Piedmont Triad Transportation Association
Piedmont Triad Transportation Association is a provider of educational services to professionals in the field of transportation. Membership is open to consumers and providers of transportation services.
We hold two dinner meetings each year at the headquarters of Volvo Trucks, North America and visitors are always welcome. The following have been keynote speakers at our dinner meetings.
US Senator Elizabeth Dole
Robey “Rob” Estes CEO Estes Motor Lines
Jerry Moyes CEO Swift Transportation
Gordon McKenzie President UPS Freight
Glenn Sessoms VP FedEx
Jim Staley VP YRC Worldwide (Yellow Roadway)
Additionally, we present seminars and workshops from time to time as demand dictates, either independently or in cooperation with others. Contact any Board Member about co hosting your seminar or meeting in the North Carolina Piedmont Triad.
We also hold semiannual golf tournaments and we provide a social hour prior to each dinner meeting.
Mission Statement
Piedmont Triad Transportation Association will be an open organization of industry professionals dedicated to the advancement of transportation knowledge, education, ideas, experiences, camaraderie and charity. Members and guests will benefit through appropriate exchanges of ideas and benchmarking at regular and special meetings and social events. Piedmont Triad Transportation Association shall be a not-for-profit charitable organization.
ANNUAL EVENTS
March - Annual Dinner & Speaker
May - Spring Golf Outing
September - Fall Golf Outing
October - Fall Dinner & Speaker
CONSTITUTION & BY LAWS
ARTICLE I - NAME
The name of this organization shall be Piedmont Triad Transportation Association.
ARTICLE II – MISSION STATEMENT
The Mission Statement of the organization shall be: Piedmont Triad Transportation Association will be an open organization of industry professionals dedicated to the advancement of transportation knowledge, education, ideas, experiences, camaraderie and charity. Members and guests will benefit through appropriate exchanges of ideas and benchmarking at regular and special meetings and social events.
Piedmont Triad Transportation Association shall be a not-for-profit charitable organization.
ARTICLE III - MEMBERSHIP
Section 1. Those eligible for membership shall be of recognized character and integrity, directly engaged in the field of traffic, transportation or logistics, presently or in the past, or who is a student in an accredited school, college or university; or an applicant may be admitted to membership through practical experience in an analogous field when deemed qualified by the Board of Directors, hereinafter referred to as the Board
Section 2. Application for membership shall be submitted in writing on a form designated for that purpose and accompanied by dues for one year. Each application submitted shall be duly considered by the Board, which shall have final action on the application.
Section 3. Election to membership shall be by majority vote of the board.
Section 4. A change of occupation after election to membership shall not deprive any member of full membership privileges.
Section 5. Persons who have distinguished themselves in traffic, transportation or logistics, who have retired from full-time work and have reached their sixty-fifth birthday may be proposed as honorary lifetime members by any Officer or Board member and elected by a two-thirds vote of the Officers and Board present. Honorary lifetime members shall not be eligible for elective office. However, an honorary lifetime member may serve on or chair a committee. Honorary lifetime membership carries full responsibility except for annual dues. Any honorary lifetime member is eligible to join as a dues-paying member should he/she chose to do so.
Section 6. Any member, for cause, may be suspended or dropped from the membership by a majority vote of the Board at any meeting. ARTICLE IV - DUES
Section 1. Members shall pay annual dues as established by the Board.
Section 2. Full-time students are eligible for reduced annual dues, the amount established by the Board.
Section 3. Retired persons are eligible for reduced annual dues, the amount established by the Board.
Section 4. Multiple persons in a single company are eligible for reduced annual dues, the amount established by the Board.
Section 5. There is only one membership status in the organization. It is: Member In Good Standing. Persons who have not met their dues responsibility to the organization are not members in any sense of the word.
ARTICLE V - DISSOLUTION
Should Piedmont Triad Transportation Association dissolve (cease to exist), all assets shall be disbursed equally between Guilford Technical Community College and Forsyth Technical Community College.
