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ATA Launches Lead ATA Program for Young Trucking Executives

The American Trucking Associations announced it has launched LEAD ATA, a new program created to engage young trucking executives and groom them to be the industry's next generation of leaders.

by Staff
May 6, 2013
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The American Trucking Associations announced it has launched Lead ATA, a new program created to engage young trucking executives and groom them to be the industry's next generation of leaders.

The Lead ATA program, sponsored by PeopleNet, will provide exclusive educational opportunities designed to highlight how the regulatory and legislative process affects the trucking industry and the important role ATA plays in shaping both, as well as demonstrating the many tools available to industry executives through ATA. Each year, a new class will be accepted into Lead ATA to cultivate the federation's future ATA leaders.

To apply to be a part of Lead ATA, please visit www.trucking.org, or follow Lead ATA on Twitter at www.twitter.com/lead_ata or Facebook at www.facebook.com/LeadATA or for more information email lead-ata@trucking.org.  

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