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NASTC - National Association of Small Trucking Companies

   
david owen   David Owen is co-founder and President of the National Association of Small Trucking Companies® (NASTC) founded in 1989. David graduated the University of North Carolina with a BS is Industrial Relations in 1967. He is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps where he served from 1968-70. From 1972-85 he was a Class A Member of the Professional Golfers Association. He entered the transportation industry in 1986 when he joined the sales team at Comdata. This experience led David to start NASTC, an advocate for small trucking companies to help level the competitive playing field and allow small carriers to grow, prosper, and remain a significant force in the transportation industry. NASTC currently represents over 6,300 full truckload, long haul, irregular route, for-hire carriers in 48 states. There are approximately 65,000 power units and drivers in the group. David resides in Hendersonville, Tennessee with his wife Bonnie, and is the father to five grown children and eight grandchildren.
   
buster anderson   Buster Anderson is the Executive Vice President of NASTC. He previously worked for Mason & Dixon Lines, Coble Express, and Comdata Network in their Comvoy Load Matching Division. He excelled as their top inside salesperson for the entire time he was at Comdata. Buster left Comdata in 1987 to pursue other interests. In May of 1989 Buster and David Owen brought the concept of The National Association of Small Trucking Companies® into a working model and co-founded NASTC.

homer hogg   Homer Hogg has an extensive 35-year career where he began at Ryder as a technician and worked his way to Director of Maintenance Training for North America with responsibility for 58 Training Centers, 80 Trainers serving over 4000 technicians and 2,500 shop managers. He transitioned from Ryder to TA/Petro and now is responsible for maintaining TA’s technical training relationship with Daimler Trucks North America, developing technical solutions for TA/Petro and managing technical training curricula. He is an ASE Medium/Heavy Duty Truck Master certified technician, Daimler Trucks North America certified Dealer Trainer, Six Sigma certified thru Villanova University, and co-host on Sirius/XM radio called Maintenance Matters. He also writes technical articles in each addition of Road King magazine. He graduated from Nashville Auto Diesel College with honors and the Craftsman Award. Mr. Hogg is a member of the Nashville Auto Diesel College Hall of Fame. He has served as a Foundation Board Member for the National Association of Truck Stop Operators and was a long standing Board Member for the Automotive Training Managers Council. He was recognized by Parthenon Publishing as a Journalist of the Year for his technical articles in Road King magazine. Homer currently sits on the Board of Directors for ASE, multiple Tech School Advisory Councils and is an advocate in the industry for the professional development for technicians.
 
 
jeff davis   Jeff Davis is the principal of Fleet Safety Services LLC, a premiere motor carrier safety management company specializing in safety regulation compliance, and CSA safety management plans. Jeff has over 25 years of motor carrier safety and compliance experience and is a certified director of safety. He has served as chairman of the Truckload Carriers Association and Security Division as well as the Ohio Trucking Association Safety Council.
   
jim edwards   Jim Edwards, Jr., is a Principal at the MITA Group, a Washington-based government relations consulting firm. Dr. Edwards has been involved in policy issues and legislative battles while serving on Capitol Hill and off, including health care, homeland security, intellectual property, law enforcement, technology, education, and tort reform. He consults on government relations, public affairs, and strategic planning. He’s a long-time strategist advancing market-based health care and social policies like immigration in the national interest. Dr. Edwards pent five years on Capitol Hill, beginning his career with Sen. Strom Thurmond and ending as Legislative Director to Rep. Ed Bryant of Tennessee. He also handled legislative and press duties for Tennessee Congressman Jimmy Duncan. His congressional staff responsibilities included activities related to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees, and the House Banking, Transportation and Select Aging Committees.
   
donald broughton   Donald Broughton is the Principal & Managing Partner of Broughton Capital. Broughton was Managing Director, Chief Market Strategist and Senior Transportation Analyst at Avondale Partners. Broughton joined Avondale Partners in January of 2008 after spending over 12 years at A.G. Edwards. At A.G. Edwards, in addition to being the Senior Transportation analyst, he was the Group Leader of the Industrial Analysts and served on the firm’s Investment Strategy Committee. Prior to going to Wall Street, Mr. Broughton spent eight years in various Distribution and Operations management roles in the beverage industry, including serving as the Corporate Manager of Distribution for Dr Pepper / Seven-Up companies and Chief Operating Officer for Bevmark Concepts. Many in the transportation industry know him for his quarterly tracking of trucking bankruptcies. He is also known for his development of a ‘Value to Density Spectrum’ study of the tangible goods flow and its economic ramifications. Broughton’s equity research has earned acclaim and is regularly quoted by the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Fortune, Forbes, and numerous other national media outlets. He is a frequent guest on CNBC, Nightly Business Report, CNN, Fox, NPR, and other broadcast media. His stock-picking performance has been repeatedly recognized by The WSJ, which has ranked him in its “Best on the Street” survey for his picks in both the cargo and railroad industry groups. Forbes has highlighted his performance in its “When Picky Analysts Pick” series. He has been ranked by Zacks Investment Research and Starmine as a 5-Star Analyst (their highest ranking) based on the historical performance of his recommendations.
   
