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Every transportation professional has something valuable to contribute.

Whether you work in pricing, operations, technology, cybersecurity, digital transformation, or leadership, there’s an National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc.® (NMFTA)® council where you can collaborate with peers, influence industry initiatives, and help shape the future of freight transportation.

Your organization’s NMFTA membership gives you access to a community of industry professionals working together to solve challenges, advance standards, and strengthen the transportation industry.

Find My Council

A Manager? Recommend a Member of Your Team

NMFTA organizational membership extends beyond the individual who manages your company’s membership.

If your organization is already an NMFTA member, you can nominate employees whose expertise aligns with one or more councils.

By involving the right people, your organization can gain greater value from its membership while giving employees opportunities to collaborate, contribute, and grow professionally.

Recommend a Colleague

Is This Page for Me?

Yes—if your company is an NMFTA Organizational Member.

If your company is an NMFTA member, you’re already eligible to participate. Now it’s simply a matter of finding the right fit.

NMFTA Organizational Membership isn’t limited to one person. While your organization’s Primary Membership Contact manages the membership, employees across your organization can participate in NMFTA councils.

Whether you’re looking to get involved yourself or you’re a manager identifying opportunities for your team, this page will help you:

  • Discover which council best matches your role and expertise
  • Understand what each council focuses on
  • Learn how to opt yourself in or recommend a colleague
  • Take the next step toward participating in NMFTA programs and initiatives

Need to confirm whether your company is an NMFTA member?

Contact Our Membership Team

Explore Our Councils

LTL Industry Council

Best for

Less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier professionals in pricing, traffic, classification, operations, regulatory affairs, and transportation leadership.

Not open to Associate Members or Professional Society Members.

You’ll help

  • Shape the future of LTL freight classification
  • Collaborate through committees and working groups
  • Address operational and regulatory changes
  • Share industry knowledge with your carrier peers

Key benefits

  • Influence industry decisions
  • Vote and serve in leadership roles
  • Participate in committees and benchmarking progress
  • Access exclusive council work products

Explore the LTL Industry Council

Weighing & research (W&R) council

Best for

Weights and research inspectors, engineers, equipment, maintenance, research, and compliance professionals focused on safe and efficient freight movement.

Not open to Associate Members or Professional Society Members.

You’ll help

  • Develop industry best practices
  • Participate in task forces and research initiatives
  • Improve best practices and standards for carrier-operated W&R programs
  • Collaborate on operational guidance

Key benefits

  • Contribute to industry guidelines and manuals
  • Participate in task forces and research projects
  • Collaborate with experienced industry peers
  • Help advance safe and efficient freight operations

Explore the Weighing & Research Council

Digital Standards Development Council® (DSDC)®

Best for

Technology leaders, software providers, product managers, API developers, digital transportation teams, carriers, shippers, and logistics professionals.

You’ll help

  • Develop and maintain digital freight standards
  • Build interoperable APIs and best practices
  • Improve data exchange across the freight industry
  • Accelerate digital modernization

Key benefits

  • Influence transportation API standards
  • Early access to emerging standards and best practices
  • Collaborate with industry technology leaders
  • Company recognition on the DSDC website

Explore the Digital Standards Development Council

Standards for Cybersecurity in Transportation™ (SCIT)™

Best for

Cybersecurity, IT, risk, compliance, fleet technology, and security professionals protecting transportation operations.

You’ll help

  • Develop transportation cybersecurity standards
  • Strengthen cyber resilience across the industry
  • Share threat intelligence and best practices
  • Advance secure transportation technologies

Key benefits

  • Expand your expertise
  • Early access to future frameworks and guidance
  • Network with transportation cybersecurity leaders
  • Discounts on cybersecurity education and events

Explore the Standards for Cybersecurity in Transportation

Compare Our Councils
at a Glance

FeatureLTL IndustryWeighing & ResearchDSDCSCIT
Best ForExecutives & OperationsClassification & PackagingTechnology TeamsCybersecurity Professionals
Focus AreaIndustry LeadershipFreight ClassificationDigital StandardsCyber Resilience
Meetings✔️✔️✔️✔️
Committees✔️✔️✔️✔️
Standards Development✔️✔️✔️✔️
Best Practices✔️✔️✔️✔️
Leadership✔️✔️✔️✔️

Why Participate?

Being part of an NMFTA council is more than attending meetings.

It’s an opportunity to:

  • Help shape the future of the freight industry;
  • Collaborate with peers from leading transportation organizations;
  • Influence industry standards and best practices;
  • Gain early insight into emerging trends and initiatives;
  • Expand your professional network;
  • Share your expertise with the broader transportation community; and
  • Bring valuable knowledge back to your organization.

Whether you’re contributing technical expertise or helping guide strategic industry initiatives, your participation strengthens both your organization and the industry as a whole.

Getting Your Organization Involved

Before you start participating in our councils, there are a few steps that need to be completed first by your organization’s primary contact.

Step 1

Your company becomes an NMFTA Organizational Member.

Step 2

Your company administrator recommends employees for one or more councils.

Step 3

Employees accept the invitation and sign a Contributor Agreement. Then you can start participating!

How You Can Get Involved

Getting started takes just a few steps.

Step 1

Find the council that best matches your role and expertise.

Find My Council

Step 2

Ask your Primary Membership Contact to recommend you—or recommend a colleague if you’re the Primary Contact.

Recommend a Colleague

Step 3

Complete your Contributor Agreement.

Complete Contributor Agreement

Step 4

Congratulations, you’re in! Start participating in meetings, working groups, standards development, and member programs.

Learn More

Your Expertise Can Help Shape
the Future of Freight

Thousands of transportation professionals rely on NMFTA to solve industry challenges through collaboration. Your knowledge and experience can help move the industry forward.

Find the council where you can make the biggest impact.

Find My Council
Nominate a Colleague