LLC- Ladies Leadership Coalition

This episode of Ladies Leadership Coalition our host, Nicole Glenn, dives into the inspiring journey of Kary Jablonski, the CEO of Truckertools, a groundbreaking digital suite revolutionizing the freight network industry. Kary's story is one of resilience, adaptability, and the courage to embrace change at every turn. From her childhood to her role as CEO, Kary has encountered numerous moments of vulnerability that ultimately shaped her into the fearless leader she is today. She shares with us anecdotes from her past, highlighting instances where she found herself thrust into new opportunities, unsure of what the future held. Yet, instead of shying away, Kary embraced these challenges with grace and determination. In her calm and composed demeanor, Kary radiates humility and authenticity. She urges individuals to step outside of their comfort zones and explore new opportunities, even when faced with uncertainty. Her unwavering belief in the power of change serves as a beacon of inspiration for anyone looking to pivot in their lives and pursue something new. Join us as we delve into Kary Jablonski's remarkable story, filled with lessons on resilience, mentorship, and the courage to embrace change. Tune in to gain valuable insights from this trailblazing leader who continues to shape the future of the freight network industry.

Welcome to "Conference Compass," the episode where the ladies of the collation guide you through the bustling world of supply chain and logistics conferences. Whether you're a seasoned industry professional or an eager newcomer, join us as we explore the top events that bring together the brightest minds, latest innovations, and invaluable networking opportunities. Join host Nicole Glenn alongside with her amazing panelist Charlie Saffro, Blythe Brumleve, & Sharon Siar. If you have any other conference and events that you feel we need to know about- Put them in the comments!

Join Nicole Glenn as she speaks with Julie Conti on what she has done in her life to take risks and her success as a consistent entrepreneur. Julie Conti is the Co-Founder of Rizonet Consulting, a certified woman owned Executive Recruitment Firm. She has over 15 years experience in Talent Acquisitions and Human Resources with expertise in recruiting, planning, developing and implementing recruiting strategies, as well as in training, development and public speaking. Building strong reciprocal relationships, Julie connects people and offers tailored solutions for each client based on their individual needs and wants. She enjoys inspiring others, and Julie’s mission is to make the life of each person she meets a little bit better by sharing the knowledge and wisdom she gained over the years. Julie graduated from Texas State University with a major in Biology and Chemistry

Join Nicole Glenn as she speaks with Lisa Henshaw, VP of Human Resources at DAT Freight & Anayltics.

Lisa is responsible for creating and maintaining a workplace culture that engages DAT's employees and ensures each employee’s talents are developed and utilized to their full potential. With over twenty years of experience in human resources and facilities management, Lisa has held HR positions in the cable and pharmaceutical industries prior to joining DAT in 1999. Lisa earned her bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of California, San Diego, and holds certificates in human resources management and compensation.

Been a little hard to stay motivated in a DOWN transportation environment? We understand! Join all the women of Ladies Leadership to come together to speak about the transportation and logistics industry in its current state. It has been a year of hardship for companies but listen to the women speak on best practices that are keeping their companies going; as well as talk through the optimistic side of our space of today and tomorrow.

Liz Wayne - Able Transportation Solutions moderates this wonderful session alongside of:

Kristy Knichel- CEO of Knichel Logistics

Sharon Siar - CEO of Saving Our Sisters

Charlie Saffro - CEO of CS Recruiting

Nicole Glenn - CEO of Candor Expedite

LLC - Ladies Leadership Coalition is a podcast focused on leaders within the transportation space - best practices on running businesses, lifting women through their careers, and invites ALL walks of life to celebrate TRUCKING and LOGISTICS.

Kara Lea Deardorff is the Principal at Byron Nelson High School, where she supports curriculum and instruction, staff development, and leads campus and district improvement. She is in her 20th year in education and 12th year in administration.

Before becoming an administrator, Kara Lea served as a middle and high school English teacher, athletic coach, campus instructional teacher, and curriculum writer. She has presented on multiple occasions at district, region, state, and national conferences.

Today she partners with Sharon Siar to discuss how different generations are changing the way people view leadership and climbing the "corporate ladder" whether that be in education, logistics or any industry.

