburg, Ohio, has been elected as 2004-2005 chairman of the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA). The swearing-in ceremony took place on Sunday, March 14, at the association's Annual Meeting, held March 14-17, 2004 at the Hilton Waikoloa Resort Hotel in Waikoloa, Hawaii.

Mr. Craig's primary expertise is serving the food and grocery industry. Craig Transportation is a family run business that has been around since 1972 and is TCA's oldest ambassador member. The company runs 100 trucks utilizing 340 dry van trailers and operates in the Midwest and Eastern Seaboard.

Mr. Craig has a long history of TCA involvement and service. He served as 2003-2004 first vice chairman of TCA and has served as Chairman of the North American Transportation Management Institute (NATMI) and as a Board Member of TCA's Truckload Academy. Craig is also active in the American Trucking Associations (ATA) serving on the ATA Tax Policy Committee, Technology &
Engineering Committee, and Chairman's Membership Committee.

Mr. Craig is especially proud of Craig Transportation's strong TCA membership record, he said, "Being elected to serve as TCA Chairman is truly an honor. I am especially proud to represent Craig Transportation, the oldest TCA member; it gives me a unique perspective and a deep respect for the role TCA plays as the industry voice for truckload carriers." The following individuals were also elected and will serve with Mr. Parker until the next Annual Convention:

  • First Vice Chairman: David Berry, vice president, Swift Transportation, Phoenix, Arizona
  • Second Vice Chairman: Barry Pottle, president, Pottle's Transportation, Inc., Bangor, Maine
  • Secretary: Donna Weinrich-Lucht, president, Weinrich Truck Line, Inc., Hinton, Iowa
  • Treasurer: Ray Haight, president & COO, MacKinnon Transport, Inc., Guelph, Ontario, Canada
  • Association Vice Chairman to ATA: Frank Bove, president, United Cartage Co., Inc., Gas City, Indiana
  • Immediate Past Chairman: Clifton Parker, president, G&P Trucking Co., Inc., Gaston, South Carolina

At-Large officers are:

  • Kevin Burch, president, Jet Express, Inc., Dayton, Ohio
  • John Kaburick, president, Earl L. Henderson Trucking Company, Salem, Illinois
  • Jim O'Neal, president, O & S Trucking, Springfield, Missouri
  • Robert Stranzeck, president, Cresco Lines, Inc., Harvey Illinois

TCA is the only national trade association whose collective sole focus is the truckload segment of the motor carrier industry. The association represents dry van trucking, refrigerated trucking , flatbed trucking , and intermodal container carriers operating in the 48 contiguous states as well as Alaska, Mexico, and Canada. Representing operators of over 200,000 trucks, which collectively produce an annual revenue of over $20 billion, TCA is an organization tailored to specific truckload carrier needs.

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