73 honored as Top Women to Watch in Transportation

The Women in Trucking Association has named its Top Women to Watch in Transportation, a list of 73 women who were selected for significant career accomplishments in the past 12-18 months as well as efforts to promote gender diversity.

The editorial staff of WIT’s Redefining the Road magazine made the selections for the fourth annual list.

“This year, we received a record-breaking number of nominations who rose to the challenge in a particularly difficult, stressful year during the COVID...

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FreightWaves LIVE @HOME: Embracing diversity isn’t just right; It’s good business (with video)

CEOX Ambassador Lori Heino-Royer (from left); Tracy Black, operating partner at New Road Capital Partners; and Luann Abrams, founder of CEOX and partner at Founders Pad

Women account for just 15% of executives in the transportation industry, despite numerous studies showing companies that embrace diversity in their management tend to make more money.

“So there’s still an opportunity for us to build out the diverse set in the transportation space,” Tracy Black, operating partner at New Road Capital Partners and former J.B. Hunt executive, said during FreightWaves LIVE @HOME on Thursday, May 7.

Black highlighted the gap in executive diversity during “Driving...

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