Kara Lea enjoys reading, working out, watching Green Bay Packer football, and spending time with her two children and husband. Feel free to connect with her on twitter @KaraDeardorff

Curtis is on a career-long mission to advance LTL via technology, process and relationships while simplifying and demolishing the silos that have existed for decades. He is a huge believer of working in public. Curtis documents and shares challenges, progress, and goals in a collaborative and community driven way. Curtis has spent 16 years in the LTL industry - 8 of those with Old Dominion Freight Line, and the last 8 with Reconex, FreightPlus, and Understand LTL - which he recently launched as an LTL focused education firm. Curtis' career has taken him through LTL operations - both driver and dock, Weights and Research, pricing, yield management, strategy, sales, and technology. Curtis is a massive proponent and student of LTL technology and believes that as an industry, LTL is still in the very early stages of information sharing, connectivity, and decision making. Curtis is very much looking forward to seeing what the LTL community has to bring to the table as it evolves.

Join Nicole Glenn as she chats with Katie Date about the importance of Diversity, Equality & Inclusion in this weeks Ladies Leadership Coalition episode.

Katie Date studied at the University of Wisconsin where she majored in Business Administration, Communication and minored in Women's Studies. From there Katie has gone on to become the SVP for Manifest: The Future of Logistics where she plays the pivotal role in communicating the shipper relationship and elevates it's content about topics important to the industry including gender diversity and all DE&I.

Her passion about the benefits of diversity, equality and inclusion make her the perfect guest to shed some light on this ever evolving topic.

For 27 years, Shelli has been a recognized leader in the logistics and intermodal/railroad industry. She holds bachelor’s degrees in business from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and logistics and supply chain management from Penn State. Shelli began her logistics career in the shipper world as a buyer and manager of freight services with Ingram Micro, which gave her a unique perspective before moving into the role of providing freight solutions as the co-founder and President of what is now InTek Freight & Logistics.

Shelli’s focus has been on the cutting edge of advances in the intermodal industry by finding unique logistics services that help shippers accomplish the impossible within their supply chain to build a competitive advantage. Shelli has been instrumental in the intermodal space building strategic alliances with the Class I Railroads and the supporting companies required to make intermodal a successful strategic initiative for shippers across North America in their 53’ domestic and 40’ re-positioning intermodal programs. Shelli and InTek Freight & Logistics has received several awards and recognitions over the years that include: Progressive Railroading’s ‘Rising Star’ award; InTek has be twice recognized as a top 5 fastest growing privately held company in Indianapolis; InTek has also been a two time honoree on the Inc 5000 fastest growing privately companies in the US; and this year InTek was listed by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce as one of the top 100 employers to work for in Indiana.

Shelli is a big believer of giving back to the industry and the community she loves. She has been actively involved with the TIA, as a Board member supporting the Intermodal knowledge development within the group. Currently she is serving on the IANA Board holding the Chairman role. Shelli has participated as a panel speaker for the TIA, IANA, JOC, BB&T, NASSTRAC, MARS, and NEARS to offer education to the broker and shipper community on using Intermodal products. In the Indianapolis community, Shelli has held various board positions with leading charities supporting early childhood development

Katie Keich is Co-founder and Advisor at Curant and the Founder and CEO of Full Advantage, LLC. Katie started Full Advantage in 2019 after seeing a need in the logistics and supply chain marketplace for education and done-for-you services in billing, payment processing, credit and collections. She is a Senior Executive with over 20+ years of experience and a proven track record working in the logistics and supply chain industry. Her extensive experience gives her valuable insight from lingo to process that allow her to support clients in achieving their goals expertly and efficiently.

Cassie's career journey began in college, working at Nordstrom, where she developed a passion for problem-solving and customer satisfaction. Transitioning into the transportation industry, she quickly immersed herself in operations, and got unintentionally sucked into logistics and transportation like so many others.

With extensive experience in various modes of transportation, Cassie consistently gravitates towards customer facing roles to support and understand the shipper. As a Director of Business Development at FreightVana, Cassie's role involves listening to and building trust with customers, identifying gaps, and collaborating with her team to demonstrate FreightVana’s competitive edge.

Outside of work, Cassie is in fulltime mom mode, raising two young children with her husband.

Join Charlie Saffro as she interviews Elise Le on overcoming adversity from start up to success.

Elise is the VP of Customer Experience at Parade, which consists of all post-sales operations including business and technical onboarding, support, and customer success. Before joining Parade, she was Head of Customer Experience at ClearMetal then ran a 50-person Customer Success team as VP of Customer Success at project44.

Elise has spent the last 10 years working exclusively in startups building supply chain freight tech, 3 of which have had successful exits.

Elise graduated Summa Cum Laude from UC Santa Barbara with a degree in International & Global Studies. 

