Table of Contents Table of Contents
Previous Page  1 / 30 Next Page
Information
Show Menu
Previous Page 1 / 30 Next Page
Page Background

www.ortrucking.org

A publication of the

Oregon Trucking Associations, Inc.

4005 SE Naef Rd., Portland, OR 97267

503-513-0005 • 888-293-0005

Fax: 503-513-0008 •

 www.ortrucking.org

Jana Jarvis

President

jana@ortrucking.org

Bob Russell

Vice President/Government Affairs

russell@ortrucking.org

Christine Logue

Director of Member Benefits

christine@ortrucking.org

Gregg Dal Ponte

Director of Regulatory Compliance

gregg@ortrucking.org

John Sallak

Safety & Compliance Consultant

john@ortrucking.org

Zobeida Harp

Administrative & Permits Coordinator

permits@ortrucking.org

Vilija Jozaitis

Marketing & Communications Manager

vilija@ortrucking.org

Glenda Ekblad

Director of Accounting

glenda@ortrucking.org

For information about OTA events and to

register online, visit

www.ortrucking.org

.

Published for OTA by LLM Publications

PO Box 91099, Portland, OR 97291

503-445-2220 • 800-647-1511

Fax: 503-655-0778 •

 www.llmpubs.com

President

 Stephen Boes

Design

 Stephanie Pendell

Advertising Sales

 David Gambill

For information about advertising

in the

Oregon Truck Dispatch

,

please contact David Gambill at

503-445-2231 or

davidg@llmpubs.com

.

Thank you, advertisers!

Your support makes this publication possible.

Please support them and tell them

you saw them in the

OTA Dispatch

.

2 OTA Chair’s Message by Bart Sherman 4 OTA President’s Message by Jana Jarvis 5 New Members, Event Calendar

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

6 2016 Election by Bob Russell

EVENTS

8 2016 65th Annual Leadership Convention 10 2016 Leadership Circle Appreciation 11 2016 Truck Driver Appreciation Day at Jubitz Events

FEATURE

12 OTA: Working for You! 14 In the Fight Against Human Trafficking, Why Truckers? 16 Alphabet Soup

FINANCE

18 6 Easy Ways to Improve Your Credit

NEWS

20 OTA News

WELLNESS

22 Invest in Your Drivers

TMC

24 New Diesel Engine Oils

NW FLEET

26 NW Fleet Safety Certification

SAFETY

27 Preparing Your Operations 28 Winter Driving

Issue 4 | 2016

@OR_Trucking

CONTENTS

Oregon Trucking Associations

Stay Connected With Us

12

OTA: Working for You!

Once again, Oregon’s first storm got in the way of our December

Board Meeting! OTA staff and board members

(as pictured from

left to right) are: Glenda Ekblad, Vilija Jozaitis, Bob Russell, Diane

DeAutremont, Dale Lemmons, Jana Jarvis, Mark Gibson, Mike

Boyd, Ron Bowers, Christine Logue, Evan Oneto, Zobeida Harp,

Kristal Fiser, Tim Love, and Lanny Gower.