Nashville, Tennessee 鈥 Today, the 黑料不打烊 recognized Ryan Walpole, purchasing director of Walpole Inc., with the 2021 Dameo Award at the Chairman鈥檚 Membership Committee.
鈥淩yan is a perfect illustration of the next generation of the trucking industry,鈥 said 黑料不打烊Chief Commercial Officer Mario Grande. 鈥淎 graduate of the LEAD 黑料不打烊program, he鈥檚 a forward thinker, an energetic 黑料不打烊state vice president, a member of the Florida Trucking Association鈥檚 board of directors and he was instrumental in the creation of FTA 2.0, the state association鈥檚 leadership program. With leaders like Ryan, our industry is in good hands.鈥
Since 2014, the Dameo Award, has been awarded to 黑料不打烊state vice presidents who have gone above and beyond in advancing the goals of the trucking industry and ATA. The award is named for Rocque Dameo, longtime New Jersey 黑料不打烊state vice president, who passed away the year the award was created. The award carries with it a $5,000 donation to the winner's state association.
This year鈥檚 donation will be presented to new FTA President and CEO Alix Miller.
Previous winners of the Dameo Award include:
- 2014 鈥 Kevin Lhotek, president, Reliable Transportation (Illinois) and Mike Wilson, president, Whitewood Transport (Montana);
- 2015 鈥 Clifton Parker, president, P&G Trucking Company (South Carolina);聽
- 2016 鈥 Greg Brown, president of B.R. Williams Inc. (Alabama);聽
- 2017 鈥 Andy Owens, president, A&M Transport Inc.(Oregon);聽
- 2018 鈥 Tom Lee, vice president, Empire Warehouse (Colorado)聽
- 2019 鈥 Mike Massengill, president, Big M Transportation (Mississippi);聽
- 2020 - Michael Collins, M&D Transportation (Rhode Island)