Join the gals of Ladies Leadership Coalition as they discuss the challenges in the current logistics market. From hiring & retention to expanding what you offer your customers, these ladies take a deep dive into what it takes to go from surviving in this challenging market to THRIVING in it!

Danielle Baughman is a Chemical Engineer who has experience in oil and gas, utilities, commercial construction, and government work. Danielle, who is Six Sigma LEAN Black Belt certified, graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2009 with a major in Chemical Engineering and a minor in Bioengineering. She started her firm, ProShare Services in 2020 and is recognized as a WBENC organization and has been chosen to participate in the WBENC Energy Executive Program, the WBENC Chemical Industry Accelerator Program, and the WBENC WeIGNITe Executive Education Program. With safety at the helm of every job, ProShare is OSHA 30 and 10 certified.

Her deep experience running large construction projects has led to her managing over 30 projects since starting ProShare, just 3 years ago. She works much faster than anyone expects because she talks to the people doing the work. She understands how underestimated the operators are and she loves finding problems and solving them as a team.

Excellence is vital to Danielle and during her career she has received awards from Shell for being the project manager of a compressor station buildout where they saved costs and came in under budget, while ensuring zero safety incidents. The project was executed in compliance with state and federal environmental regulations.

Liz Williamson is a Training Specialist for Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT) and a survivor of human trafficking. Located in northern California, Williamson shares her trafficking story at casino/bus Coalition Builds and other TAT events and is responsible for some administrative duties.

A survivor advocate, she has done direct service work with survivors at the local, regional and national levels. For the past decade, she has trained and spoken nationally to audiences regarding her survival of familial trafficking to help dispel the myths surrounding this topic and to empower individuals to help make a difference. 

Williamson has also trained medical professionals with Dignity Health to identify victims seeking to receive medical services, with special attention given to what the medical community missed or was unable to assist her with during her trafficking experience. She is a member of the Survivor Leadership Institute through GEMS.  She is a member of the NJ Coalition to End Human Trafficking and recently invited to the NJ Chapter of American Pediatrics Task Force on Human Trafficking.

With a bachelor’s in English Literature and a flair for all things creative, Williamson enjoys communicating and creating. She passionately believes survivors deserve the opportunity to use their experiences to rewrite their stories and their futures. 

Trey Griggs joins LLC Host Nicole Glenn for Women's History Month to dive into empowering others. Trey is a transportation industry leader who advocates for women joining and growing within the business world and the logistics industry.  In this episode, you will hear the importance of supporting and empowering women in the transportation industry and the best practices for women to advance their careers. Trey will dive into the moment of realization in his life where he saw the world differently and hopes to be a role model for other males supporting women.  

About Trey: Trey began his career as a high school physics teacher & coach, also spending much of his time working with students as a youth pastor.   In 2010, Trey transitioned to a career in sales, cutting his teeth in door-to-door office supply sales for 15 months before accepting an opportunity at DAT Solutions as an inside sales rep.  In his first 10 months, Trey was the top performing sales rep in four months, earning Sales Rep of the Year in 2012 among a team of nine.  He was quickly promoted to enterprise sales, where he led the team in revenue generation each of the following three years.   During his nine years in the transportation industry, Trey has gained experience in several sectors within technology, including load boards, rate analytics, TMS systems, visibility solutions, digital freight-matching platforms, and Robotic Process Automation (RPA).     Trey enjoys coaching teams to be great and speaking on sales & marketing strategies, leadership & organizational structure, and technology.  When he’s not building world-class sales & marketing organizations, you can find Trey spending time with his family, traveling, renovating his home, playing golf, working out, reading & playing music.

Are you building a brokerage? If you are thinking about it, you should listen to a special LLC guest @Abbie Nale of @Wavepoint 3PL, speak with our host @Nicole Glenn. Abbie has been in the #transportation industry for 13 years and has immersed herself in logistics across three modes of transportation: LTL, truckload, and intermodal. Wearing many hats throughout her career, Abbie has pushed through and earned organizational leadership responsibilities. She recently stepped into the director role at Wavepoint 3PL, managing truckload assets, contract warehousing, utilizing and demoing a home-grown LTL software, and growing a brokerage. In the episode, Abbie speaks about reaching this pivotal point in her career by overcoming fears, networking, and taking the initiative. Join us on this journey of truth within transportation.

Abbie is a proud member and advocates for @women in trucking, @nex gen trucking, and The @Transportation Intermediaries Association.

