OTA Dispatch Winter 15-16

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Issue 1, 2016
ATA Chair Pat Thomas visits
with OTA members, others
at Southern Oregon Mixer
In January, attendees at the Southern
Oregon OTA Mixer at Seven Feathers
Casino Resort in Canyonville had
the opportunity to meet and hear
from keynote presenter ATA Chair
Pat Thomas. With a new federal
transportation package in place and
a number of rules and regulations in
the FMCSA pipeline, ATA will once
again be busy working on behalf of
the nation’s trucking industry.
Pat Thomas has plenty of experience
working with lawmakers and other
key stakeholders. As Senior Vice
President of State Government
Affairs for UPS, Pat oversees all state
legislative, regulatory and political
activities for the U.S. In this role,
Pat directs a team of state and local
public affairs managers across the
country. He also oversees the UPS
Congressional Awareness Program,
a comprehensive grassroots program designed to strengthen UPS’s
relationships with members of Congress in their home district.
Pat began his career with UPS in 1985 as a seasonal delivery driver. Since
then, he held senior positions in operations and human resources before
joining the public affairs group in 1998, where he first managed public
affairs issues in the western region. In 2002, Pat was selected to join the
public affairs group in Washington, D.C., where he assumed responsibility
for developing and managing UPS’s state-level policy strategy. He also
assumed a special assignment, leading UPS’s international group where he
oversaw a team of international policy managers and advocacy for issues
such as trade facilitation, customs and international aviation.
Before joining UPS, Pat worked as a commercial pilot for various private
corporations flying both people and cargo to airports throughout the U.S.
He is also a certified flight instructor and has trained pilots. He earned a
B.S. in Aviation Management from Southern Illinois University.
Pat is married to Kathy and they have three children. 
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