NPTC Appoints New President and CEO

Petty brings to NPTC fifteen years of association and transportation industry experience, primarily as President and CEO of the National Moving and Storage Association prior to its merger in l998 with the American Movers Conference (now the American Moving and Storage Association). He has also served as President of two leading van line agencies, Johnson/United International of Denver, Colorado, and Victory/Allied International of Alexandria, Virginia, and as Senior Vice President of the Tire Association of North America.

During his service with the movers' association, Petty served as board member and Chairman of the Board of the Small Business Legislative Council (SBLC), one of the nation's most respected permanent small business lobbying coalitions in Washington. Earlier in his career, Petty served as the founding chief administrative officer of a community college; the executive director of a state association of community colleges; and an attorney in private practice.

A graduate of Western Michigan University with B. A. and M. A. degrees, Petty went on to complete a Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where he was a Resident Fellow. He is also a graduate with a Juris Doctorate degree from the Widener University School of Law and is admitted to the practice of law in the states of Delaware, Pennsylvania and Florida and the U.S. District Courts of Delaware and Florida. Petty is registered as a Certified Association Executive (CAE) with the American Society of Association Executives. He is the co-author of a book on educational leadership and has published numerous articles on transportation, education and training, and small business issues.

NPTC is the national trade association representing manufacturers, distributors, processors and retailers, as well as construction, mining and service companies that use their own corporate or "private" truck fleets to meet their own transportation needs. This includes companies ranging from the U.S. Postal Service and Wal-Mart to local businesses that use trucks as part of their everyday operations. Private truck fleets represent the largest segment of the trucking industry accounting for approximately 82 percent of the medium and heavy-duty trucks registered in the United States. These fleets travel approximately 53 percent of all the U.S. miles traveled for medium and heavy-duty trucks and consist of more than 1.5 million vehicles. NPTC operates the Institute for Truck Training Management and offers the Certified Transportation Professional (CTP) program, the private fleet community's only professionally certified credential for knowledge and proficiency in the field of private fleet and transportation management.