U.S. Xpress Executive Patrick Quinn Named ATA Chairman
atrick Quinn, co-chairman and president of truckload carrier U.S. Xpress Enterprises, was named American Trucking Associations’ new chairman, ATA said Thursday.
Quinn, who will lead ATA for the next year, succeeds Steve Williams, chairman and chief executive officer of Maverick Transportation, Little Rock, Ark.
The action came as ATA completed its annual Management Conference and Exhibition, held this year in Boston. Through a combination of direct members, 50 affiliated state trucking associations and other trucking groups, ATA represents the interests of more than 37,000 trucking companies.
U.S. Xpress operates 5,434 over-the-road and drayage tractors out of its Chattanooga headquarters and 63 terminals and global distribution centers.
During his tenure, one of Quinn’s main priorities will include improving the image of trucking, which he said would enhance the industry’s ability to recruit drivers and other employees.
Quinn, who will advocate on trucking’s behalf to regulators and politicians, said trucking has “never had a stronger image,” but is facing numerous challenges including high fuel prices and insurance costs and new hours-of-service rules for drivers.
Quinn has a long record of advocacy for the trucking industry, including as Chairman of the Truckload Carriers Association and as an attorney who worked on Interstate Commerce Commission filings related to trucking.
He also serves on ATA’s executive, management, highway policy and communications and image policy committees, and on the ATA Litigation Center’s board of directors.