ARTICLE VI - AMENDMENTS or SUSPENSION
This constitution may not be amended or suspended, wholly, or in part, to accomplish a short-term goal. Permanent amendments require a two-thirds majority vote of board members present at any announced meeting and notice of proposed amendment or amendments must be given in writing no less than fifteen days prior to the vote.
BY-LAWS
ARTICLE I - BOARD of DIRECTORS and OFFICERS
Section 1. The Board of Directors, hereinafter referred to as the Board, shall consist of the Officers of the association and not less than (6) six but not more than (9) nine Board Members, the number to be determined by majority vote of the Board in the preceding year.
Section 2. Officers shall consist of President, Vice President, Immediate Past President, Secretary, Treasurer and Webmaster/Newsletter Editor.
Section 3. The office of Immediate Past President shall not be elected but shall be filled by the retiring president for the previous fiscal year. When a retiring President cannot fill this office, it shall stand vacant.
Section 4. No President or Vice President may be elected to the same office for three consecutive years.
Section 5. The Board shall make appointments to fill unexpired terms except in the office of Past President. Section 6. Should a single person hold more than one position on the Board, he/she shall not be allowed more than one vote.
Section 7. At any Board meeting, five (5) members shall constitute a quorum.
ARTICLE II -ELECTIONS
Section 1. At the first board meeting of each fiscal year, the President shall appoint a three-person Nominating Committee.
Section 2. The Secretary shall provide the Chairman of the Nominating Committee with a complete list of all members in good standing who are eligible to hold office. The Nominating Committee shall select a slate of officers who are eligible and willing to hold office.
Section 3. The Nominating Committee shall present the Board with the slate of nominees for review, refinement and approval by majority vote. This slate of officers shall be presented to the entire membership in writing no less than ten days before the last meeting of the fiscal year. Unchallenged, the slate shall become final.
Section 4. In the event there is/are a nomination(s) from the floor for any position, there shall be an election for that/those position(s). Nominations from the floor will only be accepted if the individual(s) nominated is/are present and willing to hold the office.
ARTICLE III - DUTIES OF THE OFFICERS and BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1. President It shall be the duty of this Officer to preside at all regular and special meetings, appoint all standing and special committees, receive all matters presented for consideration by the Association and make assignments.
Section 2. Vice President It shall be the duty of this Officer to preside in the absence of the President and to act in the capacity of any other Officer absent from a meeting. This office shall have additional responsibilities as agreed upon by the President and the Office Holder.
Section 4. Immediate Past President It shall be the duty of this Officer to advise the President on Association matters, when and if called upon to do so, to act as Parliamentarian and to recommend changes, as appropriate, to the Constitution and By-Laws. This office shall have additional responsibilities as agreed upon by the President and the Office Holder.
Section 5. Secretary It shall be the duty of this Officer to keep minutes of all regular and special Board meetings and to notify members of their election to offices or appointment to committees. This office shall have additional responsibilities as agreed upon by the President and the Office Holder.
Section 6. Treasurer It shall be the duty of this Officer to receive monies for annual dues and other funds; to place these monies in an authorized checking account; to maintain complete and accurate records that shall be turned over not less than once per year for auditing by the Audit Committee; to issue checks for authorized expenditures and to furnish detailed unaudited financial statements at each Board meeting; and to discharge such other actions of the Association as directed by the Board. This office shall have additional responsibilities as agreed upon by the President and the Office Holder.
Section 7. Webmaster/Newsletter Editor It shall be the duty of this Officer to manage mass communications for the association. This office shall have additional responsibilities as agreed upon by the President and the Office Holder.
ARTICLE IV – COMMITTEES
It shall be the responsibility of the President to appoint Committees and Committee Chairpersons. In addition to the Auditing and Nominating Committees, the President may create Committees as he/she sees fit but shall consider these: Speakers, Membership, Golf, Scholarship and Job Placement.
ARTICLE V - MEETINGS
Section 1. The primary and overriding purpose of the Association is transportation education. Therefore, not less than two (2) general membership meetings per year will be of an educational nature.
Section 2. General membership meetings shall be held on dates and times to be prescribed by the President after conferring with the speaker and shall not follow a business meeting format – minutes of the last meeting shall not be read, etc.
