Committee & Program Leadership

Committee & Program Leadership

The National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc. (NMFTA) committees guide the association's administrative, advocacy, operating, outreach, and policy efforts. Below are descriptions of the areas of responsibility, including the leaders, staff liaison(s), and committee list for each.


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Board of Directors

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Chairman

Clete Cordero
Southeastern Freight Lines
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Vice ChaIrman

Richard Ellis
Estes Express Lines
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Treasurer

Scott O'Keefe
MAGNUM LTL, INC.
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Secretary

Debbie Sparks
NMFTA
Lesley-Veldstra-Killingsworth

Immediate Past Chairman

Lesley Veldstra Killingsworth
Polaris Transportation Group
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Past Chairman

Mike Morgan
B & H Freight Line, Inc.

Board of Director Committees

Additional Committees

Classificiation Resource Committee

NMFTA's Classification Resource Committee (CRC) provides information and other resources to the Freight Classification Development Council (FCDC) on matters relating to the content of the National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC)®. It provides information on classification research activities, the transportation characteristics of products moving via motor carrier and on motor carrier operations. The CRC may make recommendations and give advice regarding the Procedures for developing and maintaining the NMFC.

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Chairman:
Greg Joyner, FedEx Freight

First Vice Chairman:
Kris McLennan, A. Duie Pyle, Inc.

Second Vice Chairman:

Jake Whitney, Magnum LTL, Inc.

Secretary:

Debbie Sparks, NMFT

Staff Liaison:
Debbie Sparks

CRC Packaging Subcommittee

NMFTA's CRC Packaging Subcommittee is a subcommittee of CPC. It reviews and evaluates industry needs for improved packaging and makes recomendations to the full CRC and ultimately to the FCDC regarding proposals to amend packaging deinitions, specifications or requirements, including rules relating to packaging, in the NMFC.

Digital LTL Committee

NMFTA's Digital LTL Committee reviews who is currently using electronic bills of lading (eBOL), a mapping project which will highlight paper fields on an electronic sample, terms and conditions, notes, as well as shipper and carrier certifications.

Chairman:
Jake Whitney, Magnum LTL, Inc.

Vice ChairmanL
Tim Vander Pol, Peninsula Truck Lines, Inc.

Staff Liaison:
Paul Dugent, NMFTA

Carrier Procedures Committee

NMFTA's Carrier Procedures Committee (CPC) considers procedures and best practices, rules and regulations covering interline settlements, claims, and other related traffic matters, and develops model agreements for use by the membership.

Chairman: 
Greg McDermitt, Roadrunner Transportation Systems

Vice Chairman:
Chris Kast, Oak Harbor Freight Lines

Staff Liaison:
Larissa Franklin, NMFTA

Regulatory Policy Committee

NMFTA's Regulatory Policy Committee considers and directs participation on behalf of the membership in state and local legislative, regulatory, and/or judicial proceedings which it deems to be of interest to or affect the membership in the conduct of their business, and in legislative matters, federal or state, which benefit, or are perceived as a detriment to, the motor carrier industry.

Chairman:
Matt VanDerPol, ABF Freight System, Inc.

Vice Chairman:
LaDona Teague, FedEx Freight

Special Advisor:
Nicholas Wingerter, Truck Safety 1

Staff Liaison:
Britton Mullen, NMFTA