Moving Forward with @Mindy Brown alongside the LLC – Host, @Nicole Glenn from @Candor Expedite. Mindy was a driver in the industry for 18 years but realized that she wanted to BE the other wheels behind the business and established a new role within dispatch. She is on a mission to keep growing, learning, networking, and expanding her career by having the GO mindset through these different activities. Learn from Mindy what it has taken to put herself out there to be vulnerable and thrive forward in a new role. She believes in the mindset of asking outrageously for what she wants and will put in the work to get there. Mindy Brown advocates for women, diversity, and inclusion in the transportation industry. She believes the path towards success for companies within transportation and logistics is to empower women to step into C-Suite roles while creating allyship amongst all genders. She feels this will not impact the industry but the country.

#csuite #empower #empowerment #womeninbusiness #transportation #logistics #womenintrucking #womeninlogistics

Topics Covered

• Mentorship
• Traits of Success
• Perfectionism in the workplace
• Networking

BLOOD BATH or NORMALIZATION in the freight market? We would love to hear your thoughts in the comments and have a special LLC Panelist Episode. Nicole Glenn of Candor Expedite hosted a discussion with our panelist Charlie Saffro from CS Recruiting, Sharon Siar of Saving Our Sisters, Liz Wayne from Able Transport Solutions and Blythe Brumleve of Digital Dispatch. We explore the insights on the #Transportation industry from the viewpoint of CEOs in flatbed, expedite, truckload, marketing, and recruiting. The ladies gave best practices in regard to management of current economic conditions as relates to all of the topics above.

Top Take Aways:

Re-training teammates to lift the NEW norm of shipper expectations with customer service

Best marketing methods to get your reach even further with potential and current clients

GRIT of working through and working HARDER in challenging times

Taking a look at Candidates that are AVAILABLE as great additions to a team even in a challenging marketplace

Take a listen to LLC Host Liz Wayne from Able Transport dive into resilience alongside of Amy Infante.

Amy’s gift as CEO and Visionary of GitGo [an organization driven to empower success in the
hospitality industry and win our hotel partners more revenue using proactive strategies] is the
ability to leverage data, insights, processes and talent to deliver high value and revenue to GitGo’s
hospitality partners. Under Amy’s leadership, GitGo helps leading hotel brands and properties
build lasting, sustainable revenue through a proven process of B2B business development tactics
and strategies.

Amy’s team [affectionately referred to as GitGo-ers] are in the trenches daily, conducting new
business qualifications, lead nurturing, and proactive sales tactics. We see first-hand the undeniable
impact of using reliable processes coupled with a growth mindset. This winning combination
provides sustainable revenue success and valuable insights to GitGo’s hospitality
partners.

Happy New Year! New goals to set, people to meet, subject matter to learn and more! As we go through the year join the Ladies of LLC as they discuss all things business with some amazing people, make sure you're ready to take notes so you don't miss any of these gems! On today's episode join LLC hosts Kristy Knichel, Sharon Siar, and Nicole Glenn as they discuss ways to get ahead in 2023. In this episode they'll discuss the importance of setting both personal and professional goals throughout the year, the art of networking, managing your time efficiently and how to continuously grow in 2023 and beyond. 

Join Kristy Knichel and Nicole Glenn of LLC to discuss with Cassandra Gaines of Freightwaves and Carrier Assure (CEO) on how to build your work empire.   Cassandra Gaines is CEO of Carrier Assure Inc., a transportation law expert, and a transportation industry influencer. She was recently named one of the 100 People Transforming Business in North America by Business Insider joining alumni such as Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, and Jeff Bezos. Cassandra has disrupted the transportation industry with a lively Joe Rogan-like show called “MadGaines Live” where each month, thousands of loyal viewers tune into FreightWaves TV for her educational, non-traditional show where she unites a very fragmented, volatile industry. Now Cassandra has disrupted the industry again as the Founder and CEO of Carrier Assure Inc. which is the industry's first performance scoring software that anticipates how the carrier will transport the goods based on data science and trends. The score allows those that select carriers to match the right carrier to the right shipment.

Joining LLC host Kristy Knichel is Dr. Rita Webster, the founder of WiseLeader. Rita works with leaders who want to get to the next level of contribution in their careers. She founded WiseLeader over 20 years ago and has made a difference in the professional lives of countless leaders and their teams. Rita currently does one on one coaching, runs roundtables for VP and Director level women leading change, teaches the Mid-Level Women Manager Leadership Cohort series and does Systemic Team Coaching with teams who want to make better decisions and work more effectively with all of their stakeholders. 

Rita delves into the many challenges women leaders face during this interview. To name a few, there is finding work-life balance, the importance of self-care, saying "no", delegating, and lastly imposter syndrome, which is something that is very real for many women leaders. This is a must listen for any woman (or man) seeking to elevate their leadership skills professionally.

