NAFC to Meet in Nashville; Will Address Workers' Comp., Safety

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rucking company financial officers said they would meet in Nashville, Tenn., June 26-28 to discuss capital expenditures, driver wages, fuel, insurance and compliance issues at the annual meeting of the National Accounting & Finance Council of American Trucking Associations.

Key topics scheduled to be discussed at this year’s meeting include safety technologies and workers’ compensation programs.

The event is expected to draw about 200 financial decision makers from a wide range of trucking companies, said David Hershey, NAFC executive director.

Carl Kirk, executive director of ATA’s Technology & Maintenance Council, is to lead a panel discussion and review of current safety technologies.

There is so much new technology [on the market],” said Hershey, “our members are looking at what is promised and comparing it to what is delivered.”

“Everyone in a company competes for the same capital; it’s the chief financial officer’s job to figure out how that money is spent,” said Hershey.

Also on the agenda is a workers’ compensation best practices panel led by experts on the subject in the trucking industry and John Culp, NAFC chairman and the chief financial officer of Arkansas flatbed carrier Maverick Transportation, said Hershey.

“A lot of our members have been most interested in the workers’ compensation panel because they want to know how to be smart about it,” said Hershey.

He said the panel would focus on how to avoid employee injury in the first place, helping the employee recover and getting that employee back to work.

The council is also scheduled to nominate new board members at the conference and expects to have a new chairman and board of directors in place by October, Hershey said.