Section 3. Business meetings shall be held on dates and times to be prescribed by the President after conferring with Board.
Section 4. When disparate points of view arise, business meetings shall follow Roberts Rules of Order.
ARTICLE VI - AMENDMENTS or SUSPENSIONS
These By Laws may not be amended or suspended, wholly, or in part, to accomplish a short-term goal. Permanent amendments require a two-thirds majority vote of board members present at any announced meeting and notice of proposed amendment or amendments must be given in writing no less than fifteen days prior to the vote.
Amendments to Constitution and By Laws: AMENDED IN ITS ENTIRETY FEBRUARY 27, 2007 AMENDED FOR CLARIFICATION AND GRAMMER ERRORS APRIL 3, 2008 AMENDED OCTOBER 9, 2008, AMENDED MARCH 28, 2009 AMENDED MAY 7, 2009
Members
| Name | First Name | Corporation |
|---|---|---|
| Dale | Albright | Larson Manufacturing Company |
| Stephanie | Ashton | GSO Economic Development Alliance |
| Skip | Autry | Old Dominion Freight Lines |
| Heather | Baldwin | Applied Risk Management Solutions |
| Mike | Beck | MoonShot Media |
| Bert | Bennett | Retired |
| Fred | Best | Trans Corp Carriers |
| Buzzy | Bondurant | JL Rothrock Trucking |
| Richard | Bondurant | JL Rothrock Trucking |
| Cathy | Bowman | Collins Logistics, Inc |
| Darlene | Boyce | Epes Transport System, Inc. |
| Jim | Bradley | Chatham Manufacturing - Retired |
| Don | Breault | Great West Casualty |
| Keri | Brennan | Diversified Select Drivers |
| Pete | Brewer | ABF Freight System, Inc. |
| Tony | Capps | Carolina Tank Lines, Inc. |
| Helen | Cauthen | GSO Economic Development Alliance |
| Rom | Chaffin | FedEx Services |
| Heidi | Cohen | Central Carolina Trucks |
| Barry | Cook | Whites International |
| David | Cranford | Qualcomm |
| Syd | Cuningham | JB Hunt Transport |
| Melinda | Dagenhart | ABF Freight System, Inc. |
| David | Danner | Keystone Freight Corp |
| Bill | Davies | Carrier Mid-Atlantic |
| Doug | Dobbins | BI Transportation - Retired |
| Kay | Dobie | NC A&T State University |
| Tom | Dyer | Lorillard Tobacco |
| Frank | Fricks, Jr. | BI Transportation - Retired |
| David | Gaffney | JBS Transportation, Inc. |
| Steve | Gaffney | JBS Transportation, Inc. |
| Clark | Golden | RJ Reynolds - Retired |
| Debbie | Green | Salem Produce |
| Raymond | Greene | Universal Trans. Ser., LLC |
| Ryan | Greene | Universal Trans. Ser., LLC |
| Jerry | Gross | Houser Transport |
| Paul | Gueriera | Cooper Kenworth, Inc. |
| Billy | Hagin | Salem Produce |
| Steve | Hamner | Cooper Kenworth, Inc. |
| Ralph | Hardy | Hardy Brothers, Inc. |
| Ryan | Hardy | Hardy Brothers, Inc. |
| Charles | Hertlein | Pilot Freight Services |
| Kennan | Hill | Chief Express |
| John | Hinton | Harris Teeter |
| Brian | Hodge | Wells Fargo Equipment Finance |
| Anthony | Holmes | Horizon Logistics |
| Steve | Humphrey | Volvo Trucks |
| Chris | Isley | Carolina Tank Lines, Inc. |
| Dennis | Johnson | Best Textiles |
| Roy | Johnson | Website Designer |
| Ron | Julian | TCI Logistics |
| Steve | Kezman | Financial Federal Credit, Inc. |
| Jack | Koontz | Retired - Swift Transportation |
| Scott | Krantz | Larson Manufacturing Company |
| Dena | Lawson | ABF Freight System, Inc. |
| Pat | Lehman | TranSure Insurance |
| Bill | Mabe | DyStar |
