ATA Presents Mike Russell Trucking Image Award Winners at MCE

ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 23, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, American Trucking Associations honored a professional truck driver, a state trucking association, an industry non-profit and a motor carrier with the ninth annual Mike Russell Trucking Image Award.

"Every person working in the trucking industry has the responsibility to advocate on its behalf and demonstrate the safety-first mentality of the trucking industry to the public," said ATA Chairman Kevin Burch, president of Jet Express Inc. "The winners we present today embody this award. These companies, organizations and individuals have gone above and beyond over the past several years to establish positive awareness of the trucking industry."

This year's winners are:

• The Arkansas Trucking Association Foundation for their organization's efforts to leverage local relationships to amplify the American Trucking Associations national agenda, and setting an example of how to build a network of advocates who positively represent the trucking industry;
• Load One for their substantial involvement in Trucking Moves America Forward and company-wide efforts to elevate pro-trucking national statements through their image programs, trailer wraps, and work in their local community;
• Truckers Against Trafficking for their outreach in the community, on social media, and on the highways to put an end to human trafficking;
• Herschel Evans, Holland Inc., for representing the industry through his role as an America's Road Team Captain, lifetime commitment to safe driving, and his establishment of the Safety Drive for a Cure truck driving competition to support the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation, which has grown to attract national attention and tens of thousands of dollars in donations.

The Mike Russell Trucking Image Awards are named in honor of the late Mike Russell, a trucking industry supporter and former ATA vice president of public affairs, and are sponsored by HireRight.

"The Mike Russell Trucking Image Award helps us recognize the ways in which individuals, organizations, and companies are committed to promoting the trucking industry to the public in new ways," said Steven Spencer, managing director of transportation at HireRight. "These award winners continue to contribute to the advancement of our industry's positive message and magnify the work of the many great people working in the trucking industry."

American Trucking Associations is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a federation of 50 affiliated state trucking associations and industry-related conferences and councils, ATA is the voice of the industry America depends on most to move our nation's freight. Follow ATA on Twitter or on Facebook. Trucking Moves America Forward 

SOURCE American Trucking Associations