Three long-time board members ended their terms and moved to the Trucker Buddy Advisory Council at the Mid-America Trucking Show in March.


Mark Taylor with Walmart, Mike Ryan with Ryan Motor Sports and Peter Charboneau with Over The Road Canada completed two, four year terms and retired from the board of directors. Their board duties have been assumed by David Giroux, Mark Zickos, Gary Darnell, Ed Novoa and Dennis Day. All were elected with unanimous votes.

David Giroux is director, Marketing Communications & Global Branding for Meritor, in Troy, Michigan. David has over 12 years of experience in the trucking industry which includes four years as director, Marketing and Communications at Peterbilt Motors. He is a graduate of Michigan State University with a B.A. degree in Psychology and Humanities.

Mark Zickos is the National Transportation Asset manager for Frito-Lay and has worked in supply chain logistics for more than 31 years. He graduated with a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Alabama. Mark is also very involved in his community serving on the school board and assisting the local YMCA.

Gary Darnell worked for Walmart Stores since 2005 and is currently the Communications manager and Logistics HR/Compliance Project manager handling communications for transportation division. Gary has been working in the area of communications for over 20 years which includes extensive television news experience. He earned a B.S. degree in Communications with honors from Missouri State University.

Ed Novoa is the General Manager of Over The Road Canada Media and Infiniti Solution's Canadian venture. He has been very involved with associations having formed the first Truck Stop Media Association in Canada as well serving on the steering committee that formed the first, official, government recognized, 'voluntary apprenticeship' program for the truck driver position in Ontario, Canada. It is now called the Tractor Trailer Commercial Driver Apprenticeship Program and is the first of its kind in Canada.

Dennis Day has been a professional truck driver for 31 years and is currently serving as an Americas' Road Team member. Dennis has accumulated more than 2.9 million accident-free miles. Dennis is a long-haul driver for Con-Way Freight and has been an active member of Trucker Buddy for over 4 years.

New officers were also elected at the annual board meeting held at Mid America in March. The new officers are:

* Don Darden with Bridgestone Americas - President
* Elizabeth Barna with American Trucking Association - Vice President
* K. C. Brau with Crete Carriers - Secretary
* Steve Sichterman with ACS A Xerox Company - Treasurer