2026 Committee Rosters

 Awards committee

Board Liaison: Janet Shelly, Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
Chair: Tom Ehrhardt, Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer
Vice Chair: June Essis, Weber Gallagher
Committee Members:

  • Taylor Allin, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
  • Rebecca Burroughs, Goldberg Simpson, LLC
  • Clark Conforti, Tyson & Mendes
  • Bill Dorfner, Nirvana Tech Inc
  • Donna Dunn, JM Bozeman Enterprises
  • Edwina Kessler, Dickie, McCarney & Chilcote, P.C.
  • Shane O'Dell, Naman Howell Smith & Lee, PLLC
  • Carole Ridgeway, Maverick Transportation, LLC
  • Julie Spandet, Lockton Companies

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Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) committee

Board Liaison: Jaion Chung, Kahana & Feld LLP
Chair: Flavia Pemberton, Everspan Group
Vice Chair: Whitney Greene, Chartwell Law
Committee Members:

  • Peter Caccamo-Bobchin, Law Offices of John C. Lane
  • Cristina Grullon, Golden Bear Insurance Company
  • Jaron Warner, Lockton Companies

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Judicial Fairness & Advocacy committee

Board Liaisons: Pam Hallford, Carr Allison, Nathan Lundquist, GEICO & Byron Ames, Stone Kalfus LLP
Chair: Heather Stover, Ogden Sullivan Stover & Saar, P.A.
Vice Chair: Maxwell Brusky, Transdev North America
Committee Members:

  • Ben Arnold, FedEx Freight, Inc.
  • Sally Arnold, EMA Risk Services
  • Pamela Bracher, American Trucking Associations
  • Kevin Branch, McMickle, Kurey & Branch, LLP
  • James Bryan, Maynard Nexsen PC (TIDA Amicus Brief Lead)
  • Charles Cooper, Franke Schultz & Mullen
  • James Driessen, Subrogation Division, Inc.
  • Owen Ellington, Ellington & Associates
  • Jim Foster, Cassiday Schade LLP
  • Lawrence Hall, The Chartwell Law Offices, LLP
  • Pam Hallford, Carr Allison
  • Michael Kunsch, McAngus Goudelock & Courie LLC
  • Angie Leathers, Averitt Express, Inc. 
  • John Nunnally, Ragsdale Liggett PLLC
  • Elizabeth Overmann, Ragsdale Liggett
  • Mark Pickett, Hall Booth Smith, P.C.
  • Kevin Plagens, Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. 
  • Libbie Reese, Alvarez, Thompson & Smoak, P.A.
  • Trent Roddy, Perrier & Lacoste, LLC
  • Inga Upshaw, Ryan, Drewniak & Upshaw, LLC

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Member Engagement & Communication

Board Liaisons: Chris Dunnells, Chartwell Law & Jaion Chung, Kahana & Feld LLP
Chair: Sophia Bernard, Taylor Nelson
Vice Chair: Brenda-Lee McIntyre, Skyward Specialty Insurance
Committee Members:

  • Jennifer Akre, Tyson & Mendes
  • Kimberly Barrera, EMA Risk Services
  • Tammy Bouker, Vemis & Bowling
  • Theresa Bratton, National Interstate/Vanliner Insurance
  • Brian Cano, Fee, Smith & Sharp, LLP
  • Andrew Deutsch, Intact Insurance Accident & Health
  • Rebecca Gregg, Entrusted Administrators & Subrogation
  • Joel D. Groenewold, Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer P.A.
  • Ryan Heller, Callahan & Fusco, LLC
  • Sarah Hansen, Burden & Hansen, LLC
  • Andrea Jones, Shadow Investigations Inc
  • Craig Kaplan, Baldor Specialty Foods
  • Paul Lanza, Marshall Dennehey, P.C.
  • Brenda McIntyre, Skyward Specialty Insurance
  • Scott Pfeiffer, Cray Huber Horstman Heil & VanAusdal LLC
  • Heather Ragone, Gallo Vitucci Klar, LLP
  • Brian Taylor, Hall & Evans

Newsletter Editors:

  • Larry Hall, Chartwell Law
  • Jack Mann, Great Plains Casualty

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 MARKETING committee

Board Liaisons: Lindsay Gorbach, Mayer, LLP & Meghan Hvizdos, MV Transportation, Inc
Chair: Adam Konopka, Chartwell Law
Vice Chair: Rebecca Gregg, Entrusted Administrators & Subrogation
Committee Members:

  • Andrew Deutsch, Intact Insurance Accident & Health
  • Adam Gallegos, Mayer LLP
  • Ryan Heller, Callahan & Fusco, LLC
  • Andrea Jones, Shadow Investigations Inc
  • Kevin Marajh, Kimley-Hom and Associates, Inc.
  • Brenda McIntyre, Skyward Specialty Insurance
  • Juan Ramirez, SECURA Insurance

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Seminars & Education

Board Liaisons: Libby Block, Roehl Transport, Inc, Chris Dunnells, Chartwell Law, Lindsay Gorbach, Mayer, LLP, Lara Lickhalter, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP & Cheryl Ubick, TFI International, Inc.

Events:

2026 Advanced Seminar (January 15-16, 2026 | New Orleans, LA)
Chair: Charles Albrecht, Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A.
Vice Chair: Sophia Bernard, Taylor Nelson PL

2026 Annual Seminar (October 15-17, 2026 | San Diego, CA)
Chair: Rob Boroff, Amundsen Davis LLC
Vice Chair:
Committee Members:

  • Adam Abraham, TFI International, Inc.
  • Renee Bowen, Franklin Prokopik
  • Danielle Foster-Smith, Ruan Transportation Management Systems
  • Christa Peterson, Higginbotham
  • Trey Sandoval, MehaffyWeber PC

2026 Cargo Skills Seminar (April 14, 2026 | Charlotte, NC)
Chair: Jim Wescoe, Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP
Vice Chair: 
Committee Members:

  • Dirk Beckwith, Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC
  • Julie Maurer, Husch Blackwell LLP
  • Katie Tenzinger, Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLP

2026 Liability Skills Seminar (April 15-16, 2026 | Charlotte, NC)
Chair: Kelly Milam, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
Vice Chair: Charles Albrecht, Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A.
Committee Members: 

  • Sophia Bernard, Taylor Nelson PL
  • Rob Boroff, Amundsen Davis LLC
  • Sherri Edgecombe, TFI International
  • Jim Hrycay, HRYCAY Consulting Engineers
  • Christina Kooiman, TFI International, Inc.
Webinars
Chair: Julie Brennan, Pion, Nerone, Girman & Smith, P.C.
Vice Chair: Jeff Kaplan, UPS
Committee Members:
  • Miles Forks, Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, P.A.
  • Ashton Kirsch, Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C.
  • Kristen O'Neal, Spencer Fane LLP