Shannon Newton to lead Trucking Association Executive Council

American Trucking Associations (ATA) announced Thursday (July 20) that Shannon Newton, president and CEO of the Arkansas Trucking Association, was elected chair of the Trucking Association Executive Council.

The council works to promote the trucking industry and comprises executives of state trucking associations and conferences affiliated with American Trucking Associations.

Newton will serve as chair from 2023-24 and succeeds Joseph Sculley, president of the New Hampshire Motor Transport Association. John Esparza, president and CEO of the Texas Trucking Association, will be vice chair for 2023-24.

“Because I have great respect for my colleagues, it is truly an honor and a privilege to be elected as their leader,” Newton said. “Over the past 20 years, my appreciation for what TAEC does, the valuable relationships it helps foster and the benefits it provides to our industry has only grown. I look forward to working with organizational leadership and representing my peers to promote this industry on which America relies.”

Newton was named president of the Arkansas Trucking Association in 2014. Since then, she’s received several industry awards, including the 2017 Mike Russell Trucking Industry Image Award and the ATA President’s TAEC Leadership Award in 2018. She’s also a leader in several business and industry organizations, such as Arkansas’ Be Pro, Be Proud program, The Good Roads Foundation, the Arkansas Society of Association Executives and the Arkansas Society of Professional Lobbyists.