37th Annual Conference Report
President's Report
T&LC President, Bob Hochwarth, Volvo Logistics North America
As Charles Darwin stated…"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change."
One of the best ways to adapt to change and excel is through education and experience. I don’t know any other professional organization in our industry that offers a better place to learn through the latest up-to-date educational workshops, seminars, conferences, and content via our newsletters and website than the Council.
Our 37th Annual Conference in St. Louis was a great success with attendance up 35% from two years ago and we hope to see this trend continue in 2012 at our next conference in Orlando (April 23 – 25th, 2012). Much of this success is due to the hard work from TLC staff, officers, and Board of Directors that spent months in preparing and organizing for this annual event. I especially want to thank the moderators, panelists, speakers, sponsors and exhibitors, along with our partners from the TLP&SA and the CCPAC for their participation and support in making this conference a success.
This year’s conference covered a number of current events impacting our industry such as the CSA 2010, HOS rules, insurance, liability, driver shortages, security, risk, insurance, claims, global economy/trade, Customs, C-TPAT, cargo theft, intermediaries, international shipping, and more. And if that wasn’t enough to learn, the Council held three great seminars on contracting, freight claims, and transportation law.
Every good conference needs good speakers. We were very fortunate to have Don Brown, Executive VP Finance and Administration FedEx Freight and Tommy Hodges, Chairman of Titan Transfer Inc. and former Chairman of the American Trucking Association share their in-depth knowledge of the industry and current events impacting our industry today and what they see on the horizon so we can be better prepared and adapt to the changes coming our way.
Take a look at some of the photos of highlights of the Conference (below).
New Slate of Officers Elected
Thanks to all the members who have served on the Board of Directors this past year and will continue to do so. Best wishes for the upcoming year. Carol Wynstra, from Snap-On Tools Company, will again serve as the Chairman and other officers and directors will continue as follows:
Officers: President, Bob Hochwarth, Volvo Logistics North America; Vice President, Jared Palmer, Advantage Freight Network; and Sec’y/Treasurer, Steve Theissen, CCP, Schneider Electric.
Regional Directors: Reg. 1 – Rob Silverman, Atlas Traffic Consultants Corp.; Reg. 2 – Keith Mowery, United States Cold Storage; Reg. 3 – Reed Tepper, Parker Hannifin; Reg. 4 – Brian Kiel, Nestle; Reg. 5 – Douglas L. Arents, Rite Hite Corporation; Reg. 6 – Nadia Martin, CCP, Blakeman Transportation; Reg. 7 – Jerrod Slaughter, Columbia Sportswear.
The Director for the Freight Traffic Consultants Chapter is Jonathan Shaver of Intra Vex, LLC.
Assistant Regional Directors: Reg. 2 – Ronald Klamert, Logistics Concepts; Reg. 4 – Henry Swire, Central Garden & Pet/Central Life Sciences Reg. 5 – Maria Wolter, 3M; Reg. 6 – Phillip Wise, Sysco Corporation; Reg. 7 – Dave Jordan, ConAgra Foods.
In addition, Clark Van Orman, was granted a title of “Honorary Director”.
Hospitality Suite Sponsors
TLC would like to extend its thanks to the following for their generous donations and sponsorship of the Hospitality Suite at this year’s 37th Annual Conference:
| Associations | Law Firms |
| Transportation Arbitration Board | Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff |
| Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) | Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, PC |
| Franklin & Prolopik | |
| Carriers/Brokers | Hanson, Bridgett, LLP |
| ABF Freight System | Looney & Grossman |
| Morgan Sales Association | Nowell, Amoroso, Klein, Bierman, PA |
| Old Dominion Freight Lines, Inc. | Pezold, Smith, Hirschmann & Selvaggion, LLC |
| Ryley, Carlock & Applewhite | |
| Vendors | Scopelitis Garvin Light Hanson & Feary, P.C. |
| Clovis & Roche, Inc. | |
| Transolutions, Inc. | |
| Williams & Associates, Inc. |
Door Prize Donors
Thanks also to the generosity of the following companies for their door prize donations:
| Advantage Freight Network | Recovery Management * |
| Avalon Risk Management | Rite Hite Corportation |
| Cargo Salvage Claims | Schneider Electric |
| Clovis & Roche, Inc. | Schwan's Global Supply Chain |
| Columbia | Snap-on Logistics |
| Exact Packaging | Sony Electronics * |
| Georgia Pacific | Sun Main Growers of California |
| Hanson Bridgett | Transplace |
| Johanson Transportation Service | Transport Security |
| Lowes | TranzAct |
| Marten Transport | United Cold Storage |
| Nestle | Wooster Brush |
| * Thank you Recovery Management for donating a 24" Combo LED TV with DVD player as a Grand Prize |
| * Thank you Sony Electronics for donating a 46" Bravia HD LED TV as a Grand Prize |
Exhibitors
Thanks to the following exhibitors for helping make this year's conference an outstanding success:
| CargoNet - Sal Marino & Richard Kirk |
| Cargo Salvage Claims - Donna Wyss |
| CAR International - Jarrod Brown, David Fair & Lenny Veneziano |
| Clovis & Roche - John Watson & Manny Fajardo |
| Coface Collection, N.A. - Candace Dell |
| Electric Guard Dog - Michael Pate & Jack DeMao |
| Flemming Cargo Claims - Ray Flemming |
| Recovery Management Corporation - Dave Myers & Dee Pack |
| Regiscope Digital Imaging - John Adams, Walt Beadling & Christian Baker |
| Transport Security - John Albrecht |
| Virtual Freight Inspections - Don Barranco, Tina Jordan, Matt Hakes, Janine Dates & Steve Simonds |
