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TCA honors industry leaders/heroes at 77th convention

March 9, 2015

KISSIMMEE, FL. The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) officially opened the 77th annual TCA convention here this morning by presenting two special awards: the Past Chairman’s Award and the Highway Angel of the Year Award.

Wendy Leavitt

KISSIMMEE, FL. The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) officially opened the 77^th annual TCA convention here this morning by presenting two special awards: the Past Chairman’s Award and the Highway Angel of the Year Award.

Tom Kretsinger, Jr. of American Central Transport, Inc. and Tom Schilli of Schilli Transportation Services presented the Past Chairman’s Award to the late John Kaburick of Earl L. Henderson Trucking Company.

The award was accepted by Kaburick’s widow, Carolyn, and son, Josh. It is the highest honor the organization gives and it brought attendees to their feet in recognition of Kaburick’s contributions to TCA and the industry as a whole.

Attendees were on their feet a second time to offer a standing ovation for the truck driver named Highway Angel of the Year.

Lance Platt, head of EpicVue, the new sponsor of the Highway Angel program, presented the award to David Ragland of Kelle Transport for his brave rescue of an infant and child from a burning car.

“It is an honor to be here to celebrate the good your drivers do,” Platt told the audience. Illness prevented Ragland from attending to accept the trophy, which the TCA hopes to deliver to him in person later in the year

About the Author

Wendy Leavitt

Wendy Leavitt joined Fleet Owner in 1998 after serving as editor-in-chief of Trucking Technology magazine for four years.

She began her career in the trucking industry at Kenworth Truck Company in Kirkland, WA where she spent 16 years—the first five years as safety and compliance manager in the engineering department and more than a decade as the company’s manager of advertising and public relations. She has also worked as a book editor, guided authors through the self-publishing process and operated her own marketing and public relations business.

Wendy has a Masters Degree in English and Art History from Western Washington University, where, as a graduate student, she also taught writing.