LLC host Nicole Glenn sits down with Ashley Campbell, Supplier Diversity and Sustainability Manager at TE Connectivity, for an interesting discussion about building sustainable supplier networks. Ashley brings a passion to her work in delivering her sustainability message, a lot in part due to her passion for nature. Everyone in the supply chain is interconnected and we all must work together to make real change. 

Ashley grew up in rural farmland outside of Gainesville, FL spending her days barefoot and riding on horses while also helping around the farm. Her passion for nature and all living things started while she was young, and she credits the smells and sounds of a cooling North Central Florida evening for planting that seed. Ashley pursued a love of gardening and horticulture from a young age that she still enjoys.

Being a Supplier Diversity and Sustainability manager feels right to Ashley based on her life experiences and exposures, and personal belief system. "I want to know at the end of the day that I made a difference for the planet and ALL of the species that live on it, no matter how small. I want the changes that I make to outlive my memory and I do this to honor my children and their children’s children."

On this episode of LLC, host Sharon Siar speaks with Major General (Ret) Barbara J. Faulkenberry about her 32-year career in the Air Force, which started in the Air Force Academy’s 3rd class to admit women! Barbara talks about her upbringing, some of her secrets to success in the military and attaining General Officer rank, and her work serving on numerous corporate boards. A running theme the LLC keeps encountering with its wonderful guests is the need for women to have a community of other women helping them along the way towards success in their careers. In addition to this, Barbara stresses a need for blending both masculine and feminine leadership attributes because both are displayed by truly great leaders. Also, being invested in your employees and their families are important qualities great leaders possess. People want to work for leaders who care about helping them move forward in their careers.

Barbara Faulkenberry is a senior executive with significant and diverse accomplishments across sectors ranging from aerospace/defense to transportation/logistics to executive/leadership development. Her experiences include strategic planning, international negotiations, risk assessment, governmental affairs, leadership development/succession planning, and supply chain management. Barbara is an independent director of three public companies and is National Association of Corporate Directors Board Certified. Barbara has led organizations as diverse as a 37,000-person global air logistics operation to the Air Force’s sole leadership development college for officers. An accomplished athlete, Barbara brings collaboration, communications, and a winning attitude into all endeavors.

Per Barbara, remember that your journey in life is taken one step at a time.

LLC host Kristy Knichel had the pleasure of interviewing Jennifer Karpus-Romain, Executive Director at the Transportation Marketing & Sales Association. Jennifer touches on so many great topics in this episode, ranging from some sage advice on how to find your own way throughout your career, to the familiar territory of being a woman in a male-dominated industry, to the value of marketing in the transportation industry along with current trends to keep an eye on. She also, of course, talks about the TMSA which has undergone a rebrand and is hosting their Executive Summit on October 20-21 in Atlanta!

In addition to serving as the Executive Director at the Transportation Marketing & Sales Association (TMSA), Jennifer is also an adjunct professor at Cuyahoga Community College teaching social media. Previously, she was Director of Marketing for Faye, a software integration firm, and has also held roles in the publishing and marketing industries, and managed her own content and publishing firm. Jennifer has her Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Ohio University and received her MBA from Capella University.

LLC host Nicole Glenn chats with multi-talented CEO Betsy Westhafer on everything from her entrepreneurial ventures, her mentorship work at the University of Dayton, her popular podcast "REALLY Know Your Customer", and her bestselling books. Betsy's entrepreneurial roots go back to her childhood - her first business was making and selling hair bows to moms of cheerleaders! She is now the CEO of The Congruity Group, where she ensures that all clients achieve and exceed the predetermined metrics for success from their customer engagement initiatives.

Having delivered Strategic Customer Advisory Boards in the Middle East, Europe, Latin America and the US, Betsy has the knowledge, experience, and expertise to masterfully execute executive-level customer engagements. Betsy is the co-host of the popular REALLY Know Your Customer podcast, ranked as one of the “Top 15 Customer Retention Podcasts on the Web” by Feedspot. She co-authored the #1 Bestselling book, ProphetAbility – The Revealing Story of Why Companies Succeed, Fail, or Bounce Back, as well as the newly released book, The Rarest Advantage – How to Co-Create Strategic Value to Retain and Grow Your Key Customer Accounts. 

