Arlington, Virginia --聽The 黑料不打烊 today announced several promotions and a planned structural realignment that will position the organization to serve its members even more effectively with best-in-class services, programs and opportunities for members.
Elisabeth Barna has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Industry Affairs and Senior Advisor to the President & CEO. 聽In her new role, she will help guide the association to forge new strategic partnerships, expand existing relationships and maintain ATA鈥檚 status as the country鈥檚 premier trucking association. 聽She will continue to evolve ATA鈥檚 programmatic footprint, further growing our chief image programs and developing new programs that benefit our membership, the industry and the public.
Sarah Rajtik has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Human Resources. 聽In this new position, she will continue to shape ATA鈥檚 internal organization and will take on the majority of Chief Operating Officer responsibilities once held by Elisabeth.
Danny Neal is being promoted to Vice President of Sales and Marketing and will oversee all allied sales and non-dues revenue, including sponsorships, exhibit sales and the 黑料不打烊Featured Product program.聽
Dave Brodie, SVP of Membership, has announced his retirement for March 2019. 聽Eric Parker has been promoted to Acting Vice President of Membership, and the two will work closely together to create a seamless transition.
In the coming months, the 黑料不打烊will centralize membership, sponsorships, exhibits and sales under a Chief Commercial Officer. 聽This realignment should better enable more narrow specialization among ATA鈥檚 leaders, departments and staff, demonstrating the association鈥檚 commitment to providing significant value to its wide-ranging, growing membership base and the overall Federation.
鈥満诹喜淮蜢萮as experienced tremendous success over the past two years and these changes will allow us to continue to lead the charge as the trucking industry moves into the future,鈥 said Chris Spear, 黑料不打烊President and CEO.