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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeDecember 11, 2025

Dylan West Pushes Driver Training and Retention Forward With Custom Technology

HDT 2025 Emerging Leader Dylan West built his own driver simulator, created data-driven scorecards, and developed tools that transformed safety culture and retention at Key Oil.

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeDecember 10, 2025

Chelsea Seger Brings Culture Change and Technician Wellness to the Shop Floor

Emerging Leader Chelsea Seger is transforming shop culture at Waste Management by leading with empathy, improving technician wellness, and strengthening team performance.

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeDecember 9, 2025

How Erika Nolan Is Reshaping Driver Training at Werner Enterprises

HDT Emerging Leader Erika Nolan is reshaping driver training, communication, and technology use at Werner Enterprises with a people-first, engineering-driven approach.

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeDecember 8, 2025

Renewable Diesel Gains Momentum With Sean Diehl’s Data-Driven Project

Discover how Emerging Leader Sean Diehl helped A. Duie Pyle use data to create a first-of-its-kind renewable diesel program for shippers seeking sustainable freight options.

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeDecember 5, 2025

How Heavy Duty Trucking's 2025 Emerging Leaders Are Redefining Trucking Leadership

Heavy Duty Trucking's 2025 Emerging Leader honorees are part of trucking's next generation of leaders. They are as comfortable talking about artificial intelligence, carbon emissions, or mental health as they are talking about brake jobs or backing classes.

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Newsby StaffAugust 18, 2025

Nominations Open for Heavy Duty Trucking's 2025 Emerging Leaders Awards

You now have until August 28 to get in your nomination for Heavy Duty Trucking Emerging Leaders award!

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeOctober 31, 2024

The Importance of 'Being Human' in Trucking Today

In an age of nuclear verdicts and AI, it's vital that trucking leaders keep in mind the very things that make us human, says HDT's Deborah Lockridge in this editorial.

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeOctober 29, 2024

HDT Emerging Leader: A Hands-on Leadership Approach to Earning Respect

HDT 2024 Emerging Leader Jessica King Price worked her way up from receptionist to owner and president of her third-generation family business, Palletized Trucking.

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeOctober 24, 2024

HDT Emerging Leader: Driving Change One Truck at a Time

A monster storm turned IMF Vice President Chris Grato into an advocate for intermodal and electric trucks.

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeOctober 17, 2024

HDT Emerging Leader: Building a Culture That Drivers Want to Stay For

At Stokes, HDT 2024 Emerging Leader Jason Douglass is known as “The Lorax," a nickname inspired by the Dr. Seuss character who speaks for the trees. In Douglass’s case, he speaks for the drivers.

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