Committee Leadership
Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA) educates, defends, and advocates for the motor carrier industry and is a volunteer organization. TIDA is comprised of multiple committees that carry out the work of the association and we are looking for interested members to serve for the 2025 year.
Getting involved provides you with an opportunity to give back to the industry, build your network of contacts, sharpen your leadership skills, raise your company’s profile, and maximize your membership investment. TIDA welcomes all members interested in volunteering their time and talent to help us fulfill our mission. Check out the committees below and click on the button below to submit your interest to get involved today!
Awards
This committee is tasked with overseeing any endowments that are awarded, as well as shaping the public perception about truck drivers and the motor carrier industry.
Chair: Tom Ehrhardt, Kopka Pinkus Dolin
Vice Chair: June Essis, Weber Gallagher
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Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA)
The committee is responsible for emphasizing multiculturalism across many bounds, including but not limited to, race, age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, culture, and nationality in an effort to reflect the current transportation industry and the community we serve.
Chair: Noelle Natoli, Kahana Feld, LLP
Vice Chair: Flavia Pemberton, Everspan Group
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Judicial Fairness & Advocacy
The committee’s mission is to provide a forum to educate TIDA members and the transportation industry in general on the various states’ legal systems, laws, and venue specific issues that impact the defense of a motor carrier in various judicial forums in the United States. This committee is also responsible for forming relationships with other similar organizations in order to share resources for the betterment of the trucking industry.
Chair: Pam Hallford, Carr Allison
Vice Chair: Curt Fenley, Fenley & Bate LLP
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Member Engagement & Communication
This committee is tasked with member recruitment and retention, including connecting with non-member to encourage them to join TIDA, evaluating member benefits, creating marketing materials, promoting TIDA’s activities and events, and supporting the organization at other industry events. This committee is also tasked with connecting with the young professional members of the association and providing them with resources to help develop emerging leaders into future TIDA leaders.
Chair: Theresa Bratton, National Interstate/Vanliner Insurance
Vice Chair: Julie Brennan, Pion, Nerone, Girman, Winslow & Smith, P.C.
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Seminars & Education
This committee will oversee all TIDA’s educational events from in-person meetings to online webinars.
Advanced Seminar
Chair:
Vice Chair:
Annual Seminar
Chair: Rob Boroff, Gallagher Sharp LLP
Vice Chair: Adam Konopka, Chartwell Law
Cargo Skills Seminar
Chair: Jim Wescoe, Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP
Vice Chair:
Liability Skills Seminar
Chair: Kelly Milam, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
Vice Chair: Charles Albrecht, Kopka Pinkus Dolin PC
Webinars
Chair: Chris Dunnells, Chartwell Law
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