The annual award recognizes those in the transportation industry who provide leadership, create change, and inspire.
Women are propelling the transportation industry forward every day through innovative thinking, leadership, and collaboration. This prestigious award was developed in 2010 to honor these women who are making or influencing key decisions in corporate, manufacturing, supplier, owner-operator, driver, sales, or dealership settings, have a proven record of responsibility, mentorship, and serve as a role model to other women in the industry.
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Congratulations to Shelley Simpson, President of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., on being named the 2023 Influential Woman in Trucking. Finalists for the 2023 award, sponsored by Daimler Truck North America, included Tori Blake, Chief Financial Officer and Co-owner, Western Logistics Express and WLX, and Megan Ferguson, Vice President of End-to-End Delivery Acceleration, Walmart.
“On behalf of Daimler Truck North America, our congratulations to all of the remarkable finalists for the 2023 Influential Woman in Trucking award who have and continue to work tirelessly to create expanded opportunities for women in our industry. In addition, I want to congratulate Shelly Simpson for being named the 2023 Influential Woman in Trucking. Her amazing and vast career, commitment to others and impact on trucking are all impressive accomplishments worthy of this unique recognition.”
Angela Lentz
Chief People Officer
Daimler Truck North America
The 2023 winner was announced during the WIT Accelerate! Conference & Expo in Dallas. The announcement followed the panel discussion Unstoppable Women in Trucking You Must Know About, facilitated by Tracy Mack-Askew, Chief Engineer of Chassis, Propulsion, and Vocational Engineering, DTNA. Finalists included Tori Blake, Chief Financial Officer and Co-owner, Western Logistics Express and WLX, and Megan Ferguson, Vice President of End-to-End Delivery Acceleration, Walmart.
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Nominations can be made by any individual or by an organization familiar with the nominee and her work.
High-performing women in a corporate, manufacturing, supplier, owner-operator, driver, sales or dealership setting within the transportation industry in North America. Nominees must have a proven record of responsibility, mentorship, and serve as a role model to other women in the industry.
A complete award nomination form consists of the following:
You can start the nomination process here.
If the individual is not named winner, they can be renominated.
Nominations will be accepted through Monday, September 11, 2023.
After the awards nomination deadline, nominations are submitted to the award selection committee established for review that year. After finalist candidates have been selected by the committee, final approval for the winning candidate will be voted on by the awards committee and Women In Trucking executives. The finalist candidates will be notified by WIT and publicized to industry and trade media. The winning candidate will be announced at the award presentation during the annual Accelerate! Conference & Expo.
Nov. 7, 2023. Each finalist will serve as a panelist for the Unstoppable Women in Trucking You Must Know About panel discussion on Nov. 7 during the 2023 Accelerate! Conference & Expo hosted by the Women In Trucking Association in Dallas, TX. The winner announcement will directly follow the session.
Contact Lana Nichols
Phone: (208) 217-2147
Email: programs@womenintrucking.org.