Randy Beggs
President & CEO-Proficient Auto Transport, AHAA Chairman
Proficient Auto Transport
Randy Beggs has approximately 34 years in the Car haul industry. He is currently the President & CEO of Proficient Auto Transport; Inc. Before being named President & CEO in 2018, Randy began his tenure with Proficient as COO. Randy also serves as a Consultant to Industry Leaders as well as an Industry Legal Consultant for high profile Car Haul related cases.
Prior to joining Proficient. Randy served as the Executive Vice President of Diversified Automotive in Boston, MA. Before working for Diversified, Randy spent 24 years at Jack Cooper Transport where he began his career in Transportation as a Yard Supervisor in 1988. He spent his career with Jack Cooper working his way up from an entry level supervisor role to Senior VP of Operations and Marketing. Randy is one of very few, if not the only executive in the Car Haul business whose breadth of experience includes truck away, railheads, plants, ports, rail loading/unloading, storage, yard management, accessorizing, import/export, cross border operations, brokering, and sales and marketing. Randy also has physically loaded and unloaded all equipment types which gives him a unique understanding and perspective. It’s this expansive degree of experience in our industry that drives Randy’s ability to lead and facilitate Organizational change.
Randy currently resides in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL with his wife, Lisa, of 34 years. They have 2 children; Kaitlyn, 28 an assistant director at a large Marketing firm in Chicago; and Randy Jr, 26 a captain in the Marines.
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President & CEO-Proficient Auto Transport, AHAA Chairman
Proficient Auto Transport
JS Bolton
Director of Finished Vehicle Logistics and Supply Chain Systems and Strategy
Nissan North America
Jennifer Sarah (JS) Bolton leads finished vehicle logistics for Nissan in North America, along with leading supply chain systems and strategy. She’s been at Nissan since 2013 in roles of increasing responsibility in both manufacturing and supply chain at the carmakers Smyrna, Tennessee and Canton, Mississippi plants. Immediately prior to her current role, she was director of body and stamping in Mississippi, where she led the Canton team through the launch of the all-new Frontier. Prior to coming to Nissan, JS worked in investment banking at Morgan Stanley in New York and Hong Kong, specializing in advising transportation and logistics companies, as well at a truck aerodynamics start up in San Francisco, At Dynamics. She holds a BA in History and Mechanical Engineering from Yale, an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, and an MS in civil engineering from MIT, where she was a Leaders for Global Operations fellow.
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Director of Finished Vehicle Logistics and Supply Chain Systems and Strategy
Nissan North America
Lindsay Bur
Senior Economic Analyst
American Trucking Associations
Lindsay Bur is a Senior Economic Analyst with the American Trucking Associations, reporting directly to the Chief Economist, Bob Costello. Since joining ATA in 2021, Lindsay has spearheaded the collection and analysis of economic data as it relates to the trucking industry. She authored ATA’s 2022 Driver Compensation Study, a comprehensive evaluation and assessment of how fleets pay their drivers. Prior to joining ATA, she graduated from The University of Virginia with a bachelor’s in economics and a minor in statistical analysis.
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Senior Economic Analyst
American Trucking Associations
Bill Doyle
Executive Director-Maryland Port Administration
Maryland Port Administration
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Executive Director-Maryland Port Administration
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John Kounalis
Training & Development-Trans Lease
Trans Lease
John Kounalis has been in the Truck/Trailer Sales and Finance industry for over 37 years. He currently works as “Training & Development Coordinator for Trans Lease, Inc., an international Lease and Finance company headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
John has been involved in financing auto transport equipment for over 25 years and leads a nationwide team of four highly qualified and experienced finance representatives.
One of the top independently owned lease and finance companies in the country, Trans Lease believes developing a business partnership with the customer is the key to supporting the auto transport industry’s growth.
Trans Lease has been a member of the Auto Hauler Association of America since 2014.
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Training & Development-Trans Lease
Trans Lease
Dennis Manns
Executive Vice President-North Motors Group
North Motors Group
Dennis Manns is the Senior Automotive Advisor to InStarAGF: Toronto, Canda, a leading private equity group where he provides automotive insight and direction on the acquisition of automotive related businesses.
Mr. Manns is also the Executive Vice President for North Motors Group, a leading OEM and automotive services executive advisory group.
He is a Board of Director member for AMPORTS: Jacksonville, FL. And the former Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) for Road & Rail Services of Louisville, KY.
Dennis retired a few years ago from Honda Motor Company where he spent 30 years in executive management and leadership, serving in several different divisions of Honda’s American operations
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Executive Vice President-North Motors Group
North Motors Group
Mike Matousek
Director-Automobile Carriers Conference of ATA
ATA Automobile Carriers Conference
Mike Matousek is the Director of the Automobile Carriers Conference of the American Trucking Associations, a leading advocacy organization for motor carriers engaged in the transportation of motor vehicles. In this role, Mike is responsible for providing a strong, unifying, and effective voice for motor carriers and allied partners before Congress and federal agencies.
Prior to joining the Automobile Carriers Conference in June 2022, Mike worked for another trucking organization from 2014-2022, and before that he spent eight years (2006-2014) on Capitol Hill working for Congressman John Mica (2006-2008), Congressman Sam Graves (2008-2012) and the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee (2012-2014).
Mike resides in Kansas City, Missouri, with his wife, Brittney, and two sons, Loch (8) and Rourke (2).
