In this issue, we offer ATA Chairman Chris Cooper as our cover feature. There was never any doubt that the 47-year-old CEO of Boyd Companies, the parent company of Boyd Bros. Transportation, would become ATA’s first third-generation Chairman of the Board, it was just a matter of time. Read about his family ties to ATA, his background, and his plan to increase ATA's momentum.
Read about ATA’s ongoing workforce development success. Creating a coordinated campaign involving trucking company titans and state education officials to foster workforce development in the trucking industry is paying off for Alabama Trucking – and the industry is taking notice.
Also inside, Ford Boswell writes this tribute to Buddy Moore, who passed away in June at 88. Over the past 30 years, no one impacted the Alabama Trucking Association more than the late Buddy Moore of Buddy Moore Trucking, Inc. A brilliant trucking operator who knew his limitations. He didn’t want to be the biggest out there, he just wanted to be the best.