Betsy excels at relationship building and has developed a methodology for recruiting executive leaders from recognized companies to serve on Congruity clients’ Customer Advisory Boards. In addition, Betsy has a vast global network of customer engagement experts she depends on to provide Congruity clients with the best of the best expertise. Executives serving on Congruity Customer Advisory Boards consistently rate the value of participating on the CAB at an  average of 4.8 out of 5, a testament of how Betsy and her team help clients co- create value with their strategic accounts. Providing extreme value for both Congruity clients and their customers is the foundation upon which The Congruity Group is built.

The LLC ladies come together for a discussion on why we all need to take time to recharge! Nicole Glenn, Kristy Knichel, Nathalie Mathis and Charlie Saffro dive deep into the importance of taking time off to avoid burnout and discuss strategies to work on making the workplace a more flexible environment for everyone. How often are the LLC ladies actually taking vacations and are they still checking their emails while off? Is the allure of making more money by letting your company buy back your PTO a good thing or bad thing? Is overworking and being available all the time simply an American cultural trait and can we break this? Do sabbaticals really help employees reset themselves or are they worried their company will just learn to work without them while they're off? This great conversation tackles so much in such a short time and truly should be a topic of major importance at ALL businesses.

National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, September 11-17, 2022, is when America's trucking industry takes the time to honor all professional truck drivers for their hard work and commitment in tackling one of our economy's most demanding and important jobs. LLC's Liz Wayne got the opportunity to sit down with Ingrid Brown, a Professional Truck Driver with 42 years of experience and approximately 4.75 million safe driving miles under her belt!!! Ingrid answers the all important question, "What can we do to show our appreciation for our truck drivers?"

Ingrid Brown is from Boone, NC and lives by "Nothing in life is simple, it takes hard work and in the end it's a positive journey to success". Ingrid's forty two year career as a Professional Truck Driver with approximately 4.75 million safe driving miles, and being a sole owned and operated Woman trucking company has been nothing short of a dream come true. Forty one and a half years of diversity as an Independent Owner and a year as a Company driver, Ingrid brings her experience of diversity of freight to the trucking industry in all areas. Ingrid is currently the Host of "AMERICA on 18 Wheels" a show found on Back The Truck Up of Freightwaves. She is also a contributing writer of BackTheTruckUp.com, while still driving over the road.   

Ingrid has dedicated her driving career toward CMV Safety and the safety of the general motoring public. Ingrid continues to work directly with FMCSA in D.C. for safer highways. In 2019 Ingrid was chosen as FMCSA's CMV Voice of Safety Our Roads, Our Safety campaign. Ingrid can be seen and heard on billboards, television commercials, SiriusXM and major media as the FMCSA safety advocate. Brown also was a speaker in FMCSA 2020 Trucking Safety Summit. In 2015 she was selected on NASTC America’s Road Team and NASTC Woman Driver of the Year. In 2018, Ingrid was a TA/Petro Citizen Driver Honoree and the Oklahoma City Petro was rebranded as Ingrid R. Brown OKC PETRO. She recently was named to the St. Christopher’s Fund driver council and one of 21 on the Wall of Fame for the 50th Anniversary of the Mid America Trucking Show.   

Ingrid continues to be an advocate for driver awareness and safety through her involvement within the industry and can be seen in numerous major magazines, TV news specials and speaking engagements. Ingrid also is on both CAL-Trans and CARB committees and truck parking sub committees. In March 2019, Ingrid was on the cover of USA TODAY and the feature video of Females in Trucking. Ingrid is a charter member of Women in Trucking and an inaugural WIT Image Team member still serving today. She loves to mentor and educate women that there is a place for them in the trucking industry for success. Ingrid has two successful wonderful daughters, two son in laws, and six amazing grandchildren. In her spare time Ingrid, Still lives trucking!  She says "Life has blessed me with some amazing people, events and honors. The accomplishments in my life are my many rewards to remind me always "Pay it Forward". Always know, within every Professional Driver there is so much more than "JUST A Driver".

Have you ever wondered what your true leadership style really is and how you can be the leader you were meant to be? On this episode of LLC, host Liz Wayne takes a deep dive with Sarah Poet, founder of Embodied Breath, a coaching & consulting service, to find the answer to this question. Sarah discusses how important trusting your intuition is when leading others and the differences between masculine and feminine leadership styles. The interesting thing is that masculine and feminine are NOT gendered – anyone can possess these qualities regardless of gender.

