The following employment changes were announced to the trucking industry last week (Sept. 30-Oct. 6, 2019).
- HDA Truck Pride has announced Dominic Norko as its 2019-2020 academic scholarship recipient.
- Idealease shareholders have elected the 2020 board of directors at the company’s 37th Annual Meeting in Chicago. Jorge Martinez Madero, president, Idealease Monterrey (Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico) will serve as chairman in 2020 and 2021. Scott McCandless, president, McCandless Idealease (Aurora, Colo.), was elected to serve as vice chairman of the board of Idealease for 2020 and 2021, and then as chairman in 2022 and 2023. Daniel J. Murphy was re-elected as president and CEO of Idealease. Keric Kennedy was re-elected as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Traci Royal was re-elected as chief financial officer and Lance Bertram was newly elected as senior vice president and chief revenue officer. Idealease shareholders also elected five regional directors to serve two-year terms on the board: for the Southeast, Terry Minor, president, Cumberland Idealease (Nashville, Tenn.); McCandless for the West; for the Midwest, William K. Reilley Sr., president, Badgerland Idealease (Milwaukee); for the Northeast, Fred Scheler, president, Five Star Idealease (Harrisburg, Pa.); and for Canada, Mike Winslow, president, Peterborough Idealease (Peterborough, Ontario, Canada).
