ATA Names Ray Kuntz Chairman
Montana trucking executive Ray Kuntz was named Chairman of American Trucking Associations, ATA said after its executive committee met on Tuesday in Dallas.
Kuntz, chief executive officer of Watkins & Shepard Trucking, Helena, Mont., begins a 16-month term as ATA’s chairman.
He succeeds Patrick Quinn, CEO and Co-Chairman of U.S. Xpress Enterprises, who has held the position since October 2005.
During his term as ATA’s First Vice Chairman, Kuntz played a lead role in developing ATA’s comprehensive truck driver recruitment campaign.
ATA modeled its company driver tuition finance program after a financing program successfully piloted by Kuntz at Watkins & Shepard as a means of addressing the company’s shortage of long-haul truck drivers.