The following employment announcements were made in the trucking industry the week of Aug. 11, 2024:
- Mike Selick is the new vice president of sales at High Bar Brands. He joins Derek Quys on the company's sales leadership team, who moves into the role of senior vice president of sales and business development.
- Fredrik Klevenfeldt, director of brand marketing communications at Volvo Trucks North America, will become senior vice president, communications, at Volvo Group Trucks Technology on Oct. 1.
- The National Trailer Dealers Association elected its 2024-2025 board of directors. Newly elected directors are Stephen Schneider, dealer, president and COO of Pace Transportation Services, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Chris Shuemake, dealer, executive vice president of sales at Central Valley Trailer Repair, Fresno, Calif.; Trey Gary, allied, president of Dorsey Trailer, LLC, Elba, Ala. The 2024-2025 executive committee is Chairperson of the Board Mack Keay, chief operating officer of Ocean Trailer, Delta, British Columbia, Canada; First Vice Chairperson Heather Wilson, chief commercial officer at BMO, Irving, Texas; Second Vice Chairperson Chad Strader, president of Ervin Equipment, Toledo, Ill.; Treasurer William Schaffer, vice president of sales at Overseas Hardwoods Company, Mobile, Ala.; and Gewndolyn Brown, president of the NTDA. Additional dealer directors are Charlie Blyth, president, Blyth Trailer Sales LLC, Valley Park, Mo.; Bobby Briggs, president and CEO of Peak Trailer Group, Dallas; Gene Masteller, president of Atlantic Great Dane, South Portland, Maine; Bill Nehmer, president of Great Dane of Utah, Salt Lake City; David Saunders, vice president of sales at Florida Utility Trailers, Orlando.
- Jamie Benson is the new executive director of the Alaska Trucking Association.
