ATRI Announces New Research Advisory Committee Members

ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) today released the names of those individuals appointed by the ATRI Board of Directors to serve on the 2015-2016 Research Advisory Committee (RAC).  Among other activities, ATRI's RAC is responsible for annually identifying the top research priorities for the trucking industry.  RAC members represent a diverse cross-section of trucking industry stakeholders including motor carriers, industry suppliers, commercial drivers, shippers, law enforcement, academia and government.

Steve Niswander, VP of Safety Policy & Regulatory Relations for Groendyke Transport was appointed to a second term as Chairman of the RAC.  New RAC members appointed for the 2015-2016 term are:

Doug Bennett 
Director, Operations & Business Development
U.S. AutoLogistics, L.L.C.

Amy Boerger 
Executive Director, NA Engine Business
Cummins Inc.

Michael Bray, Sr.
Mgr., Business Development
Omnitracs LLC

Louis Campion           
President        
Maryland Motor Truck Association, Inc.

Dennis Dellinger         
President        
Cargo Transporters

Duke Drinkard           
Energy Manager        
Southeastern Freight Lines

Paul J. Enos   
Chief Executive Officer         
Nevada Trucking Association

Sherri Garner Brumbaugh     
President/CEO           
Garner Transportation Group

David W. Guess         
Vice President of Safety and HR      
Usher Transport, Inc.

Kevin X. Jones           
Vice President, Inbound Transportation
Wal-mart Stores, Inc.

Shannon Lively          
Vice President – Planning and Engineering  
ABF Freight System, Inc.

Michelle D. Livingstone          
Vice President - Transportation         
The Home Depot

Vladimir Livshits, Ph.D.          
System Analysis Program Manager 
Maricopa Association of Governments

Brenda Neville           
President        
Iowa Motor Truck Association, Inc.

David L. Palmer         
Major, Texas Highway Patrol Division
Texas Department of Public Safety

Jonathan R. Peters, PhD       
Professor of Finance,
CSI School of Business         
College of Staten Island –
The City University of New York

Karen Rasmussen     
President and CEO    
HELP Inc.

Barbara Robinson      
Director          
American Truck Dealers (ATD)

Wellington F. Roemer, III       
President and CEO    
Wellington F. Roemer Insurance, Inc.

Steve Rogers 
Vice President, Truckload Operations
J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.

Andrea Sequin           
Director, Regulatory Services           
Schneider National, Inc.

Brandon Shafer         
Director of Health and Safety
UPS Freight

Ronald Uriah  
Vice President of Risk Management, Compliance and Government Affairs           
Pitt-Ohio, LLC

Rusty Weiss   
Director, External Research  
Lytx - DriveCam

Geoffrey Wood          
Vice President, Operations and Safety         
Canadian Trucking Alliance

Current RAC members who were reappointed to an additional two-year term on the RAC are:

Andrew Boyle
Executive VP and CFO
Boyle Transportation

Randy Boyles
Senior Vice President, Tailored Solutions
PeopleNet

Cheryl Bynum
Manager, SmartWay Transport Partnership
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Michael Conyngham 
Director of Research 
International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Chad England
Chief Executive Officer         
C.R. England, Inc.

Sanford Hodes           
Senior Vice President and
Deputy General Counsel       
Ryder System, Inc.

Barbara Ivanov          
Director, Freight Systems      
Washington State Department of Transportation
(Environmental & Engineering Programs Design Office)

Chris McLoughlin       
Cargo Risk Manager 
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

Scott A. Mugno
Vice President, Safety and Maintenance      
FedEx Ground

Dean Newell  
Vice President, Safety           
Maverick USA, Inc.

Brett A. Sant  
VP, Safety and Risk Management    
Knight Transportation, Inc.

Keith Tuttle     
President        
Motor Carrier Service, Inc.

Tom Weakley
Director of Operations           
Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association Foundation

"The RAC serves a critical role in developing and prioritizing research proposals that address the trucking industry's top issues.  We applaud those appointed by the Board to serve in this important role and we look forward to working with them," remarked Rebecca Brewster, ATRI President and COO.

ATRI is the trucking industry's 501(c)(3) not-for-profit research organization.  It is engaged in critical research relating to freight transportation's essential role in maintaining a safe, secure and efficient transportation system. 

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SOURCE American Transportation Research Institute