Hiring Our Heroes, FASTPORT, and Kenworth Truck Company to Award a Military Veteran Driver a “Hotel on Wheels”
The annual Transition Trucking Award inspires veterans to join the trucking industry
| They have served our nation, and now the trucking industry wants to say thank you. In partnership with Kenworth Truck Company and FASTPORT, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Hiring Our Heroes will award a military veteran who has made a successful transition to the trucking industry a brand-new Kenworth T680 truck. The Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence award was launched in 2016 in an effort to address the nationwide driver shortage and create immediate jobs for transitioning military personnel. Throughout 2021, trucking companies nominated veteran military drivers based on their performance in their organizations as drivers. A public vote and an independent selection committee, including representatives from motor carriers, driver training schools, and trade associations, narrowed the field down to three elite finalists. Jimmy Reddell, U.S. Army and U.S. Army Reserve veteran, Stevens Transport James Rose, U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Prime Inc. Christopher Slindee, U.S. Army veteran, Knight Transportation |
| WHAT: 2021 Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence Award Presentation |
| WHEN: Friday, December 17, 2021 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. |
| WHERE: U.S. Chamber of Commerce 1615 H Street NW Washington, D.C. 20062 |
| REMARKS BY: Eric Eversole, Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and President, Hiring Our Heroes Brad Bentley, President, FASTPORT Elisabeth Barna, Executive Vice President of Industry Affairs and Senior Advisor to the President and CEO, American Trucking Associations Genevieve Bekkerus, Director of Marketing, Kenworth Truck Company |
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