Sarah Poet is a truth seeker, a thought leader, a former school creator turned feminine/masculine integration expert, and, as it turns out, a medicine woman for modern times. It is Sarah’s mission to serve the true evolution of human consciousness, to integrate the feminine & masculine on all levels, and to bridge us collectively from separation to connection. Sarah helps couples, individuals, and organizations heal the separation traumas inflicted by patriarchal culture and come into deeper connection via integrity, embodied intimacy, resiliency, authenticity, & love.

Sarah will go with you to the depths, responding exactly to your unique path or query, to uncover your deepest and most empowering truths.

Join Nicole Glenn as she interviews Kristy Knichel of Knichel Logistics about how "putting herself out there" took her career to the next level. A 25-year intermodal industry veteran, Kristy went from a shy introvert to a 2022 E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year. She discusses the importance of being vulnerable, putting yourself out there, and being heard. Tune in to hear how Kristy pushed past her comfort zone and how she strives to help others through mentoring and giving back.

"If you put your heart and soul into it, you can accomplish anything."

Kristy Knichel is President and CEO of Knichel Logistics, a non-asset based 3PL and IMC located near Pittsburgh, PA, which was founded in 2003 by Kristy’s late father, William Knichel. Kristy’s proudest accomplishments are being named a 2022 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, the 2020 Women in Trucking Association’s Influential Woman in Trucking Award winner, and her appointment as the Intermodal Logistics Conference Chair on the TIA Board of Directors.

Joining Kristy Knichel is Anne Reinke, President & CEO of the Transportation Intermediaries Association, or the TIA, as it is known. Both Anne and Kristy happen to be female leaders in the transportation sector and work closely with the railroads. Needless to say, the big topic of this conversation revolves around leadership! Anne discusses what leadership strategies have helped her the most and where she sees room for growth with regards to her work as President & CEO of the TIA.

Prior to joining TIA as their leader in 2020, Anne worked at the U.S. Department of Transportation. Her time in public service was preceded by a 16-year career in the Washington, DC office of CSX Corporation, where Anne ultimately became the Vice President of Government Affairs, overseeing the Federal, State Government and Community Affairs Departments. Before joining CSX, she worked at the Association of American Railroads and the High Speed Ground Transportation Association.

This episode of the LLC podcast is all about the modern CEO and features Dr. Janet Walker, Chair of Vistage Worldwide, and LLC host, Liz Wayne, President of Able Transport Solutions. As a Vistage Chair, Dr. Walker helps CEOs and business owners become the leaders their employees deserve. She facilitates private advisory groups for Vistage, a global leader in executive coaching and training for CEOs, business owners, and key executives and helps members step out of the day-to-day to think differently, gain insights from other leaders’ experience, make better decisions, take bold action, and generate meaningful results.

Are all modern CEOs just like a duck on water? Calm and steadfast on the surface but rapidly paddling underneath to simply stay afloat? Tune in to learn some great leadership strategies from Dr. Walker!

On this episode of the LLC podcast, our host Sharon Siar of Saving Our Sisters talks with Nicolle Ketcham, Sales & Marketing Director of Masterplan, about the many ways that women can help to empower the next generation achieve success. Both Sharon and Nicolle have years of experience working in male dominated industries and offer valuable advice on the importance of mentoring and preparing other women to take the reigns and hopefully avoid some of the missteps and missed opportunities that they have personally experienced in their own careers. One of the most important things that professional women can do now is be a mentor to younger generations!

Nicolle Ketcham currently serves as the Sales & Marketing Director for Masterplan, overseeing the national sales and marketing operations. With more than 10 years of executive brand and marketing experience across a range of industries, she brings a deep and diverse understanding of marketing strategy, campaign execution, and client engagement.

She received her B.A.s from Texas Tech University in marketing and management. She began her career marketing in the manufacturing industry and eventually led the marketing efforts for a global logistics firm with 36 offices across North America and sales teams located around the world. In 2016, she made the move to join the construction industry and has worked with some of the top Fortune 500 companies in Texas.

Nicolle is passionate about supporting her community and works alongside her husband, Chad, on design, marketing, and business strategy for start-ups and small businesses. She is extremely pro-coffee and in her spare time can be found loitering at coffee shops around Dallas-Fort Worth with her husband, Chad.

Liz Wayne, Sharon Siar and Charlie Saffro take a deep dive into how gender roles have been evolving both at home and in the professional world. The ladies start off this panel discussion with a market update on recruiting in logistics, helping new entrants into the brokerage world, and provide information about fuel volatility, spot rates, capacity and more! "The only thing that stays constant in logistics is change."