henry seaton   Henry E. Seaton is a graduate of Duke University (A.B. ’70) and Vanderbilt School of Law (J.D. ’70). He has practiced law for more than 30 years in the Washington D.C. area representing motor carriers of brokers. He is a member of the Vienna, CA based law firm of Seaton & Husk. The firm specializes in freight claims, freight charge collection, contracting issues, carrier representation before the FMCSA and bankruptcy issues. Mr. Seaton writes a monthly column on transportation law for the Commercial Carrier Journal (CCJ) and is the author of Protecting Motor Carrier Interests in Contracts. He serves as commerce council for the National Association of Small Trucking Companies and is an ASECTT (Alliance for Safe, Efficient, and Competitive Truck Transportation). He was the Delta Nu Alpha Transportation Professional of the Year in 2001, NASTC’s Transportation Professional of the Year in 2011 and is a frequent speaker and lecturer regarding cargo claims, freight charges, contracting and risk/insurance issues effecting carriers and brokers.
   
dave nemo   Dave Nemo is an American radio personality, currently hosting the Dave Nemo Show on Road Doc Sirius/XM Satellite Radio. Dave started his radio career on WWL in New Orleans. During his time in the Army, he was assigned to the Armed Forces Korea Network (AFKN). Upon returning to New Orleans he joined the Road Gang, the first radio program aimed directly and solely to the over the road professional truck driver. Today, 30 years later, Dave continues the same tradition of service, friendship and camaraderie that began in that little studio on Rampart Street way down yonder in New Orleans.
   
nicole antonutti   Nicole Gifford is the Director of Drug and Alcohol Program Administration for NASTC. Nicole has been with NASTC for over fifteen years and is one of the top experts in the industry on the FMCSA drug and alcohol regulations. As a certified collector trainer and program administrator, she is the leading advisor to more than 3,000 NASTC members to ensure their complete compliance with the regulations. Her expertise has even landed her an appearance on the Dave Nemo Show on the Sirius/XM Road Dog Tucking Channel to discuss the drug regulations with listening drivers around the country.
   
ben meyer   Ben Meyer is the Trainer and Administrator for MYSTC® Software. Over his 14 years with NAStek National, LLC, he has conducted one-on-one and group training sessions with all MYSTC customers to ensure complete success and proper usage of the software.
   
james caperton   James Caperton is the Sales Manager for MYSTC® Software and has been with NASTC as an employee for over 7 years. He is not only experienced with how the software operates, but how it can be operated best in the small trucking environment.
   
missy parsons   Missy Parsons is a QuickBooks Certified ProAdvisor and NASTC’s exclusive QuickBooks consultant. Not only is Missy an expert in QuickBooks, but she has five years’ experience running a small trucking company using MYSTC® software integrated with the QuickBooks accounting package.
   
skip williams   Skip Williams is the Driver Health & Wellness Sales Manager at NASTC. Skip’s focus is mainly on negotiating hurdles with DOT recertification with concentration on sleep apnea. Skip has more than 25 years in the trucking industry. A graduate from the University of Maryland, Skip’s transportation career started with work in trucking insurance and finance. A move fourteen years ago brought him to the Professional Driver’s Medical Depot working as Operations Manager with Dr. John McElligott in Knoxville, TN. Skip lives in Knoxville, TN with his wife Anne. They have four sons together: Matt, Joe, Donald and Pete.
   
joe rajkovacz   Joe Rajkovacz serves as Director of Governmental Affairs & Communications for the Western States Trucking Association and was NASTC’s 2015 Transportation Person of the Year. Mr. Rajkovacz has been in the trucking industry since the 1970’s starting as a mechanic, then driver, owner-operator, and small fleet owner. In 2006 he began his second career as a small-business trucking representative for two nonprofit trade associations. Mr. Rajkovacz has testified on trucking related issues numerous times before congressional committees and before state legislatures. He has been actively involved in most major rulemakings during the past ten years with extensive expertise on the state and federal environmental regulation of the trucking industry. In his current position he has been significantly involved in emerging issues that will continue reshaping the trucking industry such as defending the role played by independent contractors in trucking and state interference with federally regulated motor carriers. He is a frequent guest on Sirius XM’s Road Dog and is an active member of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance. Mr. Rajkovacz and his wife live in Rancho Cucamonga, California.