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EVENTS
Thank you to our Sponsors!
2016 Portland Area
Member Mixer
T
he OTA team greeted plenty of new faces at the Holiday Inn Wilsonville
on November 17, 2016 for the Portland Area Member Mixer. The event
was originally designed as a networking opportunity for existing and
new members as well as people interested in learning more about our
association. However, the timing for this year’s event couldn’t have been better.
Amy Ramsdell, ODOT’s new Motor Carrier Administrator, was invited to
attend and was warmly greeted at the event by our fellow trucking industry
members. After a brief introduction from our very own President Jana Jarvis
and Chairman Bart Sherman, Amy delivered a speech that shared some of her
upcoming plans for ODOT. She expressed her enthusiasm for working with
OTA and our members, and we are all very excited to see what the future will
bring. Also during dinner, Christine Kennedy of Highway Heavy Hauling was
presented with a gift for her company’s winning photo contest submission titled,
“A Gorgeous Day to be Hauling.” To conclude the evening, Jana invited Andy
Owens Jr. to officially accept OTA’s “Carrier of the Year” award on behalf of
A&M Transport that was originally announced at our Leadership Convention
in September. Thank you for your dedication to the industry and
congratulations! Thank you to our event sponsors—HELP Inc., Provider of
PrePass and EROAD. The evening was short and pleasant, and hopefully all the
“new faces” will become more familiar in the upcoming year.