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Director-Automobile Carriers Conference of ATA
ATA Automobile Carriers Conference
Harold Moroknek
Managing Attorney-Marshall Dennehey
Marshall Dennehey
MANAGING ATTORNEY, Marshall Dennehey - PURCHASE, NY OFFICE
CO-CHAIR, TRUCKING & TRANSPORTATION PRACTICE GROUP
Since 1988, Harold Moronek has successfully handled all aspects of litigation claims primarily in the area of general liability. He regularly defends transportation related claims, insurance fraud claims, SIU matters, construction, premises liability, motor vehicle, coverage claims, municipal, civil rights and construction related matters. He also serves as the Casualty Supervisor and Managing Attorney of the Westchester office. In this capacity, he oversees the day-to-day operations for the entire office and team of attorneys ensuring that client matters are handled promptly, professionally and effectively.
Throughout his career, Harold has focused his practice in the area of trucking and transportation representing specifically buses and paratransit transportation companies in complex and general coverage litigation. As Co-Chair of the Trucking & Transportation Practice Group, he handles all types of personal injury, fatalities arising out of transportation claims, property damage as well as product liability claims.
Additionally, Harold concentrates a portion of his practice in the area of SIU/ fraud investigation, primarily dealing with evaluating both medical provider fraud and fraudulent claims on the part of clients' insureds. He also has experience dealing with insurance coverage disputes, representing numerous insurance carriers across several states for the purposes of SIU investigation, bad faith litigation and general defense litigation.
At the start of his career, Harold was a prosecutor in the state of New York and tried numerous criminal cases while he assisted in overseeing the narcotics unit, the special investigations unit and the child crimes bureau before leaving in 1992.
Harold has been honored with the request by the New York State Police Investigators Association Union to serve as critical incident counsel as well as counsel for investigators charged with disciplinary violations within the bureau. He is frequently asked by clients and industry organizations to lecture on a variety of topics concerning bus safety and has presented several times for the Bus Industry Safety Council.
AREAS OF PRACTICE:
Trucking & Transportation Liability * General & Automobile Liability * Construction Injury Litigation * Insurance Services – Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation * Public Entity and Civil Rights Litigation
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Managing Attorney-Marshall Dennehey
Marshall Dennehey
Rob Moseley
Founding Partner-Moseley Marcinak Law Group
Moseley Marcinak Law Group
Rob Moseley, Founding Partner
Moseley Marcinak Law Group - Greenville, SC
Rob’s entire practice is focused on the transportation and logistics industry. He has tried more than 80 cases to jury verdict in federal and state courts and has decades of experience representing trucking companies, brokers, logistics companies and their insurance carriers in disputes involving:
• commercial transportation accidents
• federal and state safety regulations
• freight claims
• insurance coverage disputes
For several insurance companies and regional and national motor carriers, Rob serves as national counsel. He has developed a team of lawyers versed in the world of freight claims and has also obtained acclaim in pursuing cases for his collection of freight charges from shippers, including government agencies. He and his team work in Transportation Contracting, reviewing and drafting shipping contracts and tariffs. He has defended brokers in negligent selection cases and is on the forefront of arguments related to federal preemption. Rob advises trucking companies on proactively assessing and addressing risk, both internally and externally, as well as planning for growth and development. In addition, Rob works with motor carriers to manage contractual relations and negotiate the Federal Regulations and decisions.
Education
• University of South Carolina School of Law, JD, Salutatorian
• The Citadel - The Military College of South Carolina, BS Political Science, Valedictorian
Bar Admissions
• South Carolina
Memberships
• American College of Transportation Attorneys, Past Chairman
• Transportation Lawyers Association
• South Carolina Trucking Association, Board of Directors
• American Trucking Association - Safety & Loss Prevention Management Council
• SMC3 - Education Advisory Committee
• Association of Transportation Professionals
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Founding Partner-Moseley Marcinak Law Group
Moseley Marcinak Law Group
Tom Ogrodowski
Director of Development-Brothers Auto Transport
Brothers Auto Transport
Thomas Ogrodowski entered the industry in 1985, joining Ryder’s Automotive Carrier Division, which was North America’s largest and most diverse automotive transportation and logistics company. Since that time, Tom has held senior level management positions in Finance, Operations and Sales. From these diverse vantage points, Tom has developed a robust level of knowledge and experience of the transportation supply chains for both the finished vehicle and secondary markets throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
Prior to joining the automotive transportation and logistics industry, Tom held positions in public accounting, as well as in manufacturing with a tier two automotive supplier and with a software developer specializing in training and accounting software.
Tom earned his B.S. in Accounting at Villanova University and his M.B.A. at Michigan State University
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Director of Development-Brothers Auto Transport
Brothers Auto Transport
Rick Powers
Director of Marketing-Maryland Port Administration
Maryland Port Administration
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Carrie Wall
Claims & Risk Manager
Consultant-Risk Management
Carrie Wall
Consultant: Claims and Risk Management
Carrie has been in the insurance industry since 2009.
She began her insurance career as an auto and premises liability adjuster for a prominent national insurance company.
In 2013, Carrie joined Bill Fralic Insurance Services as the agency’s claims and risk manager. Bill Fralic Insurance provides customized coverage plans for commercial motor carriers, specializing in automobile haulers. As claims and risk manager, Carrie ensures her clients’ claims are properly handled in accordance with their unique coverage provisions, monitors and manages litigated claims, coordinates catastrophic loss first response, and provides ongoing policy and claims education. She also analyzes client and industry loss trends in order to identify best practices and make recommendations for future risk mitigation.
Outside of work, Carrie enjoys cooking, reading, and playing with her sheltie, Buddy.
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