The main topic of this episode is about the evolution of gender roles and how we can support one another through this massive societal transition that has been happening over the past 50 years. Women have obviously made huge advancements in the workplace, but there is still more that can be done. Are women carrying too much of the burden? We think so. Human nature makes us default to women for certain tasks, like planning an office birthday party. In order to remedy burnout and to prevent bitterness or tension, communication is KEY. And we have to rethink our standards: "Do we want help or do we not want help?"

There are "working moms" but why aren't their "working dads"? The narrative needs to change.

Kara Smith Brown covers pretty much the entire landscape of B2B marketing, marketing technology, and sales enablement technology with host Charlie Saffro in the latest LLC Interview Series. Learn more about how using humor in your pitches can elevate your strategic storytelling. 

Kara Brown is the Chief Executive Officer at LeadCoverage, a B2B demand gen, sales, and PR consultancy specializing in the supply chain, heavy industrial and technology industries. She was one of the first employees at Echo Global Logistics and her name is on the company’s 2009 IPO press release [NYSE: ECHO]. She also worked at OHL (now Geodis), and SEKO. Brown is also an active force in cultivating Atlanta’s female economy, being a Co-Founder of CloseHer, a community for women in sales, a board member at LaunchPad2X, and is an Entrepreneur's Organization Atlanta chapter board member.

Our host Nicole Glenn of LLC speaks with Stephanie Benedetto ( The Queen of Raw) about taking a chance, changing careers, and starting her life's mission of sustainability with technology in the fashion industry. Stephanie stresses the importance of getting comfortable with public speaking and not being afraid to start something new. Corporate attorney turned climate fintech entrepreneur, Stephanie is the Co-Founder of Queen of Raw, no-code enterprise software to intelligently resell and recycle unused inventory on Raw Chain, measure, report, and turn pollution into profit. Prior to starting Queen of Raw, Stephanie worked as a lawyer in the fashion, media/entertainment, start-up, and technology industries and co-founded a sustainable textile manufacturing facility. An advocate for women in business and sustainability, her companies have been featured in NPR, Good Morning America, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Cheddar, WCBS, Fortune, and Entrepreneur.

Join LLC Host, Nicole Glenn speak with Lisa Morales-Hellebo about her journey into entrepreneurship and the resilience required to make her impact in the supply chain, and her mission toward sustainable solutions. Lisa is passionate about helping fashion tech and supply chain startups achieve industry adoption, growth, and scale.

As a VC, seasoned entrepreneur, product strategist, and community builder, Lisa knows what it takes to spot and coach a winning team — backed by 25 years of working with startups to F500s on strategy and execution across branding, product development, and innovation.

Lisa takes R&D seriously and is currently co-founder of REFASHIOND OS (rOS), a startup that is building a network of on-demand apparel Microfactories across the USA and its public marketplace, ASSEMBLY.fashion. She is also co-founder of The Worldwide Supply Chain Federation, an organization that is changing how supply chain professionals learn about, collaborate, and adopt supply chain innovation around the world. The New York Supply Chain Meetup is its founding chapter, attracting hundreds of attendees from around the globe to its monthly events.

Lisa has co-founded and is general partner of REFASHIOND Ventures — an NYC-based, early-stage supply chain technology venture fund that invests in startups refashioning global supply chains. She’s a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, serves on select Advisory Boards, and has been featured in numerous publications.

 LLC- (Ladies Leadership Coalition) mission is to empower women in the logistics and supply chain industries to reach their goals no matter where they are in their professional journey.

Join LLC's Nicole Glenn and Charlie Saffro dive into Public Relations with Linda Rigano. In a world of communication that transfers so quickly what is your brand worth? Linda speaks on how to identify a crisis and how to take action. She also explains the importance of PR and how to align a strategic set of goals within an organization.

September is finance month on LLC! We are so pleased to welcome Chris Stokes, CFP®, AAMS® as our special guest! Chris works with privately held business owners and families to provide customized financial plans and investment strategies tailored to specific goals. His background ranges from retirement planning and estate planning to education and charitable giving. Chris is going to cover a lot of ground with Nicole Glenn and Nathalie Mathis including: basic financial planning, retirement plans, finding the right financial advisor, common investing mistakes, and most importantly ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS!

Faith, Fear, & Failure – sounds like 3 different topics but indeed it boils down to one word… Perspective. This episode is going to dive into these 3 big words but what you will see is how they align and push all of our panelists to have a certain perspective in order to work towards mastery in their field. In the business world, building faith in yourself and those around you is crucial in reaching your full potential. At the end of the day, failure happens. It is normal to be fearful, but overcoming it and taking a leap can lead to huge and amazing things.