| Rick | Mack | JBS Transportation, Inc. |
| Bill | Martin | RJ Reynolds - Retired |
| Dale | Norman | Hardy Brothers, Inc. |
| Jim | Norwood | Carolina Tank Lines, Inc. |
| Bob | Parrish | Retired |
| Tim | Patterson | Saia |
| Bert | Perry | Carrier Mid-Atlantic |
| Robin | Pfefferkorn | Financial Federal Credit, Inc. |
| Pat | Phillips | Service by Air |
| Steve | Poole | Matchmaker Transportation |
| Ethan | Prevette | Horizon Logistics |
| Kay | Prevette | LJ Rogers Trucking |
| Dan | Privett | Diversified Select Drivers |
| Jackie | Privett | Diversified Select Drivers |
| Brian | Pyne | Team II Transport, Inc. |
| Johnny | Pyrtle | Milan Express |
| John | Richardson | Pine Hall Brick |
| Tom | Riggs | Shanahan Transportation - Retired |
| Jon | Riggsbee | Financial Federal Credit, Inc. |
| Greg | Ritchie | JBS Transportation, Inc. |
| David | Robinson | NC Transportation Hall of Fame |
| Neal | Sebastian | Collins Logistics, Inc |
| Andy | Sharpe | TranSure Insurance |
| Jason | Shearer | Milan Express |
| Larry | Singletary | RJ Reynolds - Retired |
| Harry | Sink | NC A&T State University |
| Chris | Smith | Central Carolina Trucks |
| Todd | Smith | New Breed Logistics |
| Jim | Sprague | BI Transportation - Retired |
| Tim | Stephens | Applied Risk Management Solutions |
| Kristen | Swift | Central Carolina Trucks |
| Alex | Sykes | Cooper Kenworth, Inc. |
| Cal | Thompson | Roadrunner Transportation Services |
| John | Thompson | Salem Produce |
| Mark | Tilley | Salem Produce |
| Gina | Varner | JBS Transportation, Inc. |
| Bill | Vaughn | Lorillard Tobacco |
| Pete | Watson | Hanesbrands, Inc. |
| Jeff | Whaley | TransCorp Carriers |
| John | Wise | ABF Freight System, Inc. |
| Glenn | Wright | M&C Xpress |
| Neil | Wright | JBS Transportation, Inc. |
| Denise | Zaninelli | Mabe Trucking, Inc. |
Officers & Board
President
- Steve Gaffney
Vice President
- Helen Cauthen
Secretary
- Robin Pfefferkorn
Treasurer/Webmaster
- Roy Johnson
Past President
- Tom Dyer
Board of Directors
- Bert Bennett
- Darlene Boyce
- Don Breault
- David Hauser
- Pat Phillips
- Todd Smith
- Tim Stephens
- Cal Thompson
- Denise Zaninelli
COMMITTEES
Chairs Listed first
Audit
Don Breault, Tim Stephens
Constitution & By Laws
Roy Johnson
Golf
Cal Thompson, Pat Phillips, Don Breault, Denise Zaninelli
Job Placement
Don Breault, Pat Phillips, Todd Smith
Membership
Pat Phillips, Helen Cauthen, Roy Johnson
Nominating
Steve Gaffney, Tom Dyer, Helen Cauthen
Speakers & Programs
Steve Gaffney, Tom Dyer, Bert Bennett, Helen Cauthen
Scholarships
Dave Hauser, Tom Dyer, Pat Phillips
Workshops
Don Breault, David Hauser, Todd Smith
Cooperation organizations
Colissimo
Tarif Colissimo for sending packages in France, Europe and Internationally in the rest of the world. Parcel tracking and package insurance included.
North Carolina League
of Transportation and Logistics
Catawba Valley Traffic Club
Hickory, NC
North Carolina State Ports Authority
The Port of Virginia
North Carolina A&T State University
Department of Economics and Transportation/Logistics
Forsyth Tech Community College
Business Administration/Logistics Management
Greensboro
Economic Development Partnership
Greensboro Export Assistance Center
U.S. Department of Commerce
Greensboro
Department of Transportation
North Carolina
Transportation Hall of Fame