Women In Trucking Celebrates Safe Driving at MATS

Women In Trucking Association held its third annual Salute to Women Behind the Wheel event to honor female professional drivers at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky.

The event celebrated the accomplishments of 211 female professional drivers with a combined total of more than 200 million safe driving miles.

Joyce Brenny, president of Brenny Transportation Inc. and Brenny Specialized Inc. of St. Cloud, Minn., addressed the audience of approximately 800, which included drivers, their families and members of the association.

Women In Trucking's President and CEO, Ellen Voie, recapped the organization's accomplishments from the past year, spoke about future goals and introduced the event sponsors, the group's board members and the driver advisory committee.

Brenny assisted in congratulating the women with safe driving records. The group included 67 women who had driven one million accident-free miles, 36 who had reached two million safe driving miles, fifteen with three-million-mile records and seven women who had attained four million safe driving miles during their careers.