ATA Image Advocacy Award Seeks Submissions

American Trucking Associations (ATA) has launched its search to find and honor trucking’s industry advocates with this year’s Mike Russell Trucking Image Award.

“We’ve seen dramatic improvements in the trucking industry’s image over the past few years, which is due in large part to the extensive efforts many members of the trucking community have undertaken to depict the positive features of trucking,” said ATA President and CEO Chris Spear. “The Mike Russell Trucking Image Award recognizes the men and women behind those impressive efforts who work around the clock to spread our industry’s message of safety, essentiality and professionalism.”

Sponsored by HireRight for the fourth consecutive year, the award is given to an individual, motor carrier, trucking organization and industry supplier who demonstrate excellence in showcasing the industry’s essentiality, safety-first mentality, and professionalism.

The Mike Russell Trucking Image Award celebrates companies, organizations and individuals who use innovation and creativity to generate positive awareness of the trucking industry. Image and outreach efforts, like Trucking Moves America Forward, help ATA counter a seemingly endless barrage of anti-truck messages played out in the national media.

Completed applications should be submitted by September 8 to ATA’s Industry Affairs Department. The winners of the Mike Russell Trucking Image Award will be announced October 27-31 during the American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference and Exhibition